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Hmmm... just about. Our electricity comes from Hydro, which is a renewable source of energy. And it's also cheap - it costs me only $1.18 worth of electricity for every 70 kilometres. So far I have driven 4515 kilometres at a total cost of $64.50. If this had been my Camaro, the cost would have been $80.00 per 350 Kilometers, or a total cost of $1032.00.
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Sorry, you don't get off that easy.
Hydroelectric power's dirty secret revealed
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Contrary to popular belief, hydroelectric power can seriously damage the climate. Proposed changes to the way countries' climate budgets are calculated aim to take greenhouse gas emissions from hydropower reservoirs into account, but some experts worry that they will not go far enough.
The green image of hydro power as a benign alternative to fossil fuels is false, says Éric Duchemin, a consultant for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). "Everyone thinks hydro is very clean, but this is not the case," he says.
Hydroelectric dams produce significant amounts of carbon dioxide and methane, and in some cases produce more of these greenhouse gases than power plants running on fossil fuels. Carbon emissions vary from dam to dam, says Philip Fearnside from Brazil's National Institute for Research in the Amazon in Manaus. "But we do know that there are enough emissions to worry about."
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You are accelerating global warming and killing the planet while smugly driving around in your hydroelectric powered vehicle.
Clearly you must stop driving any type of vehicle. We all must. It is the only way to prevent the planet from bursting into a giant ball of flame. How many more of these "hottest year on record" must we be forced to endure? Who will think of the children?
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