{"id":5238,"date":"2010-01-14T14:21:12","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T14:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/jesuscreed\/2010\/01\/do-electronic-powered-cars-sav.html"},"modified":"2010-01-14T14:21:12","modified_gmt":"2010-01-14T14:21:12","slug":"do-electronic-powered-cars-sav","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/jesuscreed\/2010\/01\/do-electronic-powered-cars-sav.html","title":{"rendered":"Do Electronic Powered Cars Save Money and Resources?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/article\/181301-plug-in-vehicles-unconscionable-waste-and-pollution-masquerading-as-conservation?source=email_most_popular\"><b>I was notified of this link from a friend<\/b><\/a>&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;line-height: 20px\">For eighteen months I&#8217;ve been blogging about the energy storage sector and discussing the current and potential markets for batteries and other manufactured energy storage devices. A recurring theme that I&#8217;ve discussed many times is the unrecognized but undeniable truth that <b>while plug-in vehicles masquerade as conservation measures at an individual level, they&#8217;re incredibly wasteful at a societal level.<\/b> The conclusion is counter-intuitive and my articles on the subject invariably draw heated criticism from self-anointed defenders of the faith. Their arguments, however, do not change the inescapable truth that plug-in vehicles are one of the most wasteful concepts ever foisted on gullible government officials and an unsuspecting public.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"webkit-indent-blockquote\"><p><font face=\"arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 20px\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><font face=\"arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 20px\">Thoughts? Are some ideas better than the facts?<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was notified of this link from a friend&#8230;. For eighteen months I&#8217;ve been blogging about the energy storage sector and discussing the current and potential markets for batteries and other manufactured energy storage devices. 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