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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PinkieT" data-source="post: 1412932" data-attributes="member: 20959"><p>Researched your comment.  Yes, east of the Mississippi where coal plants are more common that has been true.  The rule of thumb is that an electric car charged by a coal fired plant pollutes as much as a gasoline car.  Since the cost of natural gas has dropped so much, the power companies are converting over when they can. One charged by a natural gas plant has the emission equivalent as a high efficiency hybrid.   Our solar panel system is sized so that we feed into the grid when making excess electricity and taking it out at night, so our net electricity from power plants will be zero.</p></blockquote><p></p>