[zhrvoj]

Beside all of that, if you convert let's say 1/10 of cars with internal combustion engines to electric motor cars, there is no electricity to charge them. Which also leads to envirnonmental problems - creating so much electricity (+ CO2 emmision from thermal-electric plants). Just count average low electric car consumption 15kWh/100km.

[PaulKeeble]

While true if you haven't noticed it Solar and Wind are taking off at a staggering rate for electrical production. At prices around $15 per MWH they are substantially cheaper than gas/coal/oil electrical production. The economics just work out now in a big way and renewables are so much cheaper fossil fuels days are numbered.

Besides if you just car about the economics and not the potential reduction on the planet they are still cheaper to run over their lifetime compared to petrol.

[oceanplexian]

If renewables are substantially cheaper, why did the UK and the rest of Europe have an energy crisis and record energy prices?

The two things don’t add up, on one hand you have people claiming renewables are cheaper than ever, on the other you have skyrocketing electric bills. If renewables don’t actually decrease energy prices for consumers then claiming it’s cheaper is misleading.

[baq]

Big power plants are more efficient than small ones, otherwise everyone would have a generator at home. The question is what difference batteries make.

[argiopetech]

Everybody doesn't have a generator at home?

/s,

Floridian

[tonyedgecombe]

The UK could move the whole fleet to electric and our overall demand would only go back to 2002 levels.

[whatevaa]

Like internal combustion is any better at this.

[zhrvoj]

Of course it isn't. I don't vote for internal combustion technology at all. Both are environmental problem. Looking at all the (ex) hype about electric cars, sometime it looks like electrics - they clean the environment... Internal combustion will stay for a long time in heavy machinery, sea and air transport, which is also problem, if not prevalent, so electric cars will bring negligible health improvement to planet. And add all the wars - our efforts to lower carbon footprint on this planet are so funny and naive.