Why doesn Greenpeace rather promote electric, hydrogen or solar cars ?
Because time is pressing. We cannot wait with the reduction of the traffic-induced carbon dioxide emissions until the development of more environmentally sound prime movers has matured and a corresponding infrastructure is available. Currently only niche markets exist in Germany for solar or electric vehicles, unfortunately a broad change in the car market due to them is not in sight. There are various reasons for this: The prices of the vehicles are comparatively very high (two-seater DM 30,000 and more, four-seater starting from DM 40,000, the battery package may also cost a mark-up). If the vehicle should be operated not “from the socket”, but as a “real” solar mobile, then an additional investment in a photovoltaic system must be made (DM 10,000 and more). If the vehicles are operated “from the socket”, then with the central European electric power mix, they are one third “atom-mobile” – some of their power comes from nuclear power stations. Their climate balance is also not any mo