Subj : Re: EVs
To   : Blue White
From : Gamgee
Date : Tue Oct 17 2023 19:50:00

-=> Blue White wrote to esc <=-

 es> The reason I think things like this are destined to fail are mostly
 es> because the big benefit of EV is that the car is completely agnostic to
 es> the fuel source.

 BW> The reason it is big news is because most EV power is generated
 BW> by fossil fuel, so you are trading off having the emmissions come
 BW> out of your car vs. the local coal plant.

This!  Exactly the reason electric vehicle technology is smoke and 
mirrors.

 BW> They are not going to find enough alternate fuel to cover the
 BW> increased demand of everyone switching to EVs.  Maybe one day,
 BW> but not likely in our lifetime and certainly not by 2035.

Absolutely correct.

We need to resume building nuclear power plants *yesterday*.




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