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I am writing to exhort you to terminate any programs that purport
to enable or mandate the so-called zero emission vehicle.

There is no such thing as a zero emission vehicle. 

The proposed program to subsidize the electric vehicle is fatally
flawed.

Conventional gasoline vehicles are tightly regulated for
emissions, in some cases emitting fewer pollutants than already
existing in the surrounding air.

The electric generating infrastructure is in a state of
accelerated transition as it seeks to expand capacity for new
requirements, bring on-stream a new generation of low polluting
generating capability and retire the old generation of highly
polluting coal and nuclear generators.

Battery powered vehicles have a far lower energy density than
conventional carbon based vehicles.  Their range is less, their
manufacturing costs far higher and their total environmental costs
are higher.  (The current 100mpg incentive program documents
this).

Electric vehicles export pollution from the point of consumption
(public roads) to the point of generation (coal generators and
nuclear power plants)  A recent IEEE Spectrum article attempted to
quantify the costs for nuclear waste sequestration and suggested it
may be a great as our national debt.  Coal generation has
environmental pollution problems from the mining stage, through
excess CO2 emissions, excess particulate emissions and heavy metal
pollution both at the plant and downstream for thousands of miles.

In addition, vehicles burning fuel are required to pay federal and
state taxes to support our transportation infrastructure.  Electric
vehicles do not pay any of those taxes, which means they wear out
our roads without paying their fair share of construction and
maintenance costs.

For all these reasons, and many more, I request that you do not
support electric vehicle programs in any form.

Thank you.

David W. Harralson