1ºMasha Pavlov EVs, for the most part, have a range that easily exceeds how far most people drive in a day, even on a road trip. They certainly have more range than the vast majority of people would drive without stopping for a meal break or to do shopping, both of which are opportunities to charge up. And now batteries are available that charge up to 100 miles in 5 minutes…so unless you routinely drive over 300 miles in a day with no half-hour breaks, the battery capacity really isn’t problematic. Most people who choose battery capacity as an objection have just not really thought it through. But it it is still a priblem, wait two years and it wont be.
2ºHave a Tesla Model Y and Rivian R1S. Just completed a 1200-mile road trip in the Rivian through Utah/Colorado snow and below freezing temps. Super comfortable and spacious, oodles of power and torque. Charging is not much of an issue, although there are areas (Wyoming, are you listening?) that would benefit from more chargers. You tell the car where you want to go, and it tells you where and how long to charge. Sure, there is still too much coal being used to generate electricity, but I'm happy to be able to help start the transition. 2/3 of the energy in gasoline is wasted as heat. EVs have far fewer moving parts. Brakes last forever because of regen braking, and they don't need catalytic converters. No oil changes, antifreeze, transmission fluid, alternators, water pumps, fuel filters, oil filters, or spark plugs. The only thing I've done to the Tesla in two years is add windshield fluid. I'm definitely not a car nut, but the Rivian will do 0 to 60 in 3.5 seconds, weighing 7000 lbs., if you care about that sort of thing.
3º“I have frequently been asked why a person of my background—a former Chief of the Defence Staff, a former Chairman of the NATO Military Committee—why I think there is a cover-up (of) the facts about UFOs. I believe governments fear that if they did disclose those facts, people would panic. I don’t believe that at all. There is a serious possibility that we are being visited by people from outer space. It behoves us to find out who they are, where they come from, and what they want.”
Admiral Lord Hill-Norton, British Royal Navy, former Chief of Defence during a videotaped interview for the Disclosure program.
4ºSharon Joy Voas According to EIA (which i think is the most authoritative source for energy data in the US), the national percentage of coal in 2022 electricity production was more like 19.5%, but regional differences can be very large. Colorado, where I live, and Wyoming, for example, are a lot higher. I've had solar panels on my roof since 2008, which helps, but are not big enough to fully charge my EVs. I agree about the trends you mention, but I'm less optimistic than you about the speed. Nothing is happening fast enough to keep warming below 2C, never mind 1.5. The offshore wind projects on the east coast are running into big delays -- two big projects in NJ were canceled a few weeks ago. But we have to keep trying on all fronts.
5ºRainer Malzbender That's 2022 data, So much has changed in a year since the IRA took affect in January! Yes, EIA is the best source. The Administration is moving very fast. You might read the White House Fact Sheets. Enormous amounts happening very fast here and around the world. The other wealthy nations are transitioning to EVs faster. Norway 90% EVs. China half EVs and the most solar and wind. France mandated solar canopies over all parking lots with more than 80 spaces, which will produce as much energy as 10 nukes. 10 nations at zero fossil fuels or less than 10%.
6ºSam Mamrosz I thought you were referring to just commercial sites with the 350 million charging stations you mentioned for 300 million cars. I didn't realize you were including private homes as well. I still don't see a problem.
You see a lot of cars backed up at gas stations because those 300 million car owners in the US (except EV owners) are forced to buy gas. I bet you won't see near the same amount of congestion in 2 or 3 decades from now.
The people I know with EVs charge almost exclusively at home because it is the least expensive way to go. They never use a commercial or interstate site for charging except once or twice a year on vacation while traveling. The hotels they stay at while traveling already have stations and so do the homes they rent.
As the number of EVs continues to rise so will the number of EV stations. It will take decades for millions of people to make the switch to EVs which leaves more than enough time to install all the stations needed.
BTW......As far as vacations go, I was never, ever lucky enough to get away with only 30 minutes at a gas station pit stop with the kids.
7ºhttp://www.paulstramer.ne...eleased-by.html
We've been calling him "China Joe" for years now.
And we described the whole process set in motion forty years ago when the whole new US-CHINA détente was established and resulted in millions of American jobs being exported and our industries being shut down.
We described the migration of the Parasite from Mainland Europe to Britain, from Britain to the US, and now, from the US to China.
The name the Parasite assumed was "China Development Fund" --- more popularly referred to as the CIA Retirement Fund.
And this was, of course, all undertaken by the Brits.
The Brits are always, always, always at the bottom of every dog pile.
While their home country is left so destitute that they can't even afford to leave the European Union (the real reason BREXIT hasn't happened) HSBC and its backers and shareholders are enjoying the ill-gotten spoils. That's why we call them parasites.
We forewarned you that the "QFS" --- "Quantum Financial System" was developed under the Code Name "Crimson Gate" at Wright-Patterson AFB -- the CIA's Second Home next to Langley -- for the purpose of placing the entire world at the mercy of the Chinese Government.
Crimson Gate. Red Gate. Get it?
And now we have their implementation Playbook:
They intend to convert the old SWIFT System into the Basel III compliant AIIB System and then into the Chinese CIPS System (so they have control of all the transactions SWIFT used to carry) and then they call this renamed, rebranded, updated version of SWIFT in Chinese hands the "QFS" so everyone is deluded and thinks that it is something else, developed by "the Americans" so it's all right.
What a crock.
QFS may have been developed by deluded and misdirected CIA programmers on American soil, but the QFS is not American. It's designed and orchestrated to serve the same old European Goons from a new location. China.
Just like they moved the New York Stock Exchange to Telaviv without telling anyone.
HSBC needs to be liquidated for crimes against humanity, now. Its Board of Governors needs to be arrested. All those involved in the Crimson Gate debacle need to be arrested and questioned. We all need to get to the bottom of this and sooner than later.
They are touting this phony Trojan Pig system as the solution to the SWIFT Monopoly, when in fact it retains the SWIFT Monopoly. On steroids.
Time to boot up the real Rough Riders and hunt them down, if you want a world worth living in.
Remember that we already have an honest, safe, clean global banking system ready for everyone to use without the QFS --- a unique system that functions worldwide as an outgrowth of block chain technology, which ensures your privacy, and provides absolute security.
And now I am going to add the kicker.
All these banks you are used to are based in the British Maritime Commercial venue --- and are completely monopolized and illegal. These banks believe and (very quietly) advertise that they take an ownership interest in your deposits.
That is, they claim to own anything you deposit with them. That's how they do bail-ins and bail-outs. That's how they seize the contents of your bank accounts.
So why deposit as much as a bad smell with them?
Come back to the honest land jurisdiction banks of commerce, where your deposits and your business are yours.
And just say no to all this deceitful Bank Bunko:
https://amg-news.com/the-qfs-revolution-swift-aiib-cips-qfs/
8ºMatthew Halm I guess that's why there are so many auto repair shops around, because everyone does it themselves. I once spent almost 20 years in the dealer auto service business, from mechanic, to service advisor, to shop foreman, and then service manager. The reason those businesses exist, in addition to auto repair shops all over, is because most people don't work on their own cars. Someone who's an accountant isn't likely know automotive electrical systems, and isn't likely to have the specialized tools today's auto require, like Forscan meters to pinpoint error codes.
I don't know about you, but I don't see all my neighbors crawling around on creepers, under their cars.
Studies have have shown that gas cars catch fire at a higher rate than EVs, because you're carrying around something that's highly "combustible." It is true that an EV is harder to extinguish, but they'll figure that out also, because that's what science does.
https://www.kbb.com/car-n...west-car-fires/
"The result? Hybrid-powered cars were involved in about 3,475 fires per every 100,000 sold. Gasoline-powered cars, about 1,530. Electric vehicles (EVs) saw just 25 fires per 100,000 sold.
"There is some logic to the results. After all, gasoline-powered cars depend on combustion to move. The energy transfer electric cars use to move doesn’t involve anything burning."
When the rate is lower, your odds of not being in a fire trap are higher; that's what matters.
If you're good at that, that' good for you, but you're missing the bigger picture. If an EV isn't your thing, there's a simple answer; don't buy one. Because of the sheer number of gas vehicles on the road (290 million in the U S alone), the transition is going to take decades to complete anyway, so you don't have to panic.