Nuclear is not a good idea, our current new station is being built by a conglomerate of private companies including the chinese and why the British need a french company to build them a nuclear power station using a Chinese contractor baffles and scars me. These companies are in it for one reason only - money. And once built, if they do not build more of something this too will over run on it's intended life and become a danger.
No - There you are wrong again. As California has shown we can control and influence the cars the car companies produce. It was. You have California to thank for forcing car manufactures to produce cars produce less pollution.
No - There you are wrong again. As California has shown we can control and influence the cars the car companies produce. It was. You have California to thank for forcing car manufactures to produce cars produce less pollution.You mean like the billions the germans put in their turbo diesel engine development since 2000 which all was just a big lie?
One state can't change global car development, if Ford still produces and sells F150 which is one if the most selling cars in the US, proves they can't even influence their country.
No, the power grid doesn't exist. That is the problem. When switching over to 100% EVs you'll need roughly 25% extra generating capacity. According to statistics of the Netherlands, currently 16% of the electricity is used for domestic use. If you want to charge EVs at home (or in the street) you'll likely need to double the capacity going towards the homes. Do not underestimate the amount of power an EV needs.
A quick sum: if you drive 20km to work every day in a small EV which needs 200Wh/km. That means 40*0.2=20kWh per day. With 46 work weeks in a year that adds up to 46*5*20kWh=4600kWh just for one person to go to work.
I also disagree about low maintenance costs. A lot of the charging points will be public and subject to weather and abuse.
Yes they did great things in the past, but what are they doing now that has a global effect as you suggest?
If you keep focussing on efficiency your view is much too narrow. You have to look at the bigger picture to see where you can reduce the amount of CO2 output. ICE cars can run on bio-fuel for example. And because the existing ICEs are suitable to run on bio-fuel it is a very cost effective solution too. Also there is a lot of room for optimising ICEs using hybrids & downsized engines.
I have to go to bed now but why would global car makers adjust their global plans?
If ice cars sell globally they ate going to produce them, o matter what happens in California.
In Europe we always had smaller more fuel efficient cars then in the US simply because the price of fuel plus taxes was many times higher than in the us.
So maybe that is a better way forward for your country, but only California, I am not convinced this would turn the tide.
250000 charging points sounds like a lot but the Netherlands currently has 122000 charging points and will need over 20 times more to get to 3 million charging points (yes, I have used my calculator this time) if nearly all cars are electric. The Netherlands is 10 times smaller than California and has less than half the number of people. Who is going to pay for all those charging points?
If you keep focussing on efficiency your view is much too narrow. You have to look at the bigger picture to see where you can reduce the amount of CO2 output. ICE cars can run on bio-fuel for example. And because the existing ICEs are suitable to run on bio-fuel it is a very cost effective solution too. Also there is a lot of room for optimising ICEs using hybrids & downsized engines.There is a room, its the road, there is an elephant in it, 4 seat vehicles with single occupants.
http://www.withouthotair.com/cA/page_257.shtml
You want to talk about efficiency? Small cheap vehicles that can be used for the majority of single occupant trips. Be that microcars or whatever. You could halve overall transportation energy use with that measure alone!
If you keep focussing on efficiency your view is much too narrow. You have to look at the bigger picture to see where you can reduce the amount of CO2 output. ICE cars can run on bio-fuel for example. And because the existing ICEs are suitable to run on bio-fuel it is a very cost effective solution too. Also there is a lot of room for optimising ICEs using hybrids & downsized engines.There is a room, its the road, there is an elephant in it, 4 seat vehicles with single occupants.
http://www.withouthotair.com/cA/page_257.shtml
You want to talk about efficiency? Small cheap vehicles that can be used for the majority of single occupant trips. Be that microcars or whatever. You could halve overall transportation energy use with that measure alone!
If you keep focussing on efficiency your view is much too narrow. You have to look at the bigger picture to see where you can reduce the amount of CO2 output. ICE cars can run on bio-fuel for example. And because the existing ICEs are suitable to run on bio-fuel it is a very cost effective solution too. Also there is a lot of room for optimising ICEs using hybrids & downsized engines.There is a room, its the road, there is an elephant in it, 4 seat vehicles with single occupants.
http://www.withouthotair.com/cA/page_257.shtml
You want to talk about efficiency? Small cheap vehicles that can be used for the majority of single occupant trips. Be that microcars or whatever. You could halve overall transportation energy use with that measure alone!
Not in California or Texas my friend. Our highly skilled drivers get into too many accidents. Next to suicide death by car accident is the number 2 killer. Don't see anyone in California giving up their 4 seater tank to travel around in a small lightweight car that can will disappear when two semitrucks collide. Or be blown off the road in a wind storm.
Nice idea, but not practical for us.
If you keep focussing on efficiency your view is much too narrow. You have to look at the bigger picture to see where you can reduce the amount of CO2 output. ICE cars can run on bio-fuel for example. And because the existing ICEs are suitable to run on bio-fuel it is a very cost effective solution too. Also there is a lot of room for optimising ICEs using hybrids & downsized engines.There is a room, its the road, there is an elephant in it, 4 seat vehicles with single occupants.
http://www.withouthotair.com/cA/page_257.shtml
You want to talk about efficiency? Small cheap vehicles that can be used for the majority of single occupant trips. Be that microcars or whatever. You could halve overall transportation energy use with that measure alone!That is also an option and over here I see more and more electric micro cars. The problem however is that these don't mix very well with regular traffic. In the Netherlands these are about to be banned from the bike lanes so the micro cars will have to mix with regular traffic which make the micro cars less attractive to people due to traffic jams and safety.
You want to talk about efficiency? Small cheap vehicles that can be used for the majority of single occupant trips. Be that microcars or whatever. You could halve overall transportation energy use with that measure alone!
Around the world are similar power, weight, or speed limits for small vehicles. There is nothing stopping them being built with higher power engines and highways speeds, except for the laws which prevent them being registered/used. Here in Australia such vehciles would need to be registered as a full car:
https://www.caradvice.com.au/300727/renault-twizy-lands-in-australia/
But due to anticipated low demand the companies arent investing the big sums of money to get homologation (so you can't even register it if import one privately).
You want to talk about efficiency? Small cheap vehicles that can be used for the majority of single occupant trips. Be that microcars or whatever. You could halve overall transportation energy use with that measure alone!Don't even need to downsize by much - a Prius gets 50 MPG.Around the world are similar power, weight, or speed limits for small vehicles. There is nothing stopping them being built with higher power engines and highways speeds, except for the laws which prevent them being registered/used. Here in Australia such vehciles would need to be registered as a full car:
https://www.caradvice.com.au/300727/renault-twizy-lands-in-australia/
But due to anticipated low demand the companies arent investing the big sums of money to get homologation (so you can't even register it if import one privately).If those tiny cars are not allowed on the roads for being "unsafe", what about motorcycles that are even more unsafe?
If those tiny cars are not allowed on the roads for being "unsafe", what about motorcycles that are even more unsafe?
If those tiny cars are not allowed on the roads for being "unsafe", what about motorcycles that are even more unsafe?Imagine a population/world in the present day that didn't have private motor vehicles but everything else was the same. Trucks deliver goods and professional drivers move vehicles around in a much safer manner. Now you stand up in public and propose that:
Everyone should be allowed to operate a 2 tonne armoured metal box, that has nothing keeping it from colliding with other objects beyond the skill and attention of the driver. We need to reduce the licensing barrier to entry for vehicle use because.... [insert argument here]
You'd be laughed out of town in the current safety environment in most countries, private cars only continue to exist because they have been grandfathered into "safety" considerations. If we moved to smaller and lighter vehicles it would be a net positive improvement in safety. As for motor cycles, they can be driven safely but the self selecting group of people who use them are more likely to be high risk takers and drive them in very unsafe manners, this inflates the average rate of deaths and injuries. Even so the majority of accidents are found to be not the motor cyclists fault but with external sources. More reading is available here:
http://www.maids-study.eu/pdf/MAIDS2.pdf
Perhaps there is also a big difference in drivers quality.
It takes here average 20+ lessons of an hour, theoretical test and final 1 hour practical driving test to get your driving license. Lot of people flunk the first time.
But perhaps better hear it from an american at 0:50
https://youtu.be/lNxe2aM7w0Y