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Originally Posted by vinylengraver
I have one basic issue with the whole EV concept.
In terms of simple physics, would you rather burn some fossil fuel in your ICE vehicle to power it and suffer minor energy loss as compared to the situation where you are burning the same fossil fuel to power the turbine to create the electricity to charge the battery to power your EV?
I mean it makes no sense at all if you look at it this way, does it?
How is it better, cheaper, more efficient, cleaner... whatever???
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1) That fuel will have to be transported to your local gas station, which burns fuel.
2) Electric current is transported over a wire. Much much less fuel burnt.
3) The point of the EV is to replace non-renewable fuel sources like oil, coal and gas. When those thing are gone in 200+ years, the first and second scenario won't be possible anyway. Unless there is another substance that can be stored on our car to be turned into heat for the ICE, then we need another way to store energy on our cars to use to drive the wheels. What could be possibly use to store energy?!?!?!? Um... a battery. What will generate the power to full our batteries if there are no more fossil fuels? Wind, solar, hydro... Nuclear? They will have to, what other choice do we have?
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Originally Posted by vinylengraver
I mean to most ordinary people electricity looks like a clean, cheap and abundant energy source - you just plug something in and voila - magic!
Seriously, I think this is how they are trying to sell this entire EV concept to people. Like they just don't know any better and will buy into yet another scam as long as it is a cool and responsible and politically correct thing to do. It's all about the "environment", you know. But if you ask an ordinary person, they would not even know the definition of the word, I bet.
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It's a good thing not "ordinary" people aren't in charge then right? What "ordinary" people seem to forget is that fossil fuels will be GONE. There will be NONE left to power our cars. Please see #3 above.
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Originally Posted by vinylengraver
The one thing that is certain is that your battery pack will degrade over time and your range will decrease until your car becomes a lawn ornament and you will only be driving it as far as your plug-in cord will reach. Just like that laptop you bought five years ago. I thing this will ensure that cars become truly disposable with an expiry date set by the battery pack, and that is how you do business ladies and gentlemen, thank you.
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Batteries are replaceable, just like engines, clutches, tires, rotors etc... Do we stop using our brakes because they wear out over time? No, we use them until they have depleted themselves then we replace it. Same goes with the battery. BTW, you already have a battery in your car. You also have fuel that burns. You can replace your battery, and you can refuel your tank. I'm not really understanding your logic here. Should we not have any parts and components on our cars that have to be replaced over time? You must drive a magic car that never needs service or a refuel.