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Very good link. Seems pretty convincing in terms of electric cars being an improvement for the UK as well.
Mind you, I was never anti electric cars. I'm currently in Oslo, and when not cycling I drive one of these. But I still insist that the best policy is to reduce single-person-in-car traffic altogether, not just shift from one type of juice to another.
Not sure if I can find good a source in English, but stats from Oslo show that once a family get an electric car their overall mileage go up. Because they're fucking fun to drive. In Norway that's not a problem in terms of emissions, but it's still part of the debate as the roads are now even more congested. If the same happened the UK, we would also be speaking of increased emissions. (But keeping in mind the reasoning in your link, there should still be a net benefit to the environment even if 'electric mileage' went up.)