Quote Originally Posted by Crinale
I have a big issue with this statement: where do you think that electricity comes from? most of this country is still powered by coal-fire power plants, which are some of the biggest contributors to air pollution that exist. Just because the pollution isnt coming directly from your vehicle, doesnt mean that you arent contributing to pollution.
Coal-fired power plants are on their way out, but even with them a regulated power plant still produces less emissions than a bunch of individual cars. Particularly autos that are only being driven a few miles on each trip---my 4Runner barely gets warmed up before I shut it down--the pollution levels are so much higher on these short drives before the engine is warm and the ECU is in open-loop mode with no input from the O2 sensor.