I am sure the are a ton of sources to say one way or the other. This just happens to be one I remember seeing a couple months ago. Everyone can make their own decisions about credibility.
https://youtu.be/6RhtiPefVzM
I am sure the are a ton of sources to say one way or the other. This just happens to be one I remember seeing a couple months ago. Everyone can make their own decisions about credibility.
https://youtu.be/6RhtiPefVzM
Cool cars and greener than my diesel. But going green is going to a bicycle-hah and then an electric bike. Certainly trades emissions for something people see to something they don't see as that's the quote from a buddy who has one-popular in my neighborhood. Now get some solar panels to charge it all the time instead of using coal/gas power plant to make the electricity would help. Another thing I have heard is the electrical grid in neighborhoods isn't built for everyone having more 220 with cars plugged in at night but I have no idea if that's valid.
I'm curious about the womb to tomb as well. How long do the batteries last? I rode in a clients right when they came out and he said he could buy a new engine for maybe $12k in 10 years and then he would have a whole new car.
The way it looks now the countries and the auto manufacturers are going pure electrification for cars so we'll see how it plays out.
Bryan Leinart
CMC #24
My recollection of the story is that the material processing required for the batteries is some unbelievable number of miles of ocean going transport. Here's an opinion: https://www.industryweek.com/technol...massive-carbon
Sun doesn't shine at night... but, the wind may blow. But the wind may be sketchy and the grid still needs dispatchability. Now, some believe that grid level storage via battery may solve that. PG&E (the bankrupt utility due to CA fires) did a study they call the EPIC project and in the final report around page 66 said, "and this will cost ratepayers billions of dollars." Yeah, B.
Car/battery charging is a question of use and timing. You'll likely charge overnight where there may be wind and with real time of use rates, it not be too expensive. One of the things I think proponents miss is that two "markets" can't use the car's battery in the afternoon - either it's driving or it's connected to the grid to be a resource. But what happens when you want to go to Sweetie Pie's for dinner?
If you have any other electricity market/regulatory questions ask away... I know a guy.
#39 CMC Camaro
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Daniel Records
CMC # 34
In which country? US generally shies away from all new nuclear development and is generally trying to retire/early retire what's in the fleet.
I'm of the European thought - more, smaller, standardized reactors rather than the US habit of much bigger one-off designs. Going forward adding dispatchability will be desired too.
With shale extraction capabilities, there's a lot of natural gas to be had. At this point I believe we're a material advancement away from creating batteries with enough storage density (coupled with cost) to flip the script. Once storage is cheap (as in cheap enough to have 2-3X what you think you need), dense, and portable it's easy to see all the generation coming from wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, etc.
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