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SHIFT: Sorry, critics — electric cars really are greener



I got the chance to drive the 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport earlier this week. Sitting behind the wheel, feeling the power of the all-electric motor, it was hard not to get caught up in the potential of electric vehicles (EVs). "Why aren't all vehicles electric?" I thought. "If we can build sporty, high-performance electric cars like the Tesla, surely we can make any car electric. Hell, we can make every car electric!"

Whoa. Slow down there, past me. Isn't that sleek EV you're driving just trading gasoline for other fossil fuels, taxing our very coal-heavy power grid? At least one person, Rutgers University professor Sunil Somalwar, is convinced the tradeoff isn't worth it, and he makes a convincing case here.

I don't agree with him, though. Why? Simple math.

[!! Terminator !!]

this will surely reduce the burden on peoples pocket