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Brighton have recently made a statement revealing that they will soon be installing 20 roadside charging stations for use with electric vehicles. This is part of a big project to try and make Brighton a more Zero-emission city.

One thing to debate is the fact that some people who already own an electric car think they are bigger and better than everyone else? If you consider a recent episode of South Park it would certainly seem to be the case. Many of the people in South Park bought a electric car and found that they all started to think very highly of themselves and better than the people without the car.

Of course this is all nonsense and just put there to annoy the people of Chicago (where a lot of the episode was based) as well as everyone who own one of the electric cars.

Do we all believe that the answer to the worlds pollution can be found in these cars, or maybe it is it just too much hassle? As power stations are unable to shut down overnight, currently there is a lot of unused electricity, so without building anymore stations, we could power millions of electric vehicles with no additional impact on the environment. If we consider that we may have to build more power plants, they would hopefully be cleaner plants. As well as this, the cost per mile obviously works out a lot cheaper for an electric vehicle than it does for a gas vehicle. The truth is it is all to do with efficiency as gasoline cars are 25% efficient whereas electric are around 95% meaning that a mile on electric costs a penny and a mile on gas costs around 15 cents.

So if you are about to buy a new BMW or buy a Toyota you should hold off and wait until an electric car comes your way. Whether it is used cars for sale there is sure to be an eventual upgrade for a car to help take down your C02 emissions.

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