INCONVENIENT TRUTH ABOUT ELECTRIC VEHICLES

    So, in the end, what we have is the country of Norway, credited with the greenest automotive fleet in the world financing its conversion to electric vehicles by shipping ever-increasing amounts of crude oil abroad, while China's government, credited with the most advanced electric vehicle development program is (partially) financing its research by building coal-fired electricity plants around the world. To borrow a quote from the immortal George Carlin — in his commentary on the American War Machine’s assertion that it was “fighting for peace” — building an electric vehicle market based on exporting greenhouse gases is a little like “screwing for virginity.”