However – the biggest issues aren’t even simply ‘Global Warming’ but rather – a lack of ‘Global Warning’ about the basic polution levels – smog, particulates, and the like, suggest a multi pronged attack is required – Work Factories at night – when the general residential and office loads are lighter, Live Closer to work and drive an electric Scooter to work instead of that Car or electric Car, and use electric cars when we go shopping, instead of honking SUV’s.

Second – Start Putting Solar Panels on our Appartment Roofs, Home Roofs, and even – Gas Station Canopy’s, and Factory Roofs, to generate the power that is needed in the peak of the day, and More Local Wind turbines and small generators for Cities, Homes, farms, and Factories.

Third, Begin to use more Run of the River Hydro Power – Instead of making large dams, so you can put up smaller, local power producers nearer to end users to reduce line losses.

And Maybe even – Turn off our Televisions, with power bars, or unplug them when not in use – or even – use them less, and our PC’s Too! My PC – in a 24 hour run time – uses about the same amound of power as my Electric Car does to charge it up! Sometimes – the little things – are the culprit, because we overlook them!

My PC – about 180 Watts on idle – about 280 watts in use – Split that into say 16 hours on idle and 8 hours on use = 5,120 Watt Hours (5 kWh) = more than my EV Usually takes to charge it up! My car uses between 140 – 200 Watt hours per Km to drive – and that means one day of PC use = about 25 – 35 Kms of driving in my EV! http://www.myelectricfly.com – and check out the blog there.

one should not forget the other way to deal with emission reduction:
Carbon capture and storage on gasolene fuelled cars,
as for example developed at Georgia Tech
http://www.ceolas.net/#cc25x

Emission taxation on cars (as in Europe) is in my view better than current (USA) fuel efficiency based bans,
emission taxation is fuel neutral, and unlike bans not only ensures a continued free choice for consumers,
but it also – unlike bans – can raise considerable government income, which in turn can be used towards renewable energy or other measures that lower emissions more than the targeted decreased automobile use raises them.
Moreover, it allows for sales taxes on cars with lower emissions to be lowered, without any net loss of revenue.
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With the concept of “V2H” (vehicle to home), the vehicle can supply 100V electricity stored in its on-board lithium-ion batteries to electric appliances in a house.

It is possible to charge the batteries at night, when electricity is cheaper, and use it for home appliances during daytime, Mitsubishi Motors said.

And the company claims that the batteries can provide almost all the electricity used in a normal household throughout the day.

Besides, if these people have a problem with running an EV on dirty grid energy, then why are they content to run their homes on that same dirty energy?