Electric Vehicles - Love 'em or Hate 'em?

[Not Insane]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Electric vehicles aren't just vehicles, they are big batteries.

https://vox.com/recode/22872237/bide...s-clean-energy

Articles like that always lose me when they suggest we need to reduce "greenhouse gases", i.e. CO2.

CO2 is a GOOD gas. Put more of it in our atmosphere and we can feed more people. The planet gets both greener and wetter.

And not to put too fine a point on it, but Venus is always brought up as a "CO2 disaster". But that is pure baloney. Venus and Mars have almost the exact percentage of CO2 in their atmospheres. Why is Venus hotter? The same reason that Death valley is hotter than the top of Mt Everest: Atmospheric pressure. It's also why the base of the Grand Canyon is a lot hotter than the visitors center at the top.

Our CO2 levels are fine. They could be higher and that would be better for all life.

But if one is really interested in EV's as a modern solution to a problem, this is interesting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1E8SQde5rk

[Not Insane]

I was mentioning battery tech in a previous post. I just came across this video that gets into the tech of a new battery offering that may be the replacement for the Li-ion batteries. 28,000 battery life:

Nuclear/nano diamond batteries are here

They won't replace everything, especially large applications - yet - because they charge and discharge too slowly. But that is now. The future has yet to be written.

[RickeyM]

I caught the end of a Formula E race yesterday on the tube and I remembered the Grand Prix of Baltimore race I attended years ago. Compared to the internal combustion cars the Formula E race cars sure were a heck of a lot quieter. Maybe the electrics will lead to more races on urban courses because of less noise?

[RickeyM]

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A pity.

[Not Insane]

Originally Posted by RickeyM

A pity.

Snowflakitis.

It's comical that you think I care about me being on your ignore list. It communicates about you, not me.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Not Insane

Snowflakitis.

It's comical that you think I care about me being on your ignore list. It communicates about you, not me.

How so? If you get stuck in an elevator with a gassy person who never bathes, would you be quick to exit when the door opens? You're an obnoxious fool and some folks prefer to not waste their time reading your garbage. So?

I find reading your posts fascinating. It's like watching a monkey repeatedly wiping his face with the same hand he scratched his bunghole with and wondering who put shit on his face.

Nobody but you shares the stupid thoughts you post.

[RickeyM]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

How so? If you get stuck in an elevator with a gassy person who never bathes, would you be quick to exit when the door opens? You're an obnoxious fool and some folks prefer to not waste their time reading your garbage. So?

I find reading your posts fascinating. It's like watching a monkey repeatedly wiping his face with the same hand he scratched his bunghole with and wondering who put shit on his face.

Nobody but you shares the stupid thoughts you post.

He "doesn't care" yet he keeps replying, strange Me personally, I would rather step over a pile of poo rather than step in it and wonder why my shoe now stinks.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by RickeyM

He "doesn't care" yet he keeps replying, strange Me personally, I would rather step over a pile of poo rather than step in it and wonder why my shoe now stinks.

Seems to be a part of the Republican mentality in all too many of them. Never, ever take responsibility for mistakes or misdeeds they perpetrate.

Wasn't it Roy Cohn, Senator "Tail Gunner Joe" McCarthys accomplice and Trumps political mentor who said; "No matter how bad you screw up or how bad it gets, always declare victory and walk away."? Think about the events of 6Jan21 among many, many other things.........

[BlueStreak]

It doesn't matter if you like it or not. They're coming. Get over it.

[piece-itpete]

There is a technical challenge to going full EV - the grid just isn't up to it.

We'll need to install more high tension wires. No problem, everyone loves new power lines, right?