For many years Ford held the patent for these so other manufacturers didn't use it. Must be expired/close to now though as I first recall seeing a car with it in 1985. I have a problem with these screens as, once I realise it's a heated screen I can't stop myself focussing on the wires.
I am trying to remember a science fiction story that had this in. was 40 years ago I read it... It does sound a good idea but so did cane toads until that went wrong.
Globally most electricity is generated by burning coal. So if you have an EV, your vehicle is essentially coal powered.
There's one. What complete nonsense. So every Net Zero plan by every jurisdiction in the world is somehow flawed in that not enough thought has been put into grid reliability? It's such nonsense and no shred of evidence is provided.
Ummm... I don't see a climate change denial there anywhere. Simply an observation that our current power grids (and sources) are struggling as is. I have seen no plan to develop the grids by the orders of magnitude that will be required to charge hundreds of millions (billions?) of EVs. The scale of it is absolutely massive. Any time people start pointing this out or asking related questions, all of a sudden they are denying climate change. That is nonsense. We simply want to know where the hell all that power is coming from and how it will be delivered.
International Energy Agency says that coal is 37% of the world's electricity production.
https://www.iea.org/energy-system/fossil-fuels/coal#tracking
https://ourworldindata.org/electricity-mix
Fortunately, I have a solution:
We are all familiar with Bio-Diesel where fat and oil is converted into fuel.
We are also familiar with Liposuction.
It is also well known that long-haul truckers tend to accumulate fat from their sedentary lifestyle. My plan is to combine the two.
I call it Lipo-Diesel™
Pete
We are all familiar with Bio-Diesel where fat and oil is converted into fuel.
We are also familiar with Liposuction.
It is also well known that long-haul truckers tend to accumulate fat from their sedentary lifestyle. My plan is to combine the two.
I call it Lipo-Diesel™
Pete
The IEA is a joke, like the WHO and so on (corrupt NGO). China broke a record recently with the amount of coal they burned to generate electricity. Demand for EV's is way down. In the end it will be seen as a foolish fad. If you only listen to liars the Truth will not visit you.
Sorry, but you picked the warmest place in Norway for comparison. If you think Norway is a warm place you're mistaken, sadly. Also, how many hours do you drive between stops? I had speakers delivered from Ålesund last week, 545km, or about 7,5 hour drive. By electric car. They had one stop to eat and charge on the way. Too short?
Canada vs Norway, right now. Compelling as mud.
Point is, when it get really cold you need to handle it. In Canada, you don't need to keep your diesel tank filled up to prevent condensation? No anti-waxing additives? No heaters for your engines? No boosters for starter batteries? I think you do, same as us.
OK, fine. Then you can just tell us what the backup plan is for lighting and heating homes and offices, cooking, and recharging all our our electric cars since there won't be any more gas powered vehicles, when the grid fails. Or is destroyed intentionally by some foreign adversary. I'm sure there must be plan you know about, so just tell us what it is.
#1 the (not very distant) future will be much much warmer. So, cold will no longer be an issue for EVs lol.
#2 nuclear is the cleanest energy source. Unfortunately, the West scared the hell out of its people by using Chernobyl for its anti-Russian propaganda so now we can't have nuclear.
#3 climate deniers rejoice - you don't have anything to worry about. Your kids will but you don't 🙂
#2 nuclear is the cleanest energy source. Unfortunately, the West scared the hell out of its people by using Chernobyl for its anti-Russian propaganda so now we can't have nuclear.
#3 climate deniers rejoice - you don't have anything to worry about. Your kids will but you don't 🙂
Is this a brain fart? So we have grids that don't fail now, but when we make them bigger for EVs, they must absolutely, 100%, by definition, fail? How did you get from A to B?
No, I don't think Norway is a warm place, but I think parts of Canada are as cold or colder and much, much larger. 8-12 hour drives are not uncommon in Western Canada. I'm perfectly content with 4 or 5 hours between stops - and I stop for 15-20 minutes, not 2 hours. Am I right that 7.5 hour drive you mentioned is 5.5 hours in a gas-powered vehicle? Most people I know are not willing to add 1 or 2 2-hour stops to an already very long trip.
The sweet-spot in Western Canada is still hybrid. Some day EV will get there. For people who never leave their city, EV is an option.
Yes, we sure do. We are practical that way, which is why we know that EVs are a terrible choice for long distance travel in Western Canada, particularly in the dead of winter.
@cogitech The time I mentioned was only driving time, not fuel dependent. I think they stopped for a bite & coffee, and I think he said he got 80% in 20 minutes. I honestly can't remember what car it was, it had a set of JBL250Ti inside, which was all I cared about 😀.
How small is Norway, really? Driving from south to north takes a long time for those who do it, ca 2400km/32 hours plus.
But I agree, batteries are not good technology for cold weather.
How small is Norway, really? Driving from south to north takes a long time for those who do it, ca 2400km/32 hours plus.
But I agree, batteries are not good technology for cold weather.
You can skip the insults if you want to continue to have a discussion.
The simple point is that currently most automobiles run on gasoline and don't depend on electrical power to recharge them. If that was to ever change to the point where all automobiles depend on recharging and the grid goes down for any extended period of time our entire society comes to a grinding halt. It would suffer even if most cars are gasoline powered like today, but not nearly to the extent it would be affected if are all electric.
Nonsense. You have no proof of this, and I know it's nonsense because I know of a case study that blows your theory away: the Montreal ice storm of 1998.
You are aware that grids go through continuous change in every way as our electric consumption has been monotonically increasing for over a century?
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