Eco Car

How would elec. cars have a low carbon footprint if most electricity is generated using coal?

I have resarched alot about Hybrid and Electric Cars and according to many citation in which I will provide in the end, Oil and Coal are the most used way to generate Electricity and they leave a huge carbon footprint, and since electric cars use electricity, I can't see how it would lower our carbon footprint or emissions, I'm not sure if there is something I'm missing.
Here are my sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:World_energy_usage_width_chart.svg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Sources_of_electricity_in_the_USA_2006.png

http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/reports_and_publications/statistical_energy_review_2008/STAGING/local_assets/downloads/pdf/statistical_review_of_world_energy_full_review_2008.pdf

I'd suggest you let the last link take it's time loading
I'm not sure if this the right section, This what yahoo suggested, If you think there is a better section please tell me

You are right. As of right now, the majority of electricity generated comes from fossil fuels which have a large carbon footprint. Charging your Electric Vehicle from mains power will mean that it is mainly charged using fossil fuels and so the carbon footprint will not be much better than using gasoline.

You best option right now is Hybrid vehicles. It uses LESS gasoline and does not require charging from mains power.

There is another concept out there for a 106 mpg car that is a hybrid gasoline / air powered car. Check it out.....

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/08/08/air.car/index.html?eref=rss_latest

Hopefully though, we will move away from electricity generation from fossil fuels in the future and rely more on renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, and tidal. At that point the carbon footprint for EV's will be significantly reduced. This probably won't happen any time soon as politics is still driven by the people with the money......the oil companies.

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