Nothing illustrates the superficiality of our times better than the enthusiasm for electric cars, because they are supposed to greatly reduce air pollution. But the electricity that ultimately powers these cars has to be generated somewhere -- and nearly half the electricity generated in this country is generated by burning coal.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/12/27/random_thoughts_112538.html
The electric car thing - if they would just let it happen in its own time, after we rebuild the grid with a France-like reactor system, it would work. But the idealogues stuck on E are not patient enough to wait for electric cars to make sense. Of course, since our government runs it, we'll never have a smart system for generating electricity, either.
More from Dr. Sowell:
The wisest and most knowledgeable human being on the planet is utterly incompetent to make even 10 percent of the consequential decisions that have to be made in a modern nation. Yet all sorts of people want to decide how much money other people can make or keep, and to micro-manage how other people live their lives.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/12/27/random_thoughts_112538.html
The electric car thing - if they would just let it happen in its own time, after we rebuild the grid with a France-like reactor system, it would work. But the idealogues stuck on E are not patient enough to wait for electric cars to make sense. Of course, since our government runs it, we'll never have a smart system for generating electricity, either.
More from Dr. Sowell:
The wisest and most knowledgeable human being on the planet is utterly incompetent to make even 10 percent of the consequential decisions that have to be made in a modern nation. Yet all sorts of people want to decide how much money other people can make or keep, and to micro-manage how other people live their lives.
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