I agree that the climate is changing, as it always has and always will. Some of it is caused by man and some by other factors. The climate changed before man existed, and will change after man is gone. I also feel we should all try to do what we can to help reduce the part of the change caused by man. That being said, people need to wake up and not be sucked into so called solutions that actually don't help. Electric cars are a great example. Here are a few things the electric car industry won't tell you. The carbon footprint left behind by the mining, refinement and transportation of the materials used to make the batteries in these vehicles is very significant (even with the newer lithium batteries). Second, to make these vehicles get any range with the weight of the batteries, the rest of the vehicles have to have lots of plastic to keep the vehicle weight down. Plastic is a petroleum product that is not easily recycled, unlike the metal used in traditional vehicles that is melted down and reused. Then the batteries need to be periodically replaced, causing an ongoing cycle of the already mentioned mining, refinement and transportation process. Then the used batteries, which are basically toxic waste, need to be disposed of. And although the electric cars don't put exhaust out of a tail pipe, the batteries still need to be charged. Where do the people driving these cars think the electricity charging their batteries is coming from? It takes energy to run any car, weather it is gas or electric. Just because there is no smoke coming from the tail pipe does not mean the vehicle is not using energy. I have read some logical arguments that show electric cars are actually as bad, if not worse, for the environment. More common sense solutions, such as planning your car trips more efficiently so that you buy everything you need for a week at a time, rather than going out for a few things every other day, would actually help. Common sense things like that would really add up if everyone did it.
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