When "Clean" Vehicles Charge-up on "Dirty" Electric

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As Published March 20, 2009
The Christian Science Monitor

Q: If you have an electric or plug-in hybrid car, you’re paying for electricity rather than gasoline all or most of the time. How does that cost compare with a gasoline-powered car’s cost per mile? And since the electricity may be generated from some other polluting source, does it really work out to be better for the environment? – Kevin DeMarco, Milford, Conn.

A: When you compare battery to gasoline power, electricity wins, hands down. A 2007 study by the nonprofit Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) calculated that powering a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) would cost the equivalent of roughly 75 cents-per-gallon gasoline – a price not seen at the pump for 30 years...

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