We add up the carbon dioxide produced by the oil used to build car batteries for one electric car plus the coal burn required to power the thing for 100,000 miles. In total, the electric car produces twice the carbon dioxide as a gas-powered car. But what if carbon dioxide was good for plants, producing a greener planet? What about that? Should Christians be concerned about the efforts to raise the price of energy by two to four times on the part of governments which are running nations into bankruptcy?