Nekota
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I was looking for a place to collect links to articles which appear to have FUD as their theme.
Here is one from 1 September 2011
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/the-shocking-truth-about-electric-cars/article2149465/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
August blog from Tom Murphy. Most of the information is accurate if you are charging your car from an oil fired power plant.
http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2011/08/mpg-for-electric-cars/#more-95" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Peterson Seeking Alpha Article (from HERM post below)
http://seekingalpha.com/article/289828-it-s-time-to-kill-the-electric-car-drive-a-stake-through-its-heart-and-burn-the-corpse" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Plug in cars have a rocky road with problems - references the Peterson link and it's from the oil industry perspective.
http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/A-Rocky-Road-Ahead-The-Problems-with-Plug-in-Cars.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
NY Times Battery Recycling Article
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/business/energy-environment/fancy-batteries-in-electric-cars-pose-recycling-challenges.html?_r=1&ref=energy-environment" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Thanks to JRP3 for another Peterson optimization analysis on Lithium vs oil consumption.
Hill in link http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5775&view=unread#p132207" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Here is an old WSJ link from 2009 "Speed Bump: Don’t Bank on the Electric-Car Revolution, Lux Says"
Link -> http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/10/07/speed-bump-dont-bank-on-the-electric-car-revolution-lux-says/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
JRP added ::
edatokarun shared "Even with $4 gas, electric cars face dark days" ::
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5494&start=20#p181939" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Another Petersen LUX based article on Li-Ion cost ::
http://seekingalpha.com/article/468591-new-research-dissects-lithium-ion-battery-mythology" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I think there are more comments critical of Petersen's analysis than before.
The Wall Street Journal has a doozy of an article by Lomborg :
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324128504578346913994914472.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Here is one from 1 September 2011
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/the-shocking-truth-about-electric-cars/article2149465/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
August blog from Tom Murphy. Most of the information is accurate if you are charging your car from an oil fired power plant.
http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2011/08/mpg-for-electric-cars/#more-95" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Peterson Seeking Alpha Article (from HERM post below)
http://seekingalpha.com/article/289828-it-s-time-to-kill-the-electric-car-drive-a-stake-through-its-heart-and-burn-the-corpse" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Plug in cars have a rocky road with problems - references the Peterson link and it's from the oil industry perspective.
http://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/A-Rocky-Road-Ahead-The-Problems-with-Plug-in-Cars.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
NY Times Battery Recycling Article
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/business/energy-environment/fancy-batteries-in-electric-cars-pose-recycling-challenges.html?_r=1&ref=energy-environment" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Thanks to JRP3 for another Peterson optimization analysis on Lithium vs oil consumption.
A new one from Peterson, drawing the wrong conclusion from a study that shows Lithium not to be a constraining factor:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/293742-researchers-prove-the-law-of-diminishing-marginal-utility-in-electric-drive-technology" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Hill in link http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5775&view=unread#p132207" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Sheesh - one of the peeps at forbes seems to think we Leaf (or any other Leaf owners for that matter) owners are out of it:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/louiswoodhi" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... ad-idea/2/
Care to comment here or on Forbes? From what I can tell, most comments seems to disagree with Mr. Woodhill. Baaah . . . what do they know.
Here is an old WSJ link from 2009 "Speed Bump: Don’t Bank on the Electric-Car Revolution, Lux Says"
Link -> http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2009/10/07/speed-bump-dont-bank-on-the-electric-car-revolution-lux-says/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
JRP added ::
A new one from Peterson, drawing the wrong conclusion from a study that shows Lithium not to be a constraining factor:
http://seekingalpha.com/article/293742-researchers-prove-the-law-of-diminishing-marginal-utility-in-electric-drive-technology" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
edatokarun shared "Even with $4 gas, electric cars face dark days" ::
http://www.mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=5494&start=20#p181939" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Another Petersen LUX based article on Li-Ion cost ::
http://seekingalpha.com/article/468591-new-research-dissects-lithium-ion-battery-mythology" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I think there are more comments critical of Petersen's analysis than before.
The Wall Street Journal has a doozy of an article by Lomborg :
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324128504578346913994914472.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;