Electric cars pure innovation or pure ignorance



the internal structure of a hybrid car


It is a very nice idea that just like countries such as the United States of America, South Africans will also get an opportunity to own what is known as hybrid or electric cars. South Africa has also introduced their own home made Hybrid car called Joule.
Before we can start talking about how wonderful the car is, let us just ask one common question and that question is the question that every concerned South African is asking themselves and that is ,how will South Africa generate the huge amount of electricity needed by these electric cars and will the electricity last for a long period of time?


an electric car being chrged


These cars are aimed at reducing greenhouse emissions but to be realistic that depends on the cleanliness of the electricity grid and that will also raise a question of with almost 80% of the countries electricity being generated by using coal energy how do people get the gurantee of a clean and less harmful oxygen? the other major problem with the electric cars is that South Africa is struggling to make sure that every South African has access to electricity which electricity is becoming one of the most scarce resources .
According to a study done by three professors at Witwatersrand University these cars are producing more greenhouse emissions than your ordinary cars that run by using internal combustion engines .

The question that i would like to ask is how did South Africa host the COP-MOP 17 Conference which was about climate change and factors that impact on it if they know nothing about the implications of an electric car.(read more)