Is Green Motoring Practical

IS GREEN MOTORING PRACTICAL? We found that this depends on where you live. Some cities and states have more With increasing interest in environmentally friendly cars, how practical is it to actually own one for day to day use? Could you get to and from work without needing to charge up? charging points and biofuel gas stations than others, while some areas simply don't give you the option. How Do We Use Our Vehicles? 3% 4% 7% 13% 17% 22% 34% Medical School Erreands Meals Work Social/family Home How Far How Far & Do We Drive Could we Drive 6mi 7mi 7mi 9mi 10mi 11mi 12mi Avrg Electric car 60mi range Top 25 States in order of Practicality = state area = total electric stations = total biofuel stations Our 'practicality score is based on the number of electric or biofuel stations per square mile. Columbia comes out on top with Alaska coming last due to only having one single electric charging station. OOO0 2:40 District of Columbia 86: Connecticut 6:179 Massachusetts 9:196 Maryland 000 8:148 5:99 2:15 Rhode Island Hawaii New Jersey Ooo 70:1380 California 15:445 Florida 44:305 Tennessee 11 137:209 37:374 33:135 North Carolina Washington South Carolina 00OO 16 23:244 14:145 Virginia 1:10 10:268 Illinois New York Delaware O000 21 25:318 21:125 3:27 7:137 Oregon Ohio New Hampshire Pennsylvania 22 8:94 26:140 18:240 Indiana Georgia Michigan 25 19:506 52 Texas 0:1 Alaska SIXT sources: http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/electricity_locations.html http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/stations_counts.html BY NC SA