Op-Ed on Electric Cars
AOES Associate Professor Barry Klinger wrote an Op-Ed piece for the Richmond Times-Dispatch of Virginia: Save money, save Ukraine, save Earth. The article points out that over the lifetime of an electric car, it could save its owner $20,000 in fuel costs at recent gas and electricity prices. The car could also save about 50 tons in climate-altering carbon dioxide emissions. Klinger’s web pages on Humans Heating the Earth include calculations for the article.
The Op-Ed concludes, “If you buy a gas-powered car, you might be paying extra for the privilege of altering the climate and supporting Russian oligarchs. Ongoing technological progress has changed saving the Earth from a cost to a financial benefit.”
Barry Klinger teaches a graduate-level class on climate change, CLIM 690 Scientific Basis of Climate Change.
George Mason University supports electric vehicle drivers by providing EV charge stations in several of its garages. Drivers can charge their cars for free at the stations.
