11/14   What is the "zero emission rule"? That all car makers need to produce
        electric cars by year 20XX? I don't get why e-cars are considered
        zero emission. If many drive a electric cars, wouldn't there be a
        bigger demand on power plants that also pollute?
        \_ Electric cars are all about making you dependant on the Government
           and attacking your manhood.
        \_ 1) Power plants tend to have more effecient generators
           2) Power plants are one location and therefore it is easier to
              reduce emmisions at that one point with strict enforcement
              of pollution laws.
           3) There is clean power (but then again we are using it already...)
           4) Power plants tend not to be in high polution areas.  One of the
              major problems with pollution is the concentration in one area.
              Spread the pollution around some and it can b ehandled by
              natural means.
              \_ also there is the fact that it's alot easier logistically
                 to convert centralized power generation to new sources
                 than individual energy sources from cars;  If fusion
                 became practical in the near future, say with those big
                 tokomak reactors, there'sno way you could use that for cars
                 unless they were electric  and the energy was generated
                 in a cetral location.  this means that people working on
                 alternative energy like fusion can wroy less about
                 scaling problems, and be assured that they can make billions
                 and help the environment quickly, rather than having to deal
                 with auto manufacturers and their ilk.
                \_ Ah I see. Zero emission simply means "pollute somewhere
                   else"... and that reduces the amount of pollution which
                   will slow down global warming. Sure, that makes sense now.
                   \_ What parts of 1, 2 and 3 didn't you understand?  Also
                      many forms of pollution can be disposed of by the
                      ecosystem in limited amounts.  The problem is places
                      have gone way above those amounts.