> More recently, I had been parking an electric car in my apartment's lot, and running an extension cord from the exercise room, out to the car. Then the apartment decided to close off those outlets.
Won't even get to what I am sure others have raised about safety issues. My question is why do you go to this effort? What in you makes you want to go to this extent in order to use an electric car?
Eventual huge reduction of CO2 emissions (once mining and other activities become fossil-fuel free enterprises). Small reduction now assuming local electricity sources are CO2-free.
Perhaps me aiming to reduce my CO2 emissions won't make a difference. I'm going to do it anyway. You should too.
I do contribute sulphur oxides and all that stuff, but global warming is driven less by those.
Planting trees (that take decades to grow might or might not release the carbon again soon after) or helping other people emit less does not render your emissions harmless.
The only way that can work is to take it out of the atmosphere again for good. Is there is an offsetting option that I'm not aware of that does this?