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Originally Posted by Jerome74911S
I make the case that my '74 makes less pollution than the majority of modern cars on the road today. My car isn't a daily driver - more like weekly, and only during a very short summer - and so it only gets driven 3,000 to 5,000 miles per year (5,000 to 8,000 kms). With this limited usage, which is even lower this year, I don't put as much garbage into the air as my 'clean' modern car that gets driven 40k per year. I don't have the specific numbers to support this argument, but in any case the pollution is minimal, in perspective.
After all, there is an environmental cost for generating the electricity going into the super clean electric car, it's just out of sight and out of mind. This helps to clean up the cities, but not the general environment to the extent that most of the public imagines.
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Well, you aren't really comparing apples to apples. It is sort of silly to compare the pollution output of a car that you only drive 3,000 miles a year to a car that you drive 25,000 miles a year.
Do you think your '74 would pollute less than your 'clean' modern car if both were driven equal distance? Probably not...
Again - the Volt is hardly for everyone, just like Porsches aren't for everyone.
And Techweenie - I believe that wasting amperage by blowing away Series 3 owners is an excellent use of power - Chive ON!