09-06-2012, 06:18 AM
As much work as it would be to constantly be turning the cars around (not to metion a lot of towns didn't have a wye or turntable) and due to do the fact they function just as well in either direction I would be suprised if they did that. I know if I ran the railroad and I saw my workers wasting time that way they would be fired on the spot ! 
In regards to "Remember electric cars are powered by coal." not all power plants are coal fired. None fossil fuels include nuke, hydro. wind and of course solar. My step-mom lives in a retirement village down south and has a neighbor who has his own solar panels on the roof of his carport and keeps his electric car always ready to go. Earlier in the year when gas hit $4.50 a gal. he was taking his neighbors to the grocery store and to their doctor appointments and what have you. With most of them on fixed incomes he was a veryyyyyy popular guy!
In regards to "Remember electric cars are powered by coal." not all power plants are coal fired. None fossil fuels include nuke, hydro. wind and of course solar. My step-mom lives in a retirement village down south and has a neighbor who has his own solar panels on the roof of his carport and keeps his electric car always ready to go. Earlier in the year when gas hit $4.50 a gal. he was taking his neighbors to the grocery store and to their doctor appointments and what have you. With most of them on fixed incomes he was a veryyyyyy popular guy!
Mike
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