Head Out on the Highway with Clean Coal

If plug-in hybrid cars seem like a recurring theme on this blog, that’s because they are.

Just last week, Chrysler announced it has been developing three electric vehicles – and promises one will be available to consumers by 2010.

As I’ve said before, electric vehicles are great for Americans for several reasons.

First, the energy these cars run on will have to come from somewhere – and if it is plugged in, odds are good that the electricity charging them will be coal generated. By relying more on domestic coal and less on imported oil, we’re greatly increasing America’s energy security.

Plus, if the plug-in hybrid’s electricity can be produced utilizing CCT and carbon sequestration, we can also greatly reduce the greenhouse gases that are currently being released into the atmosphere by every car on the highway without increasing emissions in the utilities sector.

That sounds like a win-win to me.

We know it’s going to take all of our resources to solve this energy puzzle, but announcements like these prove we’re speeding in the right direction.