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If you want to discuss energy density, you should consider diesel electric freight trains. Those require serious energy density. Only a fool would think our currnt battery technology is as far as we will go with electric vehicles, and only an idiot would think we will switch to a new technology before it is able to meet the demand. Relax. Quit whining. It will be all right. We won't lose our means of transportation like you seem to fear.We already have diesel/electric ships and trucks, Electric power has already been proven to be more efficient than direct power by internal combustion. Why are you so afraid of progress? Do you think we will completely convert to battery powered electric before we have technology to match or better internal combustion? That's just silly.So, if renewable sources can't supply all our needs, then we will use coal, or gas, or dried cow dung if we have to. We will maintain a reliable energy source of one kind or another. It will just be better for us if we can do that with renewable sources sooner. Nobody wants or expects a complete conversion to renewables before that is possible. Quit whining.You should absolutely LOVE oil companies, since they are providing the fuel to generate electricity for EVs. Evs aren't going anywhere without the oil companies.You mean like we STILL DO with oil companies.
I would add many of those oil companies don't pay a penny in federal income taxes.
Fossil fuels don't generate electricity in my state.
We use water, wind, solar and a small nuclear facility.
We started shutting down our last coal fired plant in 2005. I'm sure it's closed by now.
We started building one of the nation's largest wind farms in the 90s.
The result?
We generate more electricity than we use so we sell the excess to other states for a profit. If you live in one of those states, you're welcome for the cheap and clean energy.
We also have the second lowest electric rates in the country.
So my state doesn't need or want fossil fuels to generate electricity.
Untrue anywhere in the US.
Coal is the #1 electricity producer in ALL US states and most of the world.
Many states just do not know how their electricity is produced because it is part of an out of state grid.
It is never going to be possible to use only renewable resources any place in the world except on ocean shores, near high thermal sources, or where one does not mind killing fish.
Going to electricity before electricity is renewable, only makes emissions much worse.
Nor does electricity allow for any reasonable totally renewable result eventually either, while bio fuel does.
So there is no point in going electrical.
It is inefficient.
Can you imagine trying to do ships, planes, or even EV trucks?
The would have no capacity to carry anything.
Batteries are way too heavy.
Because what you just claimed isn't true. Electric power is more efficient in very limited circumstances. Over short distances electric powered vehicles are superior. There is no doubt of that. However, once you get beyond a mile the advantage swings to the internal combustion engine. Currently a Formula One race car can travel 190 miles, at full performance, on a single tank of regular gasoline. Formula E, can only manage 55 miles. And, they have to use TWO cars to do it.
So, calculate out the energy density involved, and get back to us with your claim of EV superiority.
Those who fail to define their petroleum addiction as a finite drug show that their collective IQ won’t pack a thimble, and will likely be the ones to further fuck up tha planet looking for their drug.If you want to discuss energy density, you should consider diesel electric freight trains. Those require serious energy density. Only a fool would think our currnt battery technology is as far as we will go with electric vehicles, and only an idiot would think we will switch to a new technology before it is able to meet the demand. Relax. Quit whining. It will be all right. We won't lose our means of transportation like you seem to fear.We already have diesel/electric ships and trucks, Electric power has already been proven to be more efficient than direct power by internal combustion. Why are you so afraid of progress? Do you think we will completely convert to battery powered electric before we have technology to match or better internal combustion? That's just silly.So, if renewable sources can't supply all our needs, then we will use coal, or gas, or dried cow dung if we have to. We will maintain a reliable energy source of one kind or another. It will just be better for us if we can do that with renewable sources sooner. Nobody wants or expects a complete conversion to renewables before that is possible. Quit whining.You should absolutely LOVE oil companies, since they are providing the fuel to generate electricity for EVs. Evs aren't going anywhere without the oil companies.You mean like we STILL DO with oil companies.
I would add many of those oil companies don't pay a penny in federal income taxes.
Fossil fuels don't generate electricity in my state.
We use water, wind, solar and a small nuclear facility.
We started shutting down our last coal fired plant in 2005. I'm sure it's closed by now.
We started building one of the nation's largest wind farms in the 90s.
The result?
We generate more electricity than we use so we sell the excess to other states for a profit. If you live in one of those states, you're welcome for the cheap and clean energy.
We also have the second lowest electric rates in the country.
So my state doesn't need or want fossil fuels to generate electricity.
Untrue anywhere in the US.
Coal is the #1 electricity producer in ALL US states and most of the world.
Many states just do not know how their electricity is produced because it is part of an out of state grid.
It is never going to be possible to use only renewable resources any place in the world except on ocean shores, near high thermal sources, or where one does not mind killing fish.
Going to electricity before electricity is renewable, only makes emissions much worse.
Nor does electricity allow for any reasonable totally renewable result eventually either, while bio fuel does.
So there is no point in going electrical.
It is inefficient.
Can you imagine trying to do ships, planes, or even EV trucks?
The would have no capacity to carry anything.
Batteries are way too heavy.
Because what you just claimed isn't true. Electric power is more efficient in very limited circumstances. Over short distances electric powered vehicles are superior. There is no doubt of that. However, once you get beyond a mile the advantage swings to the internal combustion engine. Currently a Formula One race car can travel 190 miles, at full performance, on a single tank of regular gasoline. Formula E, can only manage 55 miles. And, they have to use TWO cars to do it.
So, calculate out the energy density involved, and get back to us with your claim of EV superiority.
Only a fool would think they can defy the laws of physics. Battery technology, and range, is not significantly greater than it was 100 years ago. Gasoline is the most energy dense fuel that normal people can acquire. A thimble full will propel a 3,000 pound car about 2 miles. No battery in the world can even come close.
The battery on badger’s etrike will be wrapped in a solar-rechargeable electric blanket inside a compartment inside another compartment.I think now the batteries are heated when it's cold, so cold weather isn't as big of a problem. Norway is one of the biggest purchasers of EVs per capita in Europe.The EV actually drives better, but it has to lug around 1000 lbs of batteries.Because they sound better.The best professional guitar players still use tube amps.The internal combustion engine is a Rube Goldberg device. It served us well for many years but maybe it’s time for it to go like the vacuum tube and the incandescent light bulb.
A car with an ICE doesn’t necessarily drive better than one with an electric motor.
EVs also have to recharge often in cold, rainy weather, take a long time to recharge if you want the batteries to last, the batteries cost over $5K, and most electricity in the world still comes from coal. After about 50 years when oil and gas run out, coal will be about the only source of electricity.
Those who fail to define their petroleum addiction as a finite drug show that their collective IQ won’t pack a thimble, and will likely be the ones to further fuck up tha planet looking for their drug.If you want to discuss energy density, you should consider diesel electric freight trains. Those require serious energy density. Only a fool would think our currnt battery technology is as far as we will go with electric vehicles, and only an idiot would think we will switch to a new technology before it is able to meet the demand. Relax. Quit whining. It will be all right. We won't lose our means of transportation like you seem to fear.We already have diesel/electric ships and trucks, Electric power has already been proven to be more efficient than direct power by internal combustion. Why are you so afraid of progress? Do you think we will completely convert to battery powered electric before we have technology to match or better internal combustion? That's just silly.So, if renewable sources can't supply all our needs, then we will use coal, or gas, or dried cow dung if we have to. We will maintain a reliable energy source of one kind or another. It will just be better for us if we can do that with renewable sources sooner. Nobody wants or expects a complete conversion to renewables before that is possible. Quit whining.You should absolutely LOVE oil companies, since they are providing the fuel to generate electricity for EVs. Evs aren't going anywhere without the oil companies.You mean like we STILL DO with oil companies.
I would add many of those oil companies don't pay a penny in federal income taxes.
Fossil fuels don't generate electricity in my state.
We use water, wind, solar and a small nuclear facility.
We started shutting down our last coal fired plant in 2005. I'm sure it's closed by now.
We started building one of the nation's largest wind farms in the 90s.
The result?
We generate more electricity than we use so we sell the excess to other states for a profit. If you live in one of those states, you're welcome for the cheap and clean energy.
We also have the second lowest electric rates in the country.
So my state doesn't need or want fossil fuels to generate electricity.
Untrue anywhere in the US.
Coal is the #1 electricity producer in ALL US states and most of the world.
Many states just do not know how their electricity is produced because it is part of an out of state grid.
It is never going to be possible to use only renewable resources any place in the world except on ocean shores, near high thermal sources, or where one does not mind killing fish.
Going to electricity before electricity is renewable, only makes emissions much worse.
Nor does electricity allow for any reasonable totally renewable result eventually either, while bio fuel does.
So there is no point in going electrical.
It is inefficient.
Can you imagine trying to do ships, planes, or even EV trucks?
The would have no capacity to carry anything.
Batteries are way too heavy.
Because what you just claimed isn't true. Electric power is more efficient in very limited circumstances. Over short distances electric powered vehicles are superior. There is no doubt of that. However, once you get beyond a mile the advantage swings to the internal combustion engine. Currently a Formula One race car can travel 190 miles, at full performance, on a single tank of regular gasoline. Formula E, can only manage 55 miles. And, they have to use TWO cars to do it.
So, calculate out the energy density involved, and get back to us with your claim of EV superiority.
Only a fool would think they can defy the laws of physics. Battery technology, and range, is not significantly greater than it was 100 years ago. Gasoline is the most energy dense fuel that normal people can acquire. A thimble full will propel a 3,000 pound car about 2 miles. No battery in the world can even come close.
Lit. Let me give you an example of what our electric grid looks likebad bad news for all authoritarian gas-stations like KSA, Muscovy, Venezuela , what will happened to them once oil (so no crazy jets full of cash landing on the roof of the Putin´s dacha) becomes what is coal today ?
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We are in the middle of the biggest revolution in motoring since Henry Ford's first production line started turning back in 1913.
And it is likely to happen much more quickly than you imagine.
Many industry observers believe we have already passed the tipping point where sales of electric vehicles (EVs) will very rapidly overwhelm petrol and diesel cars....
Jaguar plans to sell only electric cars from 2025, Volvo from 2030 and last week the British sportscar company Lotus said it would follow suit, selling only electric models from 2028.
General Motors says it will make only electric vehicles by 2035, Ford says all vehicles sold in Europe will be electric by 2030 and VW says 70% of its sales will be electric by 2030."
Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think
The BBC's Justin Rowlatt explains why we are accelerating towards an electric car future.www.bbc.com
bad bad news for all authoritarian gas-stations like KSA, Muscovy, Venezuela , what will happened to them once oil (so no crazy jets full of cash landing on the roof of the Putin´s dacha) becomes what is coal today ?
"
....
We are in the middle of the biggest revolution in motoring since Henry Ford's first production line started turning back in 1913.
And it is likely to happen much more quickly than you imagine.
Many industry observers believe we have already passed the tipping point where sales of electric vehicles (EVs) will very rapidly overwhelm petrol and diesel cars....
Jaguar plans to sell only electric cars from 2025, Volvo from 2030 and last week the British sportscar company Lotus said it would follow suit, selling only electric models from 2028.
General Motors says it will make only electric vehicles by 2035, Ford says all vehicles sold in Europe will be electric by 2030 and VW says 70% of its sales will be electric by 2030."
Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think
The BBC's Justin Rowlatt explains why we are accelerating towards an electric car future.
Those who fail to define their petroleum addiction as a finite drug show that their collective IQ won’t pack a thimble, and will likely be the ones to further fuck up tha planet looking for their drug.If you want to discuss energy density, you should consider diesel electric freight trains. Those require serious energy density. Only a fool would think our currnt battery technology is as far as we will go with electric vehicles, and only an idiot would think we will switch to a new technology before it is able to meet the demand. Relax. Quit whining. It will be all right. We won't lose our means of transportation like you seem to fear.We already have diesel/electric ships and trucks, Electric power has already been proven to be more efficient than direct power by internal combustion. Why are you so afraid of progress? Do you think we will completely convert to battery powered electric before we have technology to match or better internal combustion? That's just silly.So, if renewable sources can't supply all our needs, then we will use coal, or gas, or dried cow dung if we have to. We will maintain a reliable energy source of one kind or another. It will just be better for us if we can do that with renewable sources sooner. Nobody wants or expects a complete conversion to renewables before that is possible. Quit whining.You should absolutely LOVE oil companies, since they are providing the fuel to generate electricity for EVs. Evs aren't going anywhere without the oil companies.You mean like we STILL DO with oil companies.
I would add many of those oil companies don't pay a penny in federal income taxes.
Fossil fuels don't generate electricity in my state.
We use water, wind, solar and a small nuclear facility.
We started shutting down our last coal fired plant in 2005. I'm sure it's closed by now.
We started building one of the nation's largest wind farms in the 90s.
The result?
We generate more electricity than we use so we sell the excess to other states for a profit. If you live in one of those states, you're welcome for the cheap and clean energy.
We also have the second lowest electric rates in the country.
So my state doesn't need or want fossil fuels to generate electricity.
Untrue anywhere in the US.
Coal is the #1 electricity producer in ALL US states and most of the world.
Many states just do not know how their electricity is produced because it is part of an out of state grid.
It is never going to be possible to use only renewable resources any place in the world except on ocean shores, near high thermal sources, or where one does not mind killing fish.
Going to electricity before electricity is renewable, only makes emissions much worse.
Nor does electricity allow for any reasonable totally renewable result eventually either, while bio fuel does.
So there is no point in going electrical.
It is inefficient.
Can you imagine trying to do ships, planes, or even EV trucks?
The would have no capacity to carry anything.
Batteries are way too heavy.
Because what you just claimed isn't true. Electric power is more efficient in very limited circumstances. Over short distances electric powered vehicles are superior. There is no doubt of that. However, once you get beyond a mile the advantage swings to the internal combustion engine. Currently a Formula One race car can travel 190 miles, at full performance, on a single tank of regular gasoline. Formula E, can only manage 55 miles. And, they have to use TWO cars to do it.
So, calculate out the energy density involved, and get back to us with your claim of EV superiority.
Only a fool would think they can defy the laws of physics. Battery technology, and range, is not significantly greater than it was 100 years ago. Gasoline is the most energy dense fuel that normal people can acquire. A thimble full will propel a 3,000 pound car about 2 miles. No battery in the world can even come close.
We have replaced the tesla image (above) with a solar panel on the moving EV, because it is an image people readily understand. The idea of a battery is to store power until needed, until the sun comes back out again. The Petroleum Pimp hypnotizes the addict with a chronic ease of access coupled to an illusory image of unlimited pleasure and plenitude, counting on and benefitting from, competition and rivalry between addicts.Agree FlashThere may be a day when electric cars are good technology but it isn't now.
Lithium Ion batteries are terrible technology. They are heavy, expensive, can't hold much of a charge, don't have a long life and are ecological disasters to produce and dispose.
I suspect that most people that buy a LI vehicle now will regret doing it.
If they can work out the engineering problems Solid State batteries will be much better.
Agree rightwinger , it's a shame a good batteries haven't been made yet...Batteries my friend, batteries
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Personally-owned solar recharging equipment damn sure does something about petroleum addiction.Those who fail to define their petroleum addiction as a finite drug show that their collective IQ won’t pack a thimble, and will likely be the ones to further fuck up tha planet looking for their drug.If you want to discuss energy density, you should consider diesel electric freight trains. Those require serious energy density. Only a fool would think our currnt battery technology is as far as we will go with electric vehicles, and only an idiot would think we will switch to a new technology before it is able to meet the demand. Relax. Quit whining. It will be all right. We won't lose our means of transportation like you seem to fear.We already have diesel/electric ships and trucks, Electric power has already been proven to be more efficient than direct power by internal combustion. Why are you so afraid of progress? Do you think we will completely convert to battery powered electric before we have technology to match or better internal combustion? That's just silly.So, if renewable sources can't supply all our needs, then we will use coal, or gas, or dried cow dung if we have to. We will maintain a reliable energy source of one kind or another. It will just be better for us if we can do that with renewable sources sooner. Nobody wants or expects a complete conversion to renewables before that is possible. Quit whining.You should absolutely LOVE oil companies, since they are providing the fuel to generate electricity for EVs. Evs aren't going anywhere without the oil companies.You mean like we STILL DO with oil companies.
I would add many of those oil companies don't pay a penny in federal income taxes.
Fossil fuels don't generate electricity in my state.
We use water, wind, solar and a small nuclear facility.
We started shutting down our last coal fired plant in 2005. I'm sure it's closed by now.
We started building one of the nation's largest wind farms in the 90s.
The result?
We generate more electricity than we use so we sell the excess to other states for a profit. If you live in one of those states, you're welcome for the cheap and clean energy.
We also have the second lowest electric rates in the country.
So my state doesn't need or want fossil fuels to generate electricity.
Untrue anywhere in the US.
Coal is the #1 electricity producer in ALL US states and most of the world.
Many states just do not know how their electricity is produced because it is part of an out of state grid.
It is never going to be possible to use only renewable resources any place in the world except on ocean shores, near high thermal sources, or where one does not mind killing fish.
Going to electricity before electricity is renewable, only makes emissions much worse.
Nor does electricity allow for any reasonable totally renewable result eventually either, while bio fuel does.
So there is no point in going electrical.
It is inefficient.
Can you imagine trying to do ships, planes, or even EV trucks?
The would have no capacity to carry anything.
Batteries are way too heavy.
Because what you just claimed isn't true. Electric power is more efficient in very limited circumstances. Over short distances electric powered vehicles are superior. There is no doubt of that. However, once you get beyond a mile the advantage swings to the internal combustion engine. Currently a Formula One race car can travel 190 miles, at full performance, on a single tank of regular gasoline. Formula E, can only manage 55 miles. And, they have to use TWO cars to do it.
So, calculate out the energy density involved, and get back to us with your claim of EV superiority.
Only a fool would think they can defy the laws of physics. Battery technology, and range, is not significantly greater than it was 100 years ago. Gasoline is the most energy dense fuel that normal people can acquire. A thimble full will propel a 3,000 pound car about 2 miles. No battery in the world can even come close.
Doesn't matter if you go EV or not, you are still hooked on fossil fuel.
EV solves nothing.
Batteries are not a source of energy, but only a storage media, and a poor one at that.
No one has come up with anything remotely capable of replacing fossil fuel yet.
And when they do, it most likely will be a bio fuel, so then most likely will be use by ICEs and not batteries.
So the whole EV thing is likely a total waste of time and money.
If you look at the problem and come up with a viable solution, EVs are not involved.
The problem is we are running out of fossil fuels, and the solution likely is to plant more bio fuels to replace them.
Batteries just as cost, weight, inefficiency, fire, and sort life time.
bad bad news for all authoritarian gas-stations like KSA, Muscovy, Venezuela , what will happened to them once oil (so no crazy jets full of cash landing on the roof of the Putin´s dacha) becomes what is coal today ?
"
....
We are in the middle of the biggest revolution in motoring since Henry Ford's first production line started turning back in 1913.
And it is likely to happen much more quickly than you imagine.
Many industry observers believe we have already passed the tipping point where sales of electric vehicles (EVs) will very rapidly overwhelm petrol and diesel cars....
Jaguar plans to sell only electric cars from 2025, Volvo from 2030 and last week the British sportscar company Lotus said it would follow suit, selling only electric models from 2028.
General Motors says it will make only electric vehicles by 2035, Ford says all vehicles sold in Europe will be electric by 2030 and VW says 70% of its sales will be electric by 2030."
Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think
The BBC's Justin Rowlatt explains why we are accelerating towards an electric car future.
- "Owners of 2017 to 2019 Chevrolet Bolt EVs should not park their cars indoors or leave them to charge overnight unattended, according to a safety alert issued by The National Highway Traffic Administration (NHTSA). The warning comes after two Bolt EVs included in GM’s 2020 recall of the vehicle caught fire recently." No doubt that climate folks want to accelerate the conversion from the internal combustion engine to the electric one, but there are many bugs to yet work out.
Personally-owned solar recharging equipment damn sure does something about petroleum addiction.Those who fail to define their petroleum addiction as a finite drug show that their collective IQ won’t pack a thimble, and will likely be the ones to further fuck up tha planet looking for their drug.If you want to discuss energy density, you should consider diesel electric freight trains. Those require serious energy density. Only a fool would think our currnt battery technology is as far as we will go with electric vehicles, and only an idiot would think we will switch to a new technology before it is able to meet the demand. Relax. Quit whining. It will be all right. We won't lose our means of transportation like you seem to fear.We already have diesel/electric ships and trucks, Electric power has already been proven to be more efficient than direct power by internal combustion. Why are you so afraid of progress? Do you think we will completely convert to battery powered electric before we have technology to match or better internal combustion? That's just silly.So, if renewable sources can't supply all our needs, then we will use coal, or gas, or dried cow dung if we have to. We will maintain a reliable energy source of one kind or another. It will just be better for us if we can do that with renewable sources sooner. Nobody wants or expects a complete conversion to renewables before that is possible. Quit whining.You should absolutely LOVE oil companies, since they are providing the fuel to generate electricity for EVs. Evs aren't going anywhere without the oil companies.You mean like we STILL DO with oil companies.
I would add many of those oil companies don't pay a penny in federal income taxes.
Fossil fuels don't generate electricity in my state.
We use water, wind, solar and a small nuclear facility.
We started shutting down our last coal fired plant in 2005. I'm sure it's closed by now.
We started building one of the nation's largest wind farms in the 90s.
The result?
We generate more electricity than we use so we sell the excess to other states for a profit. If you live in one of those states, you're welcome for the cheap and clean energy.
We also have the second lowest electric rates in the country.
So my state doesn't need or want fossil fuels to generate electricity.
Untrue anywhere in the US.
Coal is the #1 electricity producer in ALL US states and most of the world.
Many states just do not know how their electricity is produced because it is part of an out of state grid.
It is never going to be possible to use only renewable resources any place in the world except on ocean shores, near high thermal sources, or where one does not mind killing fish.
Going to electricity before electricity is renewable, only makes emissions much worse.
Nor does electricity allow for any reasonable totally renewable result eventually either, while bio fuel does.
So there is no point in going electrical.
It is inefficient.
Can you imagine trying to do ships, planes, or even EV trucks?
The would have no capacity to carry anything.
Batteries are way too heavy.
Because what you just claimed isn't true. Electric power is more efficient in very limited circumstances. Over short distances electric powered vehicles are superior. There is no doubt of that. However, once you get beyond a mile the advantage swings to the internal combustion engine. Currently a Formula One race car can travel 190 miles, at full performance, on a single tank of regular gasoline. Formula E, can only manage 55 miles. And, they have to use TWO cars to do it.
So, calculate out the energy density involved, and get back to us with your claim of EV superiority.
Only a fool would think they can defy the laws of physics. Battery technology, and range, is not significantly greater than it was 100 years ago. Gasoline is the most energy dense fuel that normal people can acquire. A thimble full will propel a 3,000 pound car about 2 miles. No battery in the world can even come close.
Doesn't matter if you go EV or not, you are still hooked on fossil fuel.
EV solves nothing.
Batteries are not a source of energy, but only a storage media, and a poor one at that.
No one has come up with anything remotely capable of replacing fossil fuel yet.
And when they do, it most likely will be a bio fuel, so then most likely will be use by ICEs and not batteries.
So the whole EV thing is likely a total waste of time and money.
If you look at the problem and come up with a viable solution, EVs are not involved.
The problem is we are running out of fossil fuels, and the solution likely is to plant more bio fuels to replace them.
Batteries just as cost, weight, inefficiency, fire, and sort life time.
Sadly for the right this is an above average reply and it's still garbage.AGW is a myth.Doesnt address the point I made.NopeEven now electric cars are clearner than the ICE. It may take a couple of years during the EVs life cycle to catch up but in the end they are better for the environment. And that of course will change as our power grid is filled with even more diverse green energy.still they will bring oil prices back to normality, which means death of moscow empire, KSA (wahhabism) etcElectric cars aren't eco-friendly contrary to they'd have you believe.bad bad news for all authoritarian gas-stations like KSA, Muscovy, Venezuela , what will happened to them once oil (so no crazy jets full of cash landing on the roof of the Putin´s dacha) becomes what is coal today ?
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....
We are in the middle of the biggest revolution in motoring since Henry Ford's first production line started turning back in 1913.
And it is likely to happen much more quickly than you imagine.
Many industry observers believe we have already passed the tipping point where sales of electric vehicles (EVs) will very rapidly overwhelm petrol and diesel cars....
Jaguar plans to sell only electric cars from 2025, Volvo from 2030 and last week the British sportscar company Lotus said it would follow suit, selling only electric models from 2028.
General Motors says it will make only electric vehicles by 2035, Ford says all vehicles sold in Europe will be electric by 2030 and VW says 70% of its sales will be electric by 2030."
Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think
The BBC's Justin Rowlatt explains why we are accelerating towards an electric car future.
Benefits of electric cars on the environment
All you need to know about electric cars, also known as EVs, and their effect on our environment. Find out if electric or petrol cars are a better choice for our planet.www.edfenergy.com
I wouldn't necessarily say to go out and buy and EV to save the planet, wait until you need a car and then look for used or new EVs.
EV's are only cleaner if you ignore the environmental damage engendered with the mining of the lithium, the transport of the lithium across the oceans repeatedly, the fossil fuels used to obtain the lithium and transport it. The fossil fuels expended in processing it, and, of course, the environmental horror story waiting to be told when the tens of thousands of highly toxic, worn out batteries are needing to be dealt with.
During the entire lifespan of an EV to include the battery compnents they are still more environmentally friendly. They start out of the gate at a deficit however after a few years of use surpass ICEs.
Facts say otherwise. Your opinion, and those of the propagandists who feed you your BS are immaterial. Facts don't lie, and the facts show your claims to be horse poo.
That was very convincing.
Just one of hundreds of reports and papers that address your lies.
Developing countries pay environmental cost of electric car batteries
22 July 2020
Growth in electric car sales is great news for the fight against climate change, but the mining of the minerals used in their batteries poses serious risks for the environment.
Developing countries pay environmental cost of electric car batteries
Global consumers are warming up to electric cars, whose sales are expected to jump from 3 million vehicles in 2017 to 23 million in 2030, according to the International Energy Agency. Similar growth is expected for rechargeable batteries, with the market for cathode – the positive electrode of...unctad.org
Anyway climate change endangers us all.
Older engines were worn out at 100,000 miles just a few years ago. Now it's not unusual to go two or three times that range. Your "don't last as long" claim doesn't match reality.If he thinks that is all computers do in cars, he has no idea of what their main purpose is. They regulate all the aspects of combustion to get more power and less harmful exhaust. It used to be hard to find a factory V8 with 300 horsepower. Now it's common to get that from a four cylinder. Computers made that possible.8. There are many more infrastructure hurdles for hydrogen than there are for electric.Yep, when you only get 250 miles on a good day from an electric fill up, that took 1 hour, sure, the electric car is the way to go. But if you have to go from Florida to Arizona, and it takes you 10 fill ups and it is cold outside and the days are short, you have to fill up a few more times and longer because battteries dont do well in cold weather.The inception of the idea about a battery charged-electric vehicle is indeed ... compact, light and far more efficient nickel/metal (NiMH) accumulators. ... A brave new world is upon us, with many pioneers leading the way of developments. ...
Hey, get your jollies off on electric cars all you want, but a few facts are in order:
- GM isn't phasing out gas cars until 15 years from now, so they say today.
- A great many people rely on the USED market buying used gasoline cars up to ten years old. That means there will still be a steady demand for used gas cars at least until 2045.
- In a bad economy, a $4,000 used gas car will be easier to sell than a $60,000 new electric car.
- As time goes on and more people see the liabilities of an electric car, they will be sticking with or going back to gasoline.
- As gas cars become scarcer on the market, their value will soar.
- The electric car is a CONSUMER item and will never replace all forms of transportation.
- The environmental/climatic benefits of electric cars is being greatly overstated.
- The minute they develop a practical hydrogen fuel cell, they will drop electric battery cars like hot cakes making them valueless.
- Electric cars will be chock full of computer restrictions and government regulations limiting the driver and telling on him; as people realize that, they will flock back to gasoline.
- The electric car will never fully supplant the gas car until they literally outlaw gas cars, close all gas stations and FORCE everyone to electric.
9. You seem to think today's gas powered cars aren't chock full of computers already, and any imagined restrictions you fear could be easily implemented with the technology we currently have.
Hydrogen certainly will be very different to refuel and will require very different fueling stations.
But as for computers and restrictions, I think he is referring to things like keeping a log of all the traffic infractions like speeding, what strip club you went to, etc.
Not really.
Computers just made it cheaper.
The main way you increase power is by increasing compression ratio, like with a turbo charger, and then the problem becomes avoiding the deadly pre-ignition.
Pre-ignition can easily be prevented by mechanical fuel injection directly into the cylinders, like diesels used to have, and the only problem with that is it is expensive.
But some people are under the false impression computers can actually see and recognize things in real time speeds, and that is false.
Computers are about 100 million times slower at recognizing images than humans.
One small fact worth adding to the equation is that all these methods of increasing the (volumetric) efficiency of the engine also tends to shorten their lives by increasing operational stress. Forcing 300 HP out of a 4 cylinder will roughly cut the life expectancy of that engine down to about maybe a quarter that of a 8 cylinder.
Yeah, long story short an average EV will smoke almost all ICEs on the road and nobody is complaing about the ride.Do everyone a favor, don't accept money for fortune telling, you're not good at it.When that runs out when? It's like you're saying in a half century nothing will change with our energy make up. When has that ever happened in our country's history?Even now electric cars are clearner than the ICE. It may take a couple of years during the EVs life cycle to catch up but in the end they are better for the environment. And that of course will change as our power grid is filled with even more diverse green energy.still they will bring oil prices back to normality, which means death of moscow empire, KSA (wahhabism) etcElectric cars aren't eco-friendly contrary to they'd have you believe.bad bad news for all authoritarian gas-stations like KSA, Muscovy, Venezuela , what will happened to them once oil (so no crazy jets full of cash landing on the roof of the Putin´s dacha) becomes what is coal today ?
"
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We are in the middle of the biggest revolution in motoring since Henry Ford's first production line started turning back in 1913.
And it is likely to happen much more quickly than you imagine.
Many industry observers believe we have already passed the tipping point where sales of electric vehicles (EVs) will very rapidly overwhelm petrol and diesel cars....
Jaguar plans to sell only electric cars from 2025, Volvo from 2030 and last week the British sportscar company Lotus said it would follow suit, selling only electric models from 2028.
General Motors says it will make only electric vehicles by 2035, Ford says all vehicles sold in Europe will be electric by 2030 and VW says 70% of its sales will be electric by 2030."
Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think
The BBC's Justin Rowlatt explains why we are accelerating towards an electric car future.
Benefits of electric cars on the environment
All you need to know about electric cars, also known as EVs, and their effect on our environment. Find out if electric or petrol cars are a better choice for our planet.
No electric cars are not cleaner.
The main source of electricity is still coal, and will become even more of the main source in 50 years, when the gas and oil runs out.
The power grid is not green energy.
Coal burning power plants are cleaner than individual ICEs which are extremely inefficient. Didn't you know this? Most of the power they create never sees the pavement.
Here is an article about electric buses and even though they are not charged on clean power grids they are cleaner than their gas and diesel counterparts.
Study: Electric Buses Already Emit Less Carbon Than Diesel Buses, in Any State
And their climate impact will decrease as the grid gets cleaner.www.greentechmedia.com
Wrong.
We have only temporarily shifted to natural gas to produce electricity.
When that runs out in 50 years, then we will have to go back to coal, because we have 10 times more coal than natural gas.
And then the emissions of electricity doubles again, becoming greater than diesel.
And it is easy for diesel to beat EV if they use bio fuel because bio fuel absorbs more carbon than produced.
Nothing can ever beat bio fuel.
That is impossible.
I'm cool with bio fuels too when/if they come on board.
Half a century is not at all far away and would have to be started now.
There is no way to so it with solar or wind, so bio fuel is the only way, and we are going to have to find sources of water now, if we want bio fuel, because without fossil fuel for fertilizer, human starvation could be come a problem.
So coal is the only easy answer, so far.
Bio fuel is possible, but the EV thing is just detracting from real alternatives like bio fuel.
EVs solve nothing.
Its just a shell game where you don't see the pollution because you move it out of state.
EVs are incredibly inefficient.
Total efficiency of EVs is about 7%, compared to 45% for ICEs.
Nothing to do with fortune telling.
I just have a degree in physics, and have done engineering all my life.
Doubtful, but I don't really care anyway.
Believe me, you are being conned by a shell game.
EVs are vastly less efficient and dirty then ICEs.
In fact, the best ICEs are the VW TDIs, which they prosecuted because they were getting 56 mpg, when they were supposed to only be betting 34 mpg.
The VW TDI were putting out less than a forth the carbon of other cars, so then claimed it was NOx they were violating.
But the reality is that unlike CO2 that can last forever, NOx breaks down naturally in hours.
NOx is just heated air.
You turn on an electric stove, you get NOx if you get the coil element hot enough.
How much power from the engine(s) of an EV reach the wheels as compared to an ICE? If you have a degree in physics this should be easy.
Essentially all the power from the engine get to the wheels equally with ICE or EV.
That is because things like UJoints have very little friction, and EVs have an equal amount of UJoints in order to reduce unsprung weight. If you put the electric motor out at the wheel, as some do, the ride is terrible. Too much weight hitting bumps causes the whole car to jolt. Both also should have transmission, and that has little friction either. The one thing ICE has that EV does not is differential. But that is very slow and consumes very little energy. The main difference where an EV would start to shine is if you need All Wheel Drive. Then EV could save about 400 lbs.
You will sooner or later have to ask yourself and answer correctly, if fossil fuel is or is not, a finite resource. At that point, you should likely have learned more about the Catholic religion and its stats for pedophilia.Those who fail to define their petroleum addiction as a finite drug show that their collective IQ won’t pack a thimble, and will likely be the ones to further fuck up tha planet looking for their drug.If you want to discuss energy density, you should consider diesel electric freight trains. Those require serious energy density. Only a fool would think our currnt battery technology is as far as we will go with electric vehicles, and only an idiot would think we will switch to a new technology before it is able to meet the demand. Relax. Quit whining. It will be all right. We won't lose our means of transportation like you seem to fear.We already have diesel/electric ships and trucks, Electric power has already been proven to be more efficient than direct power by internal combustion. Why are you so afraid of progress? Do you think we will completely convert to battery powered electric before we have technology to match or better internal combustion? That's just silly.So, if renewable sources can't supply all our needs, then we will use coal, or gas, or dried cow dung if we have to. We will maintain a reliable energy source of one kind or another. It will just be better for us if we can do that with renewable sources sooner. Nobody wants or expects a complete conversion to renewables before that is possible. Quit whining.You should absolutely LOVE oil companies, since they are providing the fuel to generate electricity for EVs. Evs aren't going anywhere without the oil companies.You mean like we STILL DO with oil companies.
I would add many of those oil companies don't pay a penny in federal income taxes.
Fossil fuels don't generate electricity in my state.
We use water, wind, solar and a small nuclear facility.
We started shutting down our last coal fired plant in 2005. I'm sure it's closed by now.
We started building one of the nation's largest wind farms in the 90s.
The result?
We generate more electricity than we use so we sell the excess to other states for a profit. If you live in one of those states, you're welcome for the cheap and clean energy.
We also have the second lowest electric rates in the country.
So my state doesn't need or want fossil fuels to generate electricity.
Untrue anywhere in the US.
Coal is the #1 electricity producer in ALL US states and most of the world.
Many states just do not know how their electricity is produced because it is part of an out of state grid.
It is never going to be possible to use only renewable resources any place in the world except on ocean shores, near high thermal sources, or where one does not mind killing fish.
Going to electricity before electricity is renewable, only makes emissions much worse.
Nor does electricity allow for any reasonable totally renewable result eventually either, while bio fuel does.
So there is no point in going electrical.
It is inefficient.
Can you imagine trying to do ships, planes, or even EV trucks?
The would have no capacity to carry anything.
Batteries are way too heavy.
Because what you just claimed isn't true. Electric power is more efficient in very limited circumstances. Over short distances electric powered vehicles are superior. There is no doubt of that. However, once you get beyond a mile the advantage swings to the internal combustion engine. Currently a Formula One race car can travel 190 miles, at full performance, on a single tank of regular gasoline. Formula E, can only manage 55 miles. And, they have to use TWO cars to do it.
So, calculate out the energy density involved, and get back to us with your claim of EV superiority.
Only a fool would think they can defy the laws of physics. Battery technology, and range, is not significantly greater than it was 100 years ago. Gasoline is the most energy dense fuel that normal people can acquire. A thimble full will propel a 3,000 pound car about 2 miles. No battery in the world can even come close.
Yeah, you "peak oilers" have been telling us that for well over a century now. There are now more proven oil reserves than existed when I was born. And the lifeblood of an economy is not an addiction. An addiction is something that you can live without, in fact you live better without it. Oil, and all of the products that have been developed from it, has lengthened the life expectancy of mankind by years. It has made our life of ease, possible.
You may wish to live hand to mouth is a "sustainable" fantasy. But I don't. History is filled with "sustainable" civilizations.....that went extinct.
They don't use two cars anymoreWe already have diesel/electric ships and trucks, Electric power has already been proven to be more efficient than direct power by internal combustion. Why are you so afraid of progress? Do you think we will completely convert to battery powered electric before we have technology to match or better internal combustion? That's just silly.So, if renewable sources can't supply all our needs, then we will use coal, or gas, or dried cow dung if we have to. We will maintain a reliable energy source of one kind or another. It will just be better for us if we can do that with renewable sources sooner. Nobody wants or expects a complete conversion to renewables before that is possible. Quit whining.You should absolutely LOVE oil companies, since they are providing the fuel to generate electricity for EVs. Evs aren't going anywhere without the oil companies.You mean like we STILL DO with oil companies.
I would add many of those oil companies don't pay a penny in federal income taxes.
Fossil fuels don't generate electricity in my state.
We use water, wind, solar and a small nuclear facility.
We started shutting down our last coal fired plant in 2005. I'm sure it's closed by now.
We started building one of the nation's largest wind farms in the 90s.
The result?
We generate more electricity than we use so we sell the excess to other states for a profit. If you live in one of those states, you're welcome for the cheap and clean energy.
We also have the second lowest electric rates in the country.
So my state doesn't need or want fossil fuels to generate electricity.
Untrue anywhere in the US.
Coal is the #1 electricity producer in ALL US states and most of the world.
Many states just do not know how their electricity is produced because it is part of an out of state grid.
It is never going to be possible to use only renewable resources any place in the world except on ocean shores, near high thermal sources, or where one does not mind killing fish.
Going to electricity before electricity is renewable, only makes emissions much worse.
Nor does electricity allow for any reasonable totally renewable result eventually either, while bio fuel does.
So there is no point in going electrical.
It is inefficient.
Can you imagine trying to do ships, planes, or even EV trucks?
The would have no capacity to carry anything.
Batteries are way too heavy.
Because what you just claimed isn't true. Electric power is more efficient in very limited circumstances. Over short distances electric powered vehicles are superior. There is no doubt of that. However, once you get beyond a mile the advantage swings to the internal combustion engine. Currently a Formula One race car can travel 190 miles, at full performance, on a single tank of regular gasoline. Formula E, can only manage 55 miles. And, they have to use TWO cars to do it.
So, calculate out the energy density involved, and get back to us with your claim of EV superiority.
Yeah, long story short an average EV will smoke almost all ICEs on the road and nobody is complaing about the ride.Do everyone a favor, don't accept money for fortune telling, you're not good at it.When that runs out when? It's like you're saying in a half century nothing will change with our energy make up. When has that ever happened in our country's history?Even now electric cars are clearner than the ICE. It may take a couple of years during the EVs life cycle to catch up but in the end they are better for the environment. And that of course will change as our power grid is filled with even more diverse green energy.still they will bring oil prices back to normality, which means death of moscow empire, KSA (wahhabism) etcElectric cars aren't eco-friendly contrary to they'd have you believe.bad bad news for all authoritarian gas-stations like KSA, Muscovy, Venezuela , what will happened to them once oil (so no crazy jets full of cash landing on the roof of the Putin´s dacha) becomes what is coal today ?
"
....
We are in the middle of the biggest revolution in motoring since Henry Ford's first production line started turning back in 1913.
And it is likely to happen much more quickly than you imagine.
Many industry observers believe we have already passed the tipping point where sales of electric vehicles (EVs) will very rapidly overwhelm petrol and diesel cars....
Jaguar plans to sell only electric cars from 2025, Volvo from 2030 and last week the British sportscar company Lotus said it would follow suit, selling only electric models from 2028.
General Motors says it will make only electric vehicles by 2035, Ford says all vehicles sold in Europe will be electric by 2030 and VW says 70% of its sales will be electric by 2030."
Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think
The BBC's Justin Rowlatt explains why we are accelerating towards an electric car future.
Benefits of electric cars on the environment
All you need to know about electric cars, also known as EVs, and their effect on our environment. Find out if electric or petrol cars are a better choice for our planet.
No electric cars are not cleaner.
The main source of electricity is still coal, and will become even more of the main source in 50 years, when the gas and oil runs out.
The power grid is not green energy.
Coal burning power plants are cleaner than individual ICEs which are extremely inefficient. Didn't you know this? Most of the power they create never sees the pavement.
Here is an article about electric buses and even though they are not charged on clean power grids they are cleaner than their gas and diesel counterparts.
Study: Electric Buses Already Emit Less Carbon Than Diesel Buses, in Any State
And their climate impact will decrease as the grid gets cleaner.
Wrong.
We have only temporarily shifted to natural gas to produce electricity.
When that runs out in 50 years, then we will have to go back to coal, because we have 10 times more coal than natural gas.
And then the emissions of electricity doubles again, becoming greater than diesel.
And it is easy for diesel to beat EV if they use bio fuel because bio fuel absorbs more carbon than produced.
Nothing can ever beat bio fuel.
That is impossible.
I'm cool with bio fuels too when/if they come on board.
Half a century is not at all far away and would have to be started now.
There is no way to so it with solar or wind, so bio fuel is the only way, and we are going to have to find sources of water now, if we want bio fuel, because without fossil fuel for fertilizer, human starvation could be come a problem.
So coal is the only easy answer, so far.
Bio fuel is possible, but the EV thing is just detracting from real alternatives like bio fuel.
EVs solve nothing.
Its just a shell game where you don't see the pollution because you move it out of state.
EVs are incredibly inefficient.
Total efficiency of EVs is about 7%, compared to 45% for ICEs.
Nothing to do with fortune telling.
I just have a degree in physics, and have done engineering all my life.
Doubtful, but I don't really care anyway.
Believe me, you are being conned by a shell game.
EVs are vastly less efficient and dirty then ICEs.
In fact, the best ICEs are the VW TDIs, which they prosecuted because they were getting 56 mpg, when they were supposed to only be betting 34 mpg.
The VW TDI were putting out less than a forth the carbon of other cars, so then claimed it was NOx they were violating.
But the reality is that unlike CO2 that can last forever, NOx breaks down naturally in hours.
NOx is just heated air.
You turn on an electric stove, you get NOx if you get the coil element hot enough.
How much power from the engine(s) of an EV reach the wheels as compared to an ICE? If you have a degree in physics this should be easy.
Essentially all the power from the engine get to the wheels equally with ICE or EV.
That is because things like UJoints have very little friction, and EVs have an equal amount of UJoints in order to reduce unsprung weight. If you put the electric motor out at the wheel, as some do, the ride is terrible. Too much weight hitting bumps causes the whole car to jolt. Both also should have transmission, and that has little friction either. The one thing ICE has that EV does not is differential. But that is very slow and consumes very little energy. The main difference where an EV would start to shine is if you need All Wheel Drive. Then EV could save about 400 lbs.
Where did you get your physics degree?
gajitz.com
Yeah, what can 1 then then 3 degrees difference in temperature make? Certaunly not drought and severe weather patterns or iceless poles. Nothing to worry about. Im sure west of the Mississippi they will find water somewhere.Doesnt address the point I made.NopeEven now electric cars are clearner than the ICE. It may take a couple of years during the EVs life cycle to catch up but in the end they are better for the environment. And that of course will change as our power grid is filled with even more diverse green energy.still they will bring oil prices back to normality, which means death of moscow empire, KSA (wahhabism) etcElectric cars aren't eco-friendly contrary to they'd have you believe.bad bad news for all authoritarian gas-stations like KSA, Muscovy, Venezuela , what will happened to them once oil (so no crazy jets full of cash landing on the roof of the Putin´s dacha) becomes what is coal today ?
"
....
We are in the middle of the biggest revolution in motoring since Henry Ford's first production line started turning back in 1913.
And it is likely to happen much more quickly than you imagine.
Many industry observers believe we have already passed the tipping point where sales of electric vehicles (EVs) will very rapidly overwhelm petrol and diesel cars....
Jaguar plans to sell only electric cars from 2025, Volvo from 2030 and last week the British sportscar company Lotus said it would follow suit, selling only electric models from 2028.
General Motors says it will make only electric vehicles by 2035, Ford says all vehicles sold in Europe will be electric by 2030 and VW says 70% of its sales will be electric by 2030."
Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think
The BBC's Justin Rowlatt explains why we are accelerating towards an electric car future.
Benefits of electric cars on the environment
All you need to know about electric cars, also known as EVs, and their effect on our environment. Find out if electric or petrol cars are a better choice for our planet.
I wouldn't necessarily say to go out and buy and EV to save the planet, wait until you need a car and then look for used or new EVs.
EV's are only cleaner if you ignore the environmental damage engendered with the mining of the lithium, the transport of the lithium across the oceans repeatedly, the fossil fuels used to obtain the lithium and transport it. The fossil fuels expended in processing it, and, of course, the environmental horror story waiting to be told when the tens of thousands of highly toxic, worn out batteries are needing to be dealt with.
During the entire lifespan of an EV to include the battery compnents they are still more environmentally friendly. They start out of the gate at a deficit however after a few years of use surpass ICEs.
Facts say otherwise. Your opinion, and those of the propagandists who feed you your BS are immaterial. Facts don't lie, and the facts show your claims to be horse poo.
That was very convincing.
Just one of hundreds of reports and papers that address your lies.
Developing countries pay environmental cost of electric car batteries
22 July 2020
Growth in electric car sales is great news for the fight against climate change, but the mining of the minerals used in their batteries poses serious risks for the environment.
Developing countries pay environmental cost of electric car batteries
Global consumers are warming up to electric cars, whose sales are expected to jump from 3 million vehicles in 2017 to 23 million in 2030, according to the International Energy Agency. Similar growth is expected for rechargeable batteries, with the market for cathode – the positive electrode of...
Anyway climate change endangers us all.
Actually, it does. And of course climate change affects us all. Far better to mitigate ACTUAL problems, than squander 74 trillion dollars in a ridiculous effort to lower the global temperature, by 1 degree in a hundred years, maybe, which is the stated UN goal. Don't ya think?
You will sooner or later have to ask yourself and answer correctly, if fossil fuel is or is not, a finite resource. At that point, you should likely have learned more about the Catholic religion and its stats for pedophilia.Those who fail to define their petroleum addiction as a finite drug show that their collective IQ won’t pack a thimble, and will likely be the ones to further fuck up tha planet looking for their drug.If you want to discuss energy density, you should consider diesel electric freight trains. Those require serious energy density. Only a fool would think our currnt battery technology is as far as we will go with electric vehicles, and only an idiot would think we will switch to a new technology before it is able to meet the demand. Relax. Quit whining. It will be all right. We won't lose our means of transportation like you seem to fear.We already have diesel/electric ships and trucks, Electric power has already been proven to be more efficient than direct power by internal combustion. Why are you so afraid of progress? Do you think we will completely convert to battery powered electric before we have technology to match or better internal combustion? That's just silly.So, if renewable sources can't supply all our needs, then we will use coal, or gas, or dried cow dung if we have to. We will maintain a reliable energy source of one kind or another. It will just be better for us if we can do that with renewable sources sooner. Nobody wants or expects a complete conversion to renewables before that is possible. Quit whining.You should absolutely LOVE oil companies, since they are providing the fuel to generate electricity for EVs. Evs aren't going anywhere without the oil companies.You mean like we STILL DO with oil companies.
I would add many of those oil companies don't pay a penny in federal income taxes.
Fossil fuels don't generate electricity in my state.
We use water, wind, solar and a small nuclear facility.
We started shutting down our last coal fired plant in 2005. I'm sure it's closed by now.
We started building one of the nation's largest wind farms in the 90s.
The result?
We generate more electricity than we use so we sell the excess to other states for a profit. If you live in one of those states, you're welcome for the cheap and clean energy.
We also have the second lowest electric rates in the country.
So my state doesn't need or want fossil fuels to generate electricity.
Untrue anywhere in the US.
Coal is the #1 electricity producer in ALL US states and most of the world.
Many states just do not know how their electricity is produced because it is part of an out of state grid.
It is never going to be possible to use only renewable resources any place in the world except on ocean shores, near high thermal sources, or where one does not mind killing fish.
Going to electricity before electricity is renewable, only makes emissions much worse.
Nor does electricity allow for any reasonable totally renewable result eventually either, while bio fuel does.
So there is no point in going electrical.
It is inefficient.
Can you imagine trying to do ships, planes, or even EV trucks?
The would have no capacity to carry anything.
Batteries are way too heavy.
Because what you just claimed isn't true. Electric power is more efficient in very limited circumstances. Over short distances electric powered vehicles are superior. There is no doubt of that. However, once you get beyond a mile the advantage swings to the internal combustion engine. Currently a Formula One race car can travel 190 miles, at full performance, on a single tank of regular gasoline. Formula E, can only manage 55 miles. And, they have to use TWO cars to do it.
So, calculate out the energy density involved, and get back to us with your claim of EV superiority.
Only a fool would think they can defy the laws of physics. Battery technology, and range, is not significantly greater than it was 100 years ago. Gasoline is the most energy dense fuel that normal people can acquire. A thimble full will propel a 3,000 pound car about 2 miles. No battery in the world can even come close.
Yeah, you "peak oilers" have been telling us that for well over a century now. There are now more proven oil reserves than existed when I was born. And the lifeblood of an economy is not an addiction. An addiction is something that you can live without, in fact you live better without it. Oil, and all of the products that have been developed from it, has lengthened the life expectancy of mankind by years. It has made our life of ease, possible.
You may wish to live hand to mouth is a "sustainable" fantasy. But I don't. History is filled with "sustainable" civilizations.....that went extinct.
