http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Logo_250X250.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Background_1024X576.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Banner_686X60.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Half-Banner_234X60.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Logo_250X250 http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Logo-Watermark_250X250.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Background_1024X576.jpg http://www.bigthink.com/adobe/Half-Banner-ALT_234X60.jpg Bigthink http://www.bigthink.com/feed/rss/comment/idea/7295 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:39:46 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.bigthink.com/science-technology/7295 True that electric cars will play a large roll in our transportation industry. However, you should not think of electricity as a "fuel" so much as a medium which transmits energy. Like you said, we need a lot of electricity to generate hydrogen. Likewise, we are going to need a lot of electricity to charge our cars. If the energy is generated in clean ways then we will be much better off. Equally important is the time of day that people will charge their cars. We can meet the added demand with little change to our infrastructure if we charge at off-peak times. However, if everyone plugs in during peak-hours we are going to need a lot more power plants! Bigthink Fri, 23 May 2008 16:33:54 +0100 http://www.bigthink.com/science-technology/7295/#18356