Big 'Green'? IBM works on 500 miles-per-charge battery

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8. Unh Hunh And Internal-Combustion Is So Environmentally-Friendly

"Electric cars are less-efficient than gasoline-powered". Actually, that's a crock, even with today's batteries. Admittedly, current electric vehicles do need to be recharged more frequently than internal combustion cars need to be fueled, but the tech can be improved on.

As for "nothing green about them"? Do you enjoy breathing the fumes from i/c cars wafting from the streets and roadways? Do you think that drilling for oil and the pipelines that carry the product are environmentally benign? Do you think that oil refineries are clean and non-toxic?

Yeah, the batteries are going to have to be recycled. But that's a trade-off and at worst it's comparable to the messes made in the production, transport, and distribution of gasoline and diesel fuel currently propelling most of the world's transportation network.

The idea of battery-powered vehicles and clean air in major cities appeals to me. So does the notion of getting away from the pollution caused by the petroleum economy and the whims of the nasty little crooks profiteering from it.