Please, Tell Me This is Not True

Electric cars, despite their supposed green credentials, are among the environmentally dirtiest transportation options, a U.S. researcher, Zehner, suggests.  Writing in the journal IEEE Spectrum, Dr. Zehner says electric cars lead to hidden environmental and health damages and are likely more harmful than gasoline cars and other transportation options.  He further states, "Upon closer consideration, moving from petroleum-fueled vehicles to electric cars starts to appear tantamount to shifting from one brand of cigarettes to another."  Dr. Zehner is a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, which is definitely not a bastion of conservatives.