And even friendly fuel-cells may have their hydrogen produced by splitting water molecules up electrically, which results in the same problem as more conventional electric engines.The best answer to the CO2 problem, however, is deemed unacceptable by most environmentalists, because of what it does to city air.
On "The New Hollywood Squares" in the mid-1980's, each was given a little electric piano to answer musical questions.
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People always ask me, "Are electric vehicles the answer?" The truth is as long as you don't want to haul anything or go too far, they sure are.
Last week, Patrick O'Brien scooped the prize with the answers "Electric", "Haircut" and "Seconds to Mars".
And when Aztec Camera signed up, Roddy Frame was installed in our rented house in Beck Road, Hackney, where he spent most of the time huddled over the one-bar electric fire, occasionally answering the door to our neighbours, Genesis P Orridge or Jim Foetus Beck Roadd was like the indie Coronation Street).
Should biofuels not turn out to be the answer, though, electric cars, too, are starting to hit the road.
Alternative vehicle powertrains (hybrid, hydrogen, electric) are a right answer to the emissions problem in very congested urban areas.
Japanese carmakers say hybrid-electric engines are the answer.
