Electric vehicles

Physics says you need this much energy for the electrolysis of water into hydrogen and oxygen, so until someone figures that one out, hydrogen won't be feasible. Probably CNG and fuel cells might be a good intermediate step. Interesting that the oil companies have the patents on many fuel cell designs....hmmm....

 

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Any alternate sources of energy for common daily uses are going to be decades off, no matter how many people protest.
Fossil Fuel sources are an integral part of our World infrastructure and cannot simply be replace. Every aspect of our live today revolves around something that is produced by Fossil Fuels, or Oil products of some form.
Even the Glass and Plastics we commonly refer to as Cellphones, are produced with Crude oil. furnaces hot enough to produce the best Gorilla Glass for your iPhones are Coal Fire plants.
Poly Carbonate Glasses and contact lenses, Your expensive Cross trainers, The wraps you put on your new cars, the helmets you wear on your motorcycles, even important parts of those motorcycles, all use one form of petroleum based product or another.

If you look carefully around our World, you will find that there are Fossil Fuels in everything we do, everything we buy, everything we need to survive in our society.. Electric Cars, or Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars are the least of what needs to happen. We, as a collective people, will need maybe a century or more to be able to ween ourselves off our need for Fossil Fuels. The only way to force it, is to destroy ALL, and I do mean ALL of the last 2000 years of technology and innovation. Even the Ancient Romans used oal for heating and cooking. It's who we are as a people.

 

One thing to keep in mind is that Google and other datacenters around the world are using green energy (wind, solar, hydro, etc.) to power their servers etc. many have a PUE of just over 1.1 or 1.2, so they're not as bad as it may seem for the environment.

 

EV ‘s have their positives in many ways as transportation alternatives evolve. Question? In geographical area’s challenged by increasingly severe weather effecting power grids; how will EVs provide a sustainable transportation option?

 

They are still a nightmare! From charging to fires and recycling and costs we have a very long way to go before they should become our only way to power our vehicles.