Electric or Hummer: Who Is Green And Who Is Black?

Ok, like, are electric cars more green? The link is from 'The Straight Dope.'

I briefly discussed a more historical aspect of electric cars here.

There's a "pile-on" type of mentality that is gripping us all when it comes to matters of science. By this I mean persons with a partisan position to postulate (ooo, big word) will stake their claim and read or write (sometimes thoughtlessly) anything that supports their beliefs until we're all bludgeoned to intellectual death. It gets to a point it's impossible to tell who knows what they're talking about. They each pile on a particular subject.

We always have to ask "cui bono?" before every single thing we read. Including this blog. I mean, come on. Who the heck is The Commentator anyway? If you must know, I'm only a dolphin ma'am.*

There's even a more sinister, anti-freedom "wolf pack" tendency whereby somebody who takes a different angle or opinion the opposing view will rip them to shreds. We see this in politics a lot. Don't believe me? Have you taken a look at how greeners react whenever a blog or journalists dares question global warming and lord master Al Gore?

Yes. The "subject is closed" indeed, Mr. Gore. I know one thing: when someone attempts to gag debate that's when it is just beginning.

All this to say, in an unusual cluttered way, the electric car debate continues.

*To get this reference please think back to SNL and a comedy sketch called 'Landshark.' It's about a shark played by Chevy Chase who preys on women. In one skit, the unsuspecting person wises up to the sharp, devious shark and doesn't open the door. The shark, undeterred, tries to fool her and replies, 'I'm only a dolphin ma'am.' This lowers her guard and she opens the door only to be swallowed. Funny.

How I went from electric cars to Landshark is beyond me.

Saturday Night Live - Season 1 - Land Shark