This article backs up Wbute's arguements.

http://canberratimes.drive.com.au/mo...705-21ifc.html

"Research by leading energy provider says electric vehicles could be bigger environmental vandals than a V6 Commodore.
A new generation of plug-in cars could do more to damage the environment than a Holden Commodore, according to a major electricity provider.
Origin Energy, Australia’s largest energy supplier, has compared the running costs and carbon dioxide emissions associated with a Nissan Leaf electric car against a similarly sized Mazda3 small car and Toyota’s environmental hero, the Prius.
It shows that in Victoria, which sources most of its electricity from burning brown coal, the Leaf will produce the equivalent of 3.5 tonnes of CO2 over 15,000 kilometres of driving. The Leaf went on sale in Australia last month."



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