Posted on 06/19/2022 2:29:48 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Okay then! [Poof]! Everyone now has an electric car. Where do they charge those vehicles and where does the electricity come from to power them?
The niche for the plug in hybrid with much shorter range for urban or powering moms grocery getter for a few store trips and getting the kids from school make much more sense. home Low amp (10-16amps) for night charging and the hybrid engine for fall back might be useful for a lot longer than they envisioned.
“What facts? You made unsupported claims”
Which you let stand without a valid rebuttal.
Au contrare. I brought up the energy density. With facts. But since you want more, the energy to charge the magical battery powered EV’s comes from someplace. Batteries just store energy, they don’t make power. Fossil (mostly coal and gas), nuclear, hydro, and little dribs and drabs of solar and wind are what EVs run on. But rather than directly converting fuel to power they go through the multiple middlemen of generation loss, transmission loss, distribution loss, charging loss and discharge loss. Wind and solar (unicorn farts and rainbows) are an expensive unreliable fantasy that will NEVER supply enough energy to power the transportation sector.
You get blank looks from EV proponents when you ask that one. But I bet the White House has plenty of electricity, so why isn’t the presidential limo an EV?
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