First thing I look at when reading an article is who wrote it:

Central Connecticut State University

They are not even the biggest university in Connecticut! Ok, I will be sure to take this article with a grain of salt. I would trust it a little more if it were put out by Stanford, Harvard, Yale, etc...


Next comment is on the environmental damage caused by electric cars. First off, the Toyota Prius IS NOT an electric car. The Toyota Prius is a gas car that stores excess energy in a battery to help power the car at slower speeds. An electric car would not have a Nickel battery, it would probably have a Lithium Ion battery (like the one in your laptop). Would you rather have a Lithium Ion battery (in an electric car), or a lead-acid battery (in virtually every gas powered car). You don't need to be an engineer to know which one is better for the environment.
Batteries are not the best thing for the environment, and we know that. But how about a hydrogen fuel cell car. Water is not damaging to the environment. How do you get H2 on earth?? You use electricity. This is why we need an alternative source of electricity. How we store the energy is the second part of the equation.

But yeah, Central Connecticut State University... yeah