Is The Chevy Volt Really Green?
March 1, 2008 by Noel
Filed under Green Living
First, take a look at this video I found over at YouTube.
Come to think of it, sure the Chevy Volt does not have any harmful emissions because it does not burn up fuel. Electricity has no emissions so people are looking at the Chevy Volt as the answer to the pollution problem. However, have you ever thought of the fact that you still do need to use electricity to charge up the vehicle? Still, that’s not exactly helping out the environment, is it now?
Unless maybe we use power converted from solar energy, then maybe that’s when the Chevy Volt can claim the title as green.
What do you think?
Electricity from the Grid is Greener than gas 100% of the time. Also, Electricity has the potential of becoming even Greener in the coming years. Buring gas in an ICE motor will never become any cleaner than it already is.
Now, with that being stated let me toss this idea out to every to nibble on. Regardless of zero new CO2 when driving off the batteries this car will use 100% locally produced electricity, not middle eastern oil. Nice!!!
Finally, an electric motor has I have heard 80% fewer moving parts translating into a more efficent transfer of energy to the wheels and potentially far lower maintenance costs over the life of the vehicle.
I just posted about this topic (electric car charging, not the volt … well, that too, but, not together lol). We need to push cleaner energy along with alternative autos. If we don’t, we’ll wind up polluting as much as if we hadn’t made any headway at all … maybe worse. That’s a scary thought!
Not exactly green, but there are a lot of things people can do to counter that even with out going solar. They could look into programs like my local electricity company has called Windtricity you pay a little extra a month for power from the wind farms in west Texas. Many states offer programs like that would be useful to offset the charging of the Chevy Volt.
Electricity, even when derived from a coal-burning power plants, is a greener solution than gasoline. Think of how much energy is wasted just pumping gasoline out of the ground, refining it, and transporting it to gas stations. Our electric grid is far more efficient, although there is certainly plenty of room for improvement. Even solar and wind energy have their own environmental costs, as they tend to be made from materials that are not exactly eco-friendly. Electric cars are the best solution for right now, with the hope that more efficient sources of electricity are established in the next decade.