Could electric cars take too much water?

Along with all the apparent benefits of electric cars, their possible drawbacks are also gaining attention. In some circles, it's the science that's controversial; in others, it's the funding for the research. On LiveScience the argument is about whether electric cars could strain the water supply due to their use of electricity...Wait, what?

Read the full story, and enjoy a good argument, on LiveScience: "Electric Vehicles Could Strain Water Supplies"

[mikeburek]

The water used here is the water that the power plants use to cool themselves. It's not drinkable tap water. But sounds like a great reason to implement a "water tax" to makeup for the "enormous" number of hybrid cars that are cheating the states out of trillions of dollars from buying less gasoline.