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Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe
Excellent post, thoroughly explains the primary differences and pros/cons of the last 15 years of Yamaha models.
Concerns about our climate and environment are more reason to shy away from newer (id est - Lithium) carts is the incredible damage they wreak upon the environment.
Firstly, you have to have all those coal burning power plants to recharge the "clean" vehicles.
Then when the lithium carts reach the end of their lifespan, you have to dispose of these incredibly toxic, heavy metal leaching batteries. Imagine what's going to happen to your grandchildren's water supply! We are not even talking about the coal-burning, air-killing electricity required to keep electric carts "fueled!"
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E-golf carts are better for the environment than gasoline golf carts. Gas carts do NOT even have pollution control devices on them. They are producing uncontrolled pollution. A lot of electricity is produced by wind, tides, and solar. Large electric generating plant have LARGE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS and other methods of scrubbing their haystack smoke. Gasoline golf carts have NO such scrubbing. Some golf carts use lead acid batteries for carts that don't need long range. And battery science improves every day.