Looks like the push for electric vehicles is backfiring in California!
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But the windmills and solar panels cannot be recycled. Oil will never run out. Oil is the most concentrated portable source of power around, outside of nuclear. And the windmills require oil to operate and diesel-powered ships, trains, and trucks to get the windmill parts on site for assembly by more diesel-powered equipment. On top of that, I live down the road from one of the larger windmill installations in the US, and not one bit of that electricity is available to anyone in my state, especially not for cars. The fields of solar panels in my area also ship their power north to another state.
I'm pretty sure most "investments" in the markets will be toast soon.
I will be keeping my car for many years. Electrics will never really catch on until there are places to charge them, and they charge more quickly than hours. There are currently only two car chargers in my whole county. No one needs to travel with an electric car in my area.
Nuclear isn't portable though....
Nuclear actually is portable. There are nuclear ships and submarines. I believe current tech could produce nuclear 18-wheelers. Thorium can be used to power autos in the future. There are lots of articles, such as this one: https://getjerry.com/electric-vehicles/nuclear-powered-cars-future-of-evs
Yes, there are many dead zones that need work. Also I agree that Tesla, ramping as fast as it does, cannot fill in the whole market. Other EV makers have to jump all in in order to make the change quickly enough.
To me the dream of powering my car on solar roof panels is what the future is all about. Hopefully Tesla figures out the manufacturing issues with the new 4860 battery asap.
The EV credits, etc are bullshit IMO. Also cutting down oil manufacturing is moronic as even Elon said.. we need more oil not less. Fucking lefty fucks are destroying the economy on purpose.
I don't want an electric car.
A hurricane comes. There's an evacuation. The interstate is a parking lot. And eventually all the electric cars run out of juice with no possible way to get them away from the hurricane.
Or there's a blizzard. The roads are packed with electric cars. The road becomes impassible. People freeze before long. Batteries don't last long in the cold and heaters really run down batteries. A gasoline car can be shut off and run only occasionally to keep the car warm enough for survival for a very long time.
I think you'll be waiting pretty much forever before you get an electric car worth anything that will run on solar panels on its roof. You can cover an average size car with solar panels and get perhaps enough energy to go 3 MPH, if the car has super low rolling resistance. If solar panels were 100% efficient (though impossible), the car might reach 25 or 30 MPH, not even fast enough for in town driving.
The only electric car powerful enough to be worthy is the Tesla Plaid. I know a millionaire who owns two, because they take so long to charge up, he keeps one on the charger while he drives the other. Over $100,000 each plus a year wait was easy for him, since he already had gas powered fast cars.
There's a reason gas power has been around so many years and wasn't touched by the previous electric cars of 100 years ago. It's portable, concentrated energy.
When the highway is a parking lot an EV uses almost no energy at all. With an EV you can have full tank every morningm (if you are smart enough) A good tesla wall charger can garge around 70+KM per hour so if used properly it is overkill Sunroof with powerpacks can power everything and store more... in commiefornia this would be a no brainer. There are lots out there.
For your last point, see "who killed the EV"