On 30/11/2020 16:23, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Mon, 30 Nov 2020 15:52:35 +0000, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

I don't want to see the end of IC driven vehicles perhaps more than most
on here. But many of the arguments put forward against EVs are
nonsensical. Very few indeed make use of the maximum range of their car
more than a few times a year.

The biggest arguments against EVs is that they are EVs and rely on heavy
unreplaceable batteries which limit their range and charging profile to
hours rather than minutes.


Dave shows that like any supporter of renewable mythology he doesn't
understand the difference between peak and mean.

Of course 99% of my journeys are under 25 miles but its the ones that
are not that keep me from buying an electric car,

I don't want a house that stands up to 99% of the wind speeds, I want a
house that stands up to 100% of them.
I don't want to fly in an aircraft that will survive 99% of the
turbulence it will encounter or a ship that will survive 99% of the
icebergs, or an electricity grid that works 99% of the time.


Two drawbacks that have no solution in sight at the moment.

Who knows. The ultimate use for HS2 might be to take EVs from Birmingham
to London so people can drive around a few miles and then be taken back
again, possibly charging en route ?

For myself I think we need an intersection of two technolgies, plus a
couple of generations to croak it. Then we'll have a mesh of autnomous
EVs that can charge whenever needed, plus a population quite happy to not
own a car when they can summon one in less than 5 minutes.

Oh yes, change is coming but almost certainly not the change you think
is coming.

Since your arguments are predicated on the assumption that 'low carbon'
will survive another decade.

I am sure that some incident somewhere will result in a massive
repudiation of all this green nonsense, or the end of western
civilisation and 'climate change' with it. East of the caucasus they
don't give a **** about any of it. Until you get to Australia, anyway.


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