All excited about electric cars

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But where will the electricity come from? Hint: Not from a wall socket.

Nationally, according to the EPA, 44.8% of electricity is generated by burning coal; 24% from natural gas; 19.6% from nuclear power plants; 1% from oil; 6.2% from hydro; and 4% from non-hydro renewables (wind, solar, whatever).

 So those hot, sexy electric cars may change the mix somewhat but won’t do much to move you off a fossil-fuel economy. What they will do is help move some of the resulting emissions into somebody else’s back yard.