Infernal combustion engines provide plenty of residual heat.Does that happen now with petrol and diesel cars?
Infernal combustion engines provide plenty of residual heat.Does that happen now with petrol and diesel cars?
Corona virus maybe?Personally I think that in the long term, we're goosed. I simply can't see a) people being prepared to give up personal mobility and all the hydrocarbon-derived goodies we enjoy and b) world population decreasing to sustainable levels. Other than by a mass extinction event, of course.
The naysayers would then complain about all the extra mining and refining for all the additional graphite and fissile material (Presumably thorium in this ideal future ), no one's ever happy (And while we're on it, I don't think micro reactors are the answer. )I would be very much in favour of electric cars if the power came from nuclear.
Even better mini fusion reactors and we could have steam trains back!
And what happens when you get that phone call can you grab this for me please??Cars are charged overnight, when demand from industry and businesses drops off, because most people are asleep.
I visit a petrol station every fortnight, if I had a EV it would be charged on a external charger once every 6 weeks.
If you have a EV then you have to put some effort in planning, or here’s an easier solution keep driving your diesel car, if that works for you, this is the thing if an EV works for you buy one, if it doesn’t then don’t, it’s the same choice everyone has.And what happens when you get that phone call can you grab this for me please??
What I can't fathom is the total lack of understanding of people who have a life and enjoy it.
Ok if you sit at home all weekend only use the car to shop you might get away with it but many a time i have returned home with a low tank only to have to go out again unexpectedly....I just go and fill up.....not sit around to recharge.
No they don’t, they stop providing heat as soon as you switch off, you have to keep them running to provide heat, they need the throughput of coolant and a fan for the air, If they are running they are using fuelInfernal combustion engines provide plenty of residual heat.
You won’t see them charging at night, they are on peoples drives and in their garages, and unless you prowl those areas then you won’t see themOr in the day when you are in work and need to get home.
When I go to motorway services I never see cars charging at night - always in the day!
I've charged our PHEV up at night many times in motorway services parking whilst we have taken a P&T break but now the free charging ticket has ended it's not worth our using them as it would cost too much ... almost more than off site supermarket petrol .You won’t see them charging at night, they are on peoples drives and in their garages, and unless you prowl those areas then you won’t see them
I've charged our PHEV up at night many times in motorway services parking whilst we have taken a P&T break but now the free charging ticket has ended it's not worth our using them as it would cost too much ... almost more than off site supermarket petrol .
I think the issue is WH per kilogram, currently its 350 WH per K, when you multiply that up to 100kwh then your currently looking at 300 kilograms for the battery aloneStop press .
Did anyone else read the Futurism website announcement that a new style battery that uses basic kitchen ingredients …. water , veg ,oil, starch and silicon anodes .. is good for 500 charges , can be 80 % charged in 5 min and is about 10 times more powerful than current EV batteries .....only problem at present is the battery does not hold it's charge for a long time but it's reckoned that they will have solved that problem within 2 to 3 years . Distance travelled per charge is looking to be better than a normal vehicle tank of petrol .
Suddenly shares in EV's & this new EV battery technology are looking good .
https://futurism.com/the-byte/new-battery-tech-double-electric-car-driving-range?utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_03cd0a26cd-33f120275b-250489955&mc_cid=33f120275b&mc_eid=92bcdb4945&utm_source=The Future Is&utm_campaign=33f120275b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_02_21_06_55
Does that happen now with petrol and diesel cars?
Maybe on a downwards trend compared to the massive spikes of the last 200 years, but still growing at a phenomenal rate. And predicted to carry on hurling upwards for a long time to come.
When I moved to the Philippines in 1993 the population was officially 73,000,000. When I eventually left the place for good, in 2017, it was approx 105,000,000. That’s damn near 50% growth in less than 30 years. Totally unsustainable, though family size has apparently dropped from 8 to about 6.5 or somewhere around there.
ETA. Look at Nigeria, estimated to more than double over 30 years.
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Is solar that cheap?
Remember gas generators get paid 4p per kw/h. Any more than that is a subsidy.
Spain and Portugal have almost no solar pv. They get far more sun than us.
Please explain how?
And safely.
There is nothing clever or special about inductive charging.
Sounds a lot like how everyday motoring started as wellBasically EVs have been purchased by the well-off for whom cost and charging issues are not a concern, not the hoi-polloi...
And when was the last time someone was stuck in a traffic jam for more than 24 hours without being rescued, I only ask because I have never heard of it, and it’s important if transport policy is to address something that is a common occurrence?No, because they can do a hell of a lot more range than an electric car. My diseasel Mondeo will do 1000 miles on a tank of fuel if driven gently. Which also means it will sit in traffic idling literally for weeks before I have to get out and push it with the electric guys.
The davos conference where Green issues will be discussed by world leaders, billionaire business people and environmentalists, 150 private jets have flown in to it. So what ever is discussed must only apply to the proles.
https://www.businessinsider.com/davos-guests-private-jets-climate-crisis-2020-1?r=US&IR=T