[NMLUG] Why so many Linux distros?

[niosop at gmail.com (Matthew Bowie)]

As of yet, it wouldn't really be an advantage.  But if cleaner sources of
electric power generation (nuclear, solar, hydroelectric, wind etc...) ever
get prioritized, then the vehicles would be in place to take advantage of
it.

Well, that's what I figure anyways, but it's not my field, and I don't even
drive.


I don't understand the never ending fascination with the plug-in car.
> Why are so many people interested in shifting from the cost of gasoline
> to a much higher electric bill (due to efficiency losses in generation
> and distribution) ... unless there is the opportunity to steal the
> electricity from a neighbor or employer... I suppose.
>
> I also don't understand the desire for pollution shifting and
> concentrating. Traditional cars distribute a small amount of pollution
> over a wide are so that nature can process that pollution in a
> distributed manner. Plug-in electric cars shift a larger amount of
> pollution (due to efficiency losses in generation and distribution) to a
> centralized location so that the plant and animal life in the immediate
> area of the electric generation facilities are subjected to a level of
> pollution many orders of magnitude higher.
>
> I think I'm overlooking some perceived advantage.
>
>
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