That 10 gallons can take a Toyota Aygo 540 miles. Where does the other 85kWh of electricity come from?
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That 10 gallons can take a Toyota Aygo 540 miles. Where does the other 85kWh of electricity come from?
Agree..like i said..hydrogen is the way...chemistry dont lie, maybe oil companies, marketing companies or car companies do..but physics and chemistry never lieThis is nonsense from the oil companies, who would much rather you continue to depend on them rather than just buy solar panels and an EV and never pay another cent for power again.
You wouldn't consider using a hydrogen fuel cell to power your phone or laptop. You wouldn't use a gas generator to power your TV. So why do you think it's a good idea for your car to be powered that way (it's not. Oil companies today are the same as cigarette companies from decades past. They have nothing left other than to lie and distort, telling you that you shouldn't or can't switch.)
Myths And Shibboleths About Electric Vehicles: The Long Tailpipe Theory
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There are several studies and recent one that show this is just not true: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/26/lif...are-lower-than-gasoline-cars-experts-say.html
Even if the car is charged with electricity 100% generated from Coal it is still better to drive an EV then an ICE car from an environmental standard. A coal power plant is much more efficient then the gasoline engine in the car.
Creating the EV still has a higher impact on the environment vs. a ICE car but that is very quickly offset as soon as the user starts to drive the EV, the ICE car is polluting it's entire life an EV may not be or pollutes far less. Also the impact for creating the EV will become less and less as manufacturing ramps up.
Charging the car in the US has a much lower impact then say India because we have a very high usage of Natural gas vs Coal. Also some power companies offer people the ability to offset their electricity usage with Solar (even if they can't put solar on where they live) so the power generation part is "green".
Hydrogen while cool, is never going to be the way as a fuel for the masses to use in every day transportation. It is far too expensive and doesn't really work at scale. Billions of dollars has been poured into it and it's just not going to happen.
Or use some special algae that naturally produce hydrogen (I don't where is the research on growing these algae are now, it started a few years ago). If they can pull it out, it will be far cheaper and cleaner.
Maybe you should not rely so much on YouTube to prove this point. I'm pretty sure there must be 100 YouTube videos "explaining" why this myth is true… 😄
Actually, no. Except if you think charging your electric car in 3 days is acceptable!
You need an installation capable of delivering high intensity to get an acceptable charging time, and this means cables much thicker than than the ones of your iPhone and even MacBook, and a plug (and wires behind) able to sustain these hight intensity.
As a matter of fact, if suddenly everybody shifted to electric vehicles and if there was enough electricity available for that already, the existing electric infrastructure would not be able to handle it. In the end, rewiring a whole country may be more expansive than building the few new power plants needed…
As for "cleaning" the dirty parts of the grid… I think the Germans tried this (by "cleaning" they meant "getting rid of nuclear electricity"): they ended up buying electricity to France (90% nuclear) and bringing back online old coal power plants.
I think it will be possible to eventually have all electric vehicles and "clean" electricity (maybe even through hydrogen cells, if hydrogen can eventually be produced biologically), but thinking that it can and must happen overnight is really wishful thinking at this stage.
So why are NASA and other space agencies persist in using fuel cells in space?This is nonsense from the oil companies, who would much rather you continue to depend on them rather than just buy solar panels and an EV and never pay another cent for power again.
You wouldn't consider using a hydrogen fuel cell to power your phone or laptop. You wouldn't use a gas generator to power your TV. So why do you think it's a good idea for your car to be powered that way (it's not. Oil companies today are the same as cigarette companies from decades past. They have nothing left other than to lie and distort, telling you that you shouldn't or can't switch.)
Myths And Shibboleths About Electric Vehicles: The Long Tailpipe Theory
The long tailpipe theory is a myth used by those who, for whatever reason, oppose change. It joins other myths, such as the supposed difficulties involved in recycling batteries or in generating the electricity required to recharge electric vehicles. Get the full facts.
I don't think it's a bad technology. What is not ready for mass consumption is a way to produce hydrogen cheaply, cleanly and in big quantities. Few years ago, I read about Japanese researchers starting to grow some kind of algae that naturally produces hydrogen. If this kind of research is fruitful in the future, it can change everything very quickly.
The timing of this PR piece is very interesting.
I can ONLY wonder what might have triggered it.
I suspect that we will soon be hearing that Phil is stepping down from ALL his roles @ Apple, & I suspect the Reason for that is "to Protect the Brand".
Phil made some UN-wise moves @ Apple, ONE of which will soon be taking a BIG Bite Out of Apple !
I can ONLY wonder what might have triggered it.
I suspect that we will soon be hearing that Phil is stepping down from ALL his roles @ Apple, & I suspect the Reason for that is "to Protect the Brand".
Phil made some UN-wise moves @ Apple, ONE of which will soon be taking a BIG Bite Out of Apple !
Exactly this. As a car guy for 50 years, I have zero desire to own an electric car.
Oh, and Tesla's aren't only boring... they're really ugly vehicles.
When you're worth $92,000,000, you can do whatever you want. Doesn't sound too unwise to me.
Having test driven the Audi e-tron GT RS recently, I have to say it changed my mind about EVs. Even the (manufactured) sound. And the design is gorgeous.
I'm sure nobody else cares, but how are they celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Countach? It launched in 1974.
1971 doesn't really have any bearing here either, since they certainly spent more than 3 years developing it - they already had the first prototype ready to present to the world at the 1971 Geneva Auto Show. So they're celebrating 50 years since they debuted the first prototype to the world, 3 years before the first production model was produced?
1971 doesn't really have any bearing here either, since they certainly spent more than 3 years developing it - they already had the first prototype ready to present to the world at the 1971 Geneva Auto Show. So they're celebrating 50 years since they debuted the first prototype to the world, 3 years before the first production model was produced?
Denmark plans to build artificial islands for windfarms
Energy park of one or more islands would be able to supply up to 10 million households
Denmark is Building an Artificial Island as a Clean Energy Hub
Denmark will build an artificial island 80km offshore in the middle of the North Sea to act as a clean energy hub that produces and stores wind energy.
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You two should watch the "100's of YouTube videos" on Lithium mines and "ignore all the nonsense from the EV crowd."This is nonsense from the oil companies, who would much rather you continue to depend on them rather than just buy solar panels and an EV and never pay another cent for power again.
You wouldn't consider using a hydrogen fuel cell to power your phone or laptop. You wouldn't use a gas generator to power your TV. So why do you think it's a good idea for your car to be powered that way (it's not. Oil companies today are the same as cigarette companies from decades past. They have nothing left other than to lie and distort, telling you that you shouldn't or can't switch.)
Myths And Shibboleths About Electric Vehicles: The Long Tailpipe Theory
The long tailpipe theory is a myth used by those who, for whatever reason, oppose change. It joins other myths, such as the supposed difficulties involved in recycling batteries or in generating the electricity required to recharge electric vehicles. Get the full facts.
I think you answered your own question. 😉
Do you have an electric car? You seem to be an authority!
Ignore the 100k cars Tesla sold last quarter and the fact they are sold out for Q3 already. It will never catch on!
Not yet, but we had charging stations just installed in our building. However I sure didn't know that buying a Tesla car makes its owner an instant expert in physics and High tension delivery over long distances. Wow! These cars are even more impressive than I thought!😏
Let me get this discussion back on track: omg I will always love the Countach. For ppl of a certain age, existed only in dreams and on millions of posters on millions of walls (bedroom, dorm room, or otherwise).
