2011 Nissan Leaf - first mass produced pure electric zero emission car

[BailOut]

Originally Posted by Kal-El

Although nuclear generated electricity is truly zero emission.

Nuclear power is not zero emission. The highly toxic and radioactive emissions and residuals are captured and stored locally for generations as there's nowhere else to put it. Even the people that get their power from nuclear plants don't want the byproducts stored anywhere near their region.

Aside from that uranium and its cousins are highly finite and non-renewable materials. It's a dead end with barely-contained devastating aftereffects.

I'm all for EVs, and Nissan's Leaf is a great start, but please refrain from pimping nuclear energy in the same breath.

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by BailOut

Nuclear power is not zero emission. The highly toxic and radioactive emissions and residuals are captured and stored locally for generations as there's nowhere else to put it. Even the people that get their power from nuclear plants don't want the byproducts stored anywhere near their region.

Aside from that uranium and its cousins are highly finite and non-renewable materials. It's a dead end with barely-contained devastating aftereffects.

I'm all for EVs, and Nissan's Leaf is a great start, but please refrain from pimping nuclear energy in the same breath.

But you're OK with coal plants? A lot of people seem to forget where electricity comes from when they make the push for electric cars. The pollution is still being generated even if it's not coming directly from the car.

[supmet]

Originally Posted by BailOut

Nuclear power is not zero emission. The highly toxic and radioactive emissions and residuals are captured and stored locally for generations as there's nowhere else to put it.

Emit:

1 a : to throw or give off or out (as light or heat) b : to send out : eject

So if something is "captured and stored", its not really emitted, is it?

[Kal-El]

Originally Posted by supmet

Emit:

1 a : to throw or give off or out (as light or heat) b : to send out : eject

So if something is "captured and stored", its not really emitted, is it?

True. Fact is, nuclear power plants run "clean" in that they don't emit any pollutants into the air. Yeah, there is waste in the end but it can be responsibily recycled or stored safely. If we are going to embrace electric cars in mass volume, we'll have to also embrace the idea of nuclear expansion.