Posted on 12/01/2020 5:15:01 PM PST by george76
He wants them to fly every day. Trip from NY to Shanghai in 39 minutes, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqE-ultsWt0
2 minute video
“Does anybody ever consider just how much electric energy it takes to push a two ton vehicle down the road?”
Less than the gasoline energy required.
Someone finally showed him the energy balance
What I mean is that China (a big chunk of the world demand) is going to use less oil by converting to coal fired electric ones.
As a smart guy on CNBC once said “China has central planning by scientists, engineers, and mathematicians and the US has central planning by lawyers. Neither is good, but by definition we lose.”
I worked at a power company.
For true applies to applies comparison, you have to include all the energy requirements to produce electricity with all the energy requirements to produce oil, not just the efficiency of electricity and oil. That calculation has to include the creation of all the industrial components behind the energy source.
Most folks do not address this (very complex) issue at all.
“Till then electric cars are garbage and will be junked before there is “clean” energy for any of them.”
Why?
Coal is missing from the mix? He's nuts if he thinks nukes will get built. And geothermal is a boutique source that doesn't amount to a hill of unicorn farts.
It is IMPOSSIBLE, ABSOLUTELY FREAKING IMPOSSIBLE to meet our energy needs with solar and wind. It is too diffuse and way too expensive to capture in large quantities.
It only makes economic sense if you force all of your neighbors in your state pay exorbitant taxes to subsidize your little power plant toys with tax breaks. But there isn't enough subsidy cash in the universe to replace conventional generation.
Sea level rise?
You just gave me an idea. Dredge the ocean so that melting ice has somewhere to go, and build up coastlines!
It’s not any dumber than electric cars or wind turbines.
Oil, an interesting resource that is used to create over 6500 products, fuel is just a fraction of that. Try creating roads, roofing products, paints, plastics, lubricants, solvents, fertilizer, insulation, etc. without oil. Windmills can't create plastics.
“What I mean is that China (a big chunk of the world demand) is going to use less oil by converting to coal fired electric ones.”
China doesn’t use oil for electricity generation.
Really dumb post!
You want me to repeat this post and replies, only more slowly?
“You want me to repeat this post and replies, only more slowly?”
Dumb and dumber?
The solution to electric vehicles is roof mounted wind turbines on every electric car.
True. The public is dumber than a box of rocks. Incapable of rational thought. No common sense.
True. The public is dumber than a box of rocks. Incapable of rational thought. No common sense.
Why not dump them in the ocean? Are they inert?
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