<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Fibb222 @ Dec 11 2006, 07:42 PM) [snapback]360616[/snapback]</div>

Of course, a lot of those hybrids would then be coal-powered.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Leo @ Dec 11 2006, 05:16 PM) [snapback]360653[/snapback]</div>

It's probably still cleaner than gasoline considering you have to put a lot of energy into oil to make gasoline which you then use at an efficiency of somewhere around 20%. If you're using coal to provide the energy required to refine the oil then it's definitely cleaner to use electricity from coal.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Leo @ Dec 11 2006, 04:16 PM) [snapback]360653[/snapback]</div>

Leo, did you even read the article? It says coal generated electricity is cleaner than gasoline and coal-fired powerplants can be cleaned up easier than millions of internal combustion engine tailpipes.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Fibb222 @ Dec 11 2006, 07:43 PM) [snapback]360679[/snapback]</div>

But will they? Sadly, that hasn't been the trend. In fact, there have been efforts to ease regulations... a step in the wrong direction.

Of course, coal isn't renewable anyway.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(john1701a @ Dec 11 2006, 06:15 PM) [snapback]360695[/snapback]</div>

But coal reserves are so huge (ie cheap) in places like America and China that we had better get this sequestering of emmissions thing figured out and enforced.