(June 11, 2012) BERKELEY, Calif. — Eviornmental activist Ozzie Zehner puts forth a rather radical premise in a new book just released by the University of Nebraska Press, "Green Illusions."
Zehner, a University of California - Berkeley visiting scholar, maintains that hybrid and electric cars are neither clean nor green. Green Illusions claims numerous hidden side effects of new hybrid and electric cars, such as the Tesla, Leaf, Fisker Karma, and Prius. The analysis considers mining impacts, toxins, energy use, suburban sprawl and carbon footprints of production.