More on Electric Cars

Once again, electric cars are in the news.

According to Reuters, European automaker Renault has announced it "expects to sell between 20,000 and 40,000 electric vehicles in 2011, and break through the 100,000 unit threshold the following year."

That’s a lot of electric cars, which is great news.

We've discussed all of the advantages of electric cars before, but here they are in a nutshell:

• 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, which will greatly increase America’s energy security.

• If that 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.

Let's hope that other automakers follow the lead of pioneers like Renault – it means a brighter future for all of us.