Green energy initiatives that will mandate all new semis be electric starting January 1, have led to $310 loss per truck. The long-haul company then had to pass it to its customers in order to break even.https://www.notebookcheck.net/Replacing-diesel-trucks-with-electric-semis-led-to-charging-time-and-load-loss-passed-on-to-customers.788161.0.html
Come on, read this news before posting. "losing $310 per electric truck" per what? per day, per month, per 1000km? Garbage information.
I read a story about electric truck in Sweden. The driver goes from Stockholm to somewhere else in a fixed route. The company built a super high power truck charger at the place of the drivers' mandatory stop and rest, and the truck charges during that resting time. Replaced diesel with electric trucks with zero downtime.
Electric trucks are coming when infrastructure catches up.
Summary: Electric trucks are useful, infrastructure needs improvement.
Guess what, it was the same thing for early days in passenger car EVs. Now there's 2100+ Tesla Superchargers and a similar number from other brands across the US. The infrastructure problem will get fixed to solve this pain point for electric trucking too.
Quote from: D.H on December 30, 2023, 14:09:36Summary: Electric trucks are useful
That was not the idea of original WSJ article.
Driver was idling while charging on his paid time, EV truck can carry smaller loads so it has limited use.
Increased costs are compensated by raising delivery costs. And their customer will of course include raised costs in retail price, so eventually those costs are coming down on YOU.
electrification is needed but it's often done the wrong way. instead of mandating diesel truck they should start by a electrifying all the shirt range trucks and passenger vehicles that can charge overnight and drive all day on a charge, with zero need for expensive infrastructures like super high speed DC chargers. just good old proven tech and batteries kept within 20-80% and charged level 2 overnight will last forever. level 1-2 chargers cnn be mass produced for very cheap. they don't even convert AC to DC or convert voltage, electricity just passes through. . public/school busses, dump trucks, delivery vans etc. they all do a lot of driving at low speed, in urban or residential areas, with a lot of stop signs , stop and go etc.these are the low hanging fruits that generates the most emissions, particles where the most people live.
This article is so full of misinformation that it makes me wonder who got paid off to get this published. For instance, "truckers have to use public charging stations that aren't created for parking semis". No, semi tractors use a completely different connector than the public chargers because of the higher current delivery. Clearly, no research was done for this "article" and much of it was made up ("losing $310 per electric truck").
Truckers & their unions have brought this misery upon themselves by not changing with times. Its insane that 18whlrs are creeping at 2-4 mph in rush hour AM & PM Congested traffic, polluting Diesel fumes & obstructing traffic. You can Normalize Insanity with abnormal Legacy Stoic tactics only for so long before the Public will get frustrated and start burying you into the ground! Spoiler Alert - If you raise prices Tesla, Nikola & Amazon will bankrupt and run you into ground so deep, that you will not see light of day! Be Smart and find ways of keeping costs down and make both drivers & consumers happy. Just look at & ask GM/Ford/Ram what happens when you go rough shod with EV reality!
I'd rather quit Driving than Drive a truck with an automatic transmission or an electric motor I couldn't imagine not having straight stacks no JAKE Not being able to shift BORING ! And Teslas are UGLY Sorry Elon you need to rethink this one ! I bet the drivers are having fun handing paperwork to the guard at the gate ! TIMES ARE CHANGING DRIVERS !
EVs for haulage? That is not smart. They scale best in the other direction where things powered by small lithium batteries work the best. That's why they started in small electronics. Ever used a diesel engine to power a laptop? Just found this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyxcToWvLCs - American Trucking Association says tests replacing diesel with EVs mean a 3:2 or 2:1 ratio increase in the number of trucks required for the same tasks, due to charging downtime and lower load capacity. The batteries weigh 3 tonnes or more. Need to commandeer global lithium supply for 7 years to make all US trucks EV. Other rare metals 35 years of global supply needed. Need a little more forethought here.
People worry about "load losses" per truck.
While an EV truck might haul fewer pounds, those pounds are costing significantly less to deliver, meaning they're more profitable for the fleet.
The math works out to where a fleet can afford to run two EV trucks for the cost of running one diesel truck, even accounting for the wages of the drivers.
End result - more profits per truck or more haulage for the same price, fleetwide.
Fossil fuel vehicles are already dead man walking,they just haven't realized it yet.
Quote from: WorldCTZen on December 30, 2023, 22:35:16those pounds are costing significantly less to deliver, meaning they're more profitable for the fleet
Article says literally the opposite.
Drive to the state line and drop the load, or don,t carry loads for California.
It is plane n simple it is called climate scam. Billionaires buy mansions around the world by beaches. If it really was a urgent climate issue Billionaires would dump their properties. Also ask yourself why are they building bunkers around the world? Will there be a emp attack or a dirty n bomb go off? Think about it.
Electric grid can't handle it. Unless a mysterious asteroid falls to earth and gives out energy to earth!
Please see the attached letter from CARB regarding enforcement of the ACF pending
Issuance of a waiver determination from EPA. This stay of enforcement is the result of many hours of discussions by CTA with CARB and the Attorney General's office. CARB plans to release an enforcement advisory to regulated entities soon reflecting this agreement.
Some highlights of this agreement:
• CARB has agreed not to enforce the reporting or registration requirements of the ACF as it applies to high pricrity fleets and drayage until a waiver determination is issued by EPA
• Fleets may voluntarily report and apply for flexibility provisions.
• CARB reserves the right to take enforcement action to remove internal combustion trucks added after 1/1/24 that would not otherwise be in compliance with the ACF.
While there is no set time for granting of a waiver by EPA, waivers typically take 9-12 months to process. CARB applied for this waiver on 11/17/23. CTA will continue to move its Stigation against the ACF forward. If you have any questions. please feel free to reach out to Chris
This Bs is not going to work idk why these idiots keep pushing this specially that stupid state of California. That state is ruining Trucking with all this emissions crap and now pushing for the electric trucks.. And the idiots in government is bowing down to them just like do for everything else cause they don't want to hurt anyone feelings. They rather shut the world down with all this crap so they want to hurt anyone feelings but like I said idk why these idiots can't see that this crap is NOT going to work.
Pepsi and it's tesla electric semitruck drivers all seen very happy with their trucks and the fact that it does the 500 mile range is a bonus, is quicker up hills,charges while going down hill less maintenance, cheaper to fuel, drivers are happy with a truck that doesn't vibrate and spew vile poisons all over the place is a win win in my view
Quote from: Lee Helms on December 31, 2023, 05:38:40This Bs is not going to work idk why these idiots keep pushing this specially that stupid state of California. That state is ruining Trucking with all this emissions crap and now pushing for the electric trucks.. And the idiots in government is bowing down to them just like do for everything else cause they don't want to hurt anyone feelings. They rather shut the world down with all this crap so they want to hurt anyone feelings but like I said idk why these idiots can't see that this crap is NOT going to work.
This regulation is for drayage trucks, all that really means is you must run electric when visiting the port and they can go ICE once out. This is very easy to do, the actual requirement for new trucks to be electric doesn't happen until 2045 and by then there would be no problem as more Tesla Semis will be out and others as well with similar or better range by then
Quote from: Ronald Neely on December 31, 2023, 03:33:17Electric grid can't handle it. Unless a mysterious asteroid falls to earth and gives out energy to earth!
The grid can handle it just fine
Quote from: RS on December 31, 2023, 00:47:36It is plane n simple it is called climate scam. Billionaires buy mansions around the world by beaches. If it really was a urgent climate issue Billionaires would dump their properties. Also ask yourself why are they building bunkers around the world? Will there be a emp attack or a dirty n bomb go off? Think about it.
Why would billionaires not buy mansions by beaches? You are aware that flooding insurance is funded by the federal government. It isn't like they live in those mansions 24/7, they just come to visit and when it gets flooded, cash in their checks
Quote from: HoT Rod on December 30, 2023, 22:51:42Drive to the state line and drop the load, or don,t carry loads for California.
This is for trucks visiting CA ports... not making deliveries to CA
Quote from: A(fake) on December 30, 2023, 22:42:55Quote from: WorldCTZen on December 30, 2023, 22:35:16those pounds are costing significantly less to deliver, meaning they're more profitable for the fleet
Article says literally the opposite.
The cost of the load is significantly less cost to deliver. The cost here isn't the cost to deliver but a company doing something stupid, probably intentionally to create political outrage
Quote from: Anti-propaganda man on December 30, 2023, 21:14:08EVs for haulage? That is not smart. They scale best in the other direction where things powered by small lithium batteries work the best. That's why they started in small electronics. Ever used a diesel engine to power a laptop? Just found this - American Trucking Association says tests replacing diesel with EVs mean a 3:2 or 2:1 ratio increase in the number of trucks required for the same tasks, due to charging downtime and lower load capacity. The batteries weigh 3 tonnes or more. Need to commandeer global lithium supply for 7 years to make all US trucks EV. Other rare metals 35 years of global supply needed. Need a little more forethought here.
Actually, semis are one of the best options for converting to EVs. The reason why is because there are laws that limit truckers to drive only 8 hours, after which they need 30 minute breaks and a day limit of 11-14 hours. So when you have a decent range and charge time Truck like a Tesla semi, you pretty much have 0 time loss vs a diesel truck. EVs are also allowed 2 tonnes extra load capacity vs diesel so no loss there either
As for supply, when the Model T first came out, converting all US horses to cars would have taken hundreds years of global supply, your point? Global supply is growing rapidly, and conversion isn;t something required overnight
Quote from: geemy on December 30, 2023, 15:14:36electrification is needed but it's often done the wrong way. instead of mandating diesel truck they should start by a electrifying all the shirt range trucks and passenger vehicles that can charge overnight and drive all day on a charge, with zero need for expensive infrastructures like super high speed DC chargers. just good old proven tech and batteries kept within 20-80% and charged level 2 overnight will last forever. level 1-2 chargers cnn be mass produced for very cheap. they don't even convert AC to DC or convert voltage, electricity just passes through. . public/school busses, dump trucks, delivery vans etc. they all do a lot of driving at low speed, in urban or residential areas, with a lot of stop signs , stop and go etc.these are the low hanging fruits that generates the most emissions, particles where the most people live.
The regulation for trucks isn't until 2045... this regulation is just for port trucks
Quote from: A(fake) on December 30, 2023, 14:38:04Quote from: D.H on December 30, 2023, 14:09:36Summary: Electric trucks are useful
That was not the idea of original WSJ article.
Driver was idling while charging on his paid time, EV truck can carry smaller loads so it has limited use.
Increased costs are compensated by raising delivery costs. And their customer will of course include raised costs in retail price, so eventually those costs are coming down on YOU.
The idea of the WSJ was to write a fake hit piece doing something no sane company would do, I am surprised they didn't drive their trucks backwards while at it to make it even more ridicilous
Quote from: A(fake) on December 31, 2023, 08:24:43The cost of the load is significantly less cost to deliver. The cost here isn't the cost to deliver but a company doing something stupid
Quote from: A on December 31, 2023, 08:24:43The idea of the WSJ was to write a fake hit piece doing something no sane company would do, I am surprised they didn't drive their trucks backwards while at it to make it even more ridicilous
If your only argument in this discussion is "they all are stupid, I'm smart" then there's nothing to talk about. Sadly, you are a nobody with zero real delivery company experience and you are clearly simply trying to dismiss inconvenient information.
Quote from: A(fake) on December 31, 2023, 11:00:53Quote from: A(fake) on December 31, 2023, 08:24:43The cost of the load is significantly less cost to deliver. The cost here isn't the cost to deliver but a company doing something stupid
Quote from: A on December 31, 2023, 08:24:43The idea of the WSJ was to write a fake hit piece doing something no sane company would do, I am surprised they didn't drive their trucks backwards while at it to make it even more ridicilous
If your only argument in this discussion is "they all are stupid, I'm smart" then there's nothing to talk about. Sadly, you are a nobody with zero real delivery company experience and you are clearly simply trying to dismiss inconvenient information.
They are likely not being stupid, they are just putting up a stunt to make an article. But reality is, they are not going to get anywhere
They can write all the hit pieces they want, but it will have no impact on changing the rules. As more EV semis get on the road and clients save money, those desperately pushing for diesel trucks, their clients will just have to pay more or more likely they will just switch before their clients leave
PS it is funny how you actually ignored my real argument where I pointed out the flaws in their stunt in comments above
Quote from: A(fake) on December 31, 2023, 11:31:38They are likely not being stupid, they are just putting up a stunt to make an article
Yeah, nice attempt to backtrack after calling them "stupid" and telling "no same company would do that". Now they are just conspiring, lol.
Quote from: A(fake) on December 31, 2023, 11:31:38it is funny how you actually ignored my real argument where I pointed out the flaws in their stunt in comments above
There's only one real argument, about 8 hours, but it _theoretically_ works only for long haul (still have to do two runs instead of one), not the short ones described. Actually it's making short hauls even worse. So you have no arguments, and your credibility is non-existent after trying to just dismiss WSJ and real delivery company by calling everyone stupid while having zero actual experience.
Quote from: A on December 31, 2023, 08:24:43This regulation is for drayage trucks, all that really means is you must run electric when visiting the port and they can go ICE once out. This is very easy to do, the actual requirement for new trucks to be electric doesn't happen until 2045 and by then there would be no problem as more Tesla Semis will be out and others as well with similar or better range by then
The way logic works is: you develop a better technology and then mandate its use, not the other way around. What happens if a better battery technology cannot be invented? Tesla semi batteries weigh almost 5 tonnes. That is idiotic. Batteries are good for scooters not haulage. Suitable power sources change with the scale of power you need. That's why trucks use diesel instead of gasoline as it's more efficient for heavy loads. Switching trucks to gasoline would actually improve air quality, but no one is advocating that. Modern exhaust systems have done the most to clean up air quality. Banning internal combustion engines is a ludicrous answer to that problem.
QuoteThe grid can handle it just fine
How? Recent BBC news article said that for all cars to be EV the grid in Britain has to be increased by 2-4x in capacity... and with what? Nuclear and renewables? Renewables need 100% back up for when wind isn't blowing meaning 2x the infrastructure needed. If that backup is nuclear there is no need for the renewables in the first place. Britain is 1/3 renewable generation and our electricity prices have doubled. It now costs the same to 'fill' an EV as a gasoline car. Now double or quadruple generation again? Enormous financial and environmental costs in terms of construction, fabrication and waste. Idiotic. I would go so far as to say "insane". What's your motivation for propping up this insanity?
QuoteAs for supply, when the Model T first came out, converting all US horses to cars would have taken hundreds years of global supply, your point? Global supply is growing rapidly, and conversion isn;t something required overnight
Cars are made from iron, most abundant resource. They are a significant improvement over horses. EVs require rare metals and minerals from unproven reserves, and are a downgrade for cars. Massive financial and environmental costs to mine that much rare materials, if it's even possible. NOT 'SUSTAINABLE'!
Filling an electric car in the UK is cheaper than filling a petrol car.
Even if you do it exclusively at rapid public chargers.
Dark windless days, rare, sre not without tides.
The costs of diesel trucks are large, but some of them are hidden from the users.
Seems pretty obvious the solutions to the problems mentioned in the article are a return to the depot and terminal system. Driver hits the depot at the end of his shift, tractor goes on a charger, trailer continues to delivery with new tractor and driver, original driver takes his rest break and returns to his home terminal next day with different trailer. We never should have gotten away from this model in the first place.
Quote from: Osh on December 31, 2023, 18:11:24trailer continues to delivery with new tractor and driver
So you need two trucks instead of one.
The US is going to have to change the way freight is moved, period.
This perceived "mandatory rest period charge window" is great, in theory. In reality, nearly every off ramp on every major highway across the US has semis parked for their rest period, because there isn't enough room for them.
There is no point addressing efficiency or anything of that sort. There are far too many trucks on the road, and nowhere near enough space to charge all of them. There isn't one corporation running all trucking that can manage movement enough to mitigate the sheer volume and lack of space.
Far too many legislators don't understand, and/or don't care what reality and the facts are. Mandating electric across the board is a great way to even the playing field in terms of cost, but if it's not practical, all that ends up happening is billions of dollars being thrown away. CARB wouldn't have backpedaled if they weren't worried. This is a prime example of California *thinking* their market is so valuable everyone will bend over backwards to stay in it, and they found out otherwise.
The problem described in this article calls out to be solved by swappable battery units. With the demise of fueling stations, we ought to consider swapping stations, instead. In other words, when a driver pulls into a rest station for a mandatory 45 minute break, the rest station out to be able to swap his drained battery units for fully charged units within those 45 minutes. In the same way that all fuel tanks can be refueled by the same size gas pump nozzle, batteries should be able to be mounted in a uniformly sized drawer so that the drawer can be pulled out and the battery promptly replaced. Why not?
Quote from: A(fake) on December 31, 2023, 11:52:46Quote from: A(fake) on December 31, 2023, 11:31:38They are likely not being stupid, they are just putting up a stunt to make an article
Yeah, nice attempt to backtrack after calling them "stupid" and telling "no same company would do that". Now they are just conspiring, lol.
Not backtracking, I said "but a company doing something stupid, probably intentionally to create political outrage". I said they were doing something stupid, and called it out as likely intentional. Please learn to read!
QuoteQuote from: A(fake) on December 31, 2023, 11:31:38it is funny how you actually ignored my real argument where I pointed out the flaws in their stunt in comments above
There's only one real argument, about 8 hours, but it _theoretically_ works only for long haul (still have to do two runs instead of one), not the short ones described. Actually it's making short hauls even worse. So you have no arguments, and your credibility is non-existent after trying to just dismiss WSJ and real delivery company by calling everyone stupid while having zero actual experience.
You clearly don't read. If for whatever reason a BEV truck isn't working for you, a PHEV truck qualifies as well. If you don't know what a PHEV is, it is an EV truck but less electric range, and has a backup gas engine. So it can do both plugin and drive on gas/diesel.
The WSJ leaves out this fact cause it goes against their narrative, the same how they leave out PHEVs are allowed towards the 2035 100% EVs mandates as well in California. Hard to create fake outrage when you don't tell people their ICE engines are being taken away completely
Quote from: Anti-propaganda man on December 31, 2023, 12:04:32Quote from: A on December 31, 2023, 08:24:43This regulation is for drayage trucks, all that really means is you must run electric when visiting the port and they can go ICE once out. This is very easy to do, the actual requirement for new trucks to be electric doesn't happen until 2045 and by then there would be no problem as more Tesla Semis will be out and others as well with similar or better range by then
The way logic works is: you develop a better technology and then mandate its use, not the other way around. What happens if a better battery technology cannot be invented? Tesla semi batteries weigh almost 5 tonnes. That is idiotic. Batteries are good for scooters not haulage. Suitable power sources change with the scale of power you need. That's why trucks use diesel instead of gasoline as it's more efficient for heavy loads. Switching trucks to gasoline would actually improve air quality, but no one is advocating that. Modern exhaust systems have done the most to clean up air quality. Banning internal combustion engines is a ludicrous answer to that problem.
The technology already exists, the Tesla semi proves it. But again, PHEVs are an option in worst case.
As for Tesla semi, while the battery has some weight, be aware that EV trucks are allowed 2 tonnes extra. Also be aware that EVs are not ICE cars + batteries. Motors are lighter than engines, and less other parts as well
There is no ban on internal combustion engines, that is fake news. The ban is only on traditional ICE vehicles. PHEVs that have ICE engines are allowed
QuoteQuoteThe grid can handle it just fine
How? Recent BBC news article said that for all cars to be EV the grid in Britain has to be increased by 2-4x in capacity... and with what? Nuclear and renewables? Renewables need 100% back up for when wind isn't blowing meaning 2x the infrastructure needed. If that backup is nuclear there is no need for the renewables in the first place. Britain is 1/3 renewable generation and our electricity prices have doubled. It now costs the same to 'fill' an EV as a gasoline car. Now double or quadruple generation again? Enormous financial and environmental costs in terms of construction, fabrication and waste. Idiotic. I would go so far as to say "insane". What's your motivation for propping up this insanity?
If they said that, they are wrong. The most common mistake is comparing primary energy which doesn't take into account fossil fuel inefficiency instead of useful energy which does work (calculating off gasoline/diesel and cross referencing average miles vs EV efficiency per mile). The end result would be around 1/4th more electricity needed to be added to the grid. Considering not all cars are going electric overnight, you easily have multiple decades
As for why Britian's electricity prices doubled has nothing to do with renewable energy and everything to do with how expensive fossil fuels have gotten. One of the issues with them is they are highly volatile. And how Britain's electric market works is like this: You have multiple generators bid their prices until they fill demand. The cheapest ones provide the electricity, but the cost is based on the most expensive of the cheapest. What that means is, unless you are 100% renewables, the expensive fossil fuels set the price for everyone
QuoteQuoteAs for supply, when the Model T first came out, converting all US horses to cars would have taken hundreds years of global supply, your point? Global supply is growing rapidly, and conversion isn;t something required overnight
Cars are made from iron, most abundant resource. They are a significant improvement over horses. EVs require rare metals and minerals from unproven reserves, and are a downgrade for cars. Massive financial and environmental costs to mine that much rare materials, if it's even possible. NOT 'SUSTAINABLE'!
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No material is EV batteries is rare, most of it is fairly common. EVs have a lot of advantage, not just them being better for environment and people's health. They also have instant response time, less maintenance, torque, safer, convenience of charging at home, fuel agnostic, 1 peddle driving and etc
PERFECT SOLUTION WOULD BE 15 MINUTE CITIES. DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS? CHECK OUT THE NETHERLANDS. PERFECT HARMONY WITH ALL THESE THINGS ALONG WITH CONTROL.
Somehow I think the WSJ is connected to the oil companies, it never publishes any articles against them. BTW, how about passing off the fuel cost savings to the customers? EV drivevtrains are about 4x more efficient, and have regenerative breaking as well. The refuel time us partly a red herring, unless you have two drivers they have mandated breaks. It will also be solved with liquid batteries, you can just refill with charged electrolyte.
We need to mine more materials so everyone can have EVs.
Quote from: A on December 30, 2023, 22:42:55Quote from: WorldCTZen on December 30, 2023, 22:35:16those pounds are costing significantly less to deliver, meaning they're more profitable for the fleet
Article says literally the opposite.
Article is missing many facts... What is the cost to maintain a diesel truck versus an EV? What is the cost to charge vs fuel? Why not outfit the roof of the trailer with solar for extended range? I will say pushing electric when infrastructure doesn't support though is dumb... Although who knows if that really is a problem or just more made up story
Quote from: A on January 01, 2024, 10:29:16The technology already exists, the Tesla semi proves it. But again, PHEVs are an option in worst case.
As for Tesla semi, while the battery has some weight, be aware that EV trucks are allowed 2 tonnes extra. Also be aware that EVs are not ICE cars + batteries. Motors are lighter than engines, and less other parts as well
There is no ban on internal combustion engines, that is fake news. The ban is only on traditional ICE vehicles. PHEVs that have ICE engines are allowed
Across the world ICE vehicles are being deliberately phased out by policy. You're playing semantics to avoid that. If electric vehicles are so great, why are people being forced to buy them? Case closed. They are not great.
QuoteIf they said that, they are wrong. The most common mistake is comparing primary energy which doesn't take into account fossil fuel inefficiency instead of useful energy which does work (calculating off gasoline/diesel and cross referencing average miles vs EV efficiency per mile). The end result would be around 1/4th more electricity needed to be added to the grid. Considering not all cars are going electric overnight, you easily have multiple decades
I can't make sense of what you've written. Where's your source that EVs would only require 1/4th more energy gen. on the grid?
QuoteAs for why Britian's electricity prices doubled has nothing to do with renewable energy and everything to do with how expensive fossil fuels have gotten. One of the issues with them is they are highly volatile. And how Britain's electric market works is like this: You have multiple generators bid their prices until they fill demand. The cheapest ones provide the electricity, but the cost is based on the most expensive of the cheapest. What that means is, unless you are 100% renewables, the expensive fossil fuels set the price for everyone
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The so called "renewables" (massive resource, land use and waste) are more expensive all over the world. Look at Germany. Again, if they're cheaper, why do no countries build them unless compelled to do so by so-called "environmental" policy. "When you build wind, you're really building gas" - Scottish Power exec. Having lots of wind power means you're reliant on immediately dispatchable natural gas as backup which is yes, volatile. Britain had a good coal and nuclear industry until the early 1990s. That's gone and prices have gone high. You're making stuff up as part of the EV cult. Stop doing that. Electric price in France (mostly Nuclear) are half that of UK.
QuoteNo material is EV batteries is rare, most of it is fairly common. EVs have a lot of advantage, not just them being better for environment and people's health. They also have instant response time, less maintenance, torque, safer, convenience of charging at home, fuel agnostic, 1 peddle driving and etc
Complete lies. No, the materials are rare. Massively expensive and environmentally damaging mining for the batteries. Costs socialised beyond the owners with subsidies, electric grid expansion, public charging points. For the same price as an EV you can get a much better ICE car. Gasoline cars also put CO2 out the exhaust, which is making the world greener. Its an added benefit which is not advertised enough. EVs are obviously so great because there are mandates to get them sold because people won't buy them otherwise!
Quote from: Anti-propaganda man on January 02, 2024, 00:35:52Quote from: A on January 01, 2024, 10:29:16The technology already exists, the Tesla semi proves it. But again, PHEVs are an option in worst case.
As for Tesla semi, while the battery has some weight, be aware that EV trucks are allowed 2 tonnes extra. Also be aware that EVs are not ICE cars + batteries. Motors are lighter than engines, and less other parts as well
There is no ban on internal combustion engines, that is fake news. The ban is only on traditional ICE vehicles. PHEVs that have ICE engines are allowed
Across the world ICE vehicles are being deliberately phased out by policy. You're playing semantics to avoid that. If electric vehicles are so great, why are people being forced to buy them? Case closed. They are not great.
The phase out of ICE vehicles is centered around the harm they do, not just from climate change, but also local pollution and economic harm due to volatility of fossil fuels and medical costs. That said, the current phase out rules are not based around phasing out overnight. And no policy has completely phased out ICE. PHEVs which have ICE engines are still allowed under the rules. Now that may change come 2035-2045 and new rules be passed for 2050-2060 that phase out PHEVs. But that has not happened, and we are talking about the rules today
The rules have nothing to do with whether EVs are great or not. Actually, the best selling car in the world, gas or electric is an EV. That said, the governments want to accelerate transistion and transistion responsibly. And that means planning ahead
Personally, I think instead of such mandates, they should just require that ICE cars reroute their exhaust to their cabin. And if someone thinks ICE cars are so great, they can continue driving them with the exhaust going into their cabin instead of sharing it with others. I guarantee you then ICE cars sales will fall to virtually 0 in less than a year
QuoteQuoteIf they said that, they are wrong. The most common mistake is comparing primary energy which doesn't take into account fossil fuel inefficiency instead of useful energy which does work (calculating off gasoline/diesel and cross referencing average miles vs EV efficiency per mile). The end result would be around 1/4th more electricity needed to be added to the grid. Considering not all cars are going electric overnight, you easily have multiple decades
I can't make sense of what you've written. Where's your source that EVs would only require 1/4th more energy gen. on the grid?
My source is math. UK has driven 323.8 billion miles were driven in 2022. A Tesla Model Y gets 28kwh/100 miles or 280wh per mile. That is 90.664twh
UK used 326.09twh in 2022, so 27.8% or about 1/4th
QuoteQuoteAs for why Britian's electricity prices doubled has nothing to do with renewable energy and everything to do with how expensive fossil fuels have gotten. One of the issues with them is they are highly volatile. And how Britain's electric market works is like this: You have multiple generators bid their prices until they fill demand. The cheapest ones provide the electricity, but the cost is based on the most expensive of the cheapest. What that means is, unless you are 100% renewables, the expensive fossil fuels set the price for everyone
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The so called "renewables" (massive resource, land use and waste) are more expensive all over the world. Look at Germany. Again, if they're cheaper, why do no countries build them unless compelled to do so by so-called "environmental" policy. "When you build wind, you're really building gas" - Scottish Power exec. Having lots of wind power means you're reliant on immediately dispatchable natural gas as backup which is yes, volatile. Britain had a good coal and nuclear industry until the early 1990s. That's gone and prices have gone high. You're making stuff up as part of the EV cult. Stop doing that. Electric price in France (mostly Nuclear) are half that of UK.
Look what at Germany? You seem to be confused about something. Germany's high electricity prices isn't due to renewables but due to high taxes on electricity which they use to fund all kinds of programs. Even then fossil fuels still set the price until you get over 100%
Overall if you follow fossil fuel prices, and electricity prices they align with each other because again the most expensive generator sets the price for everyone
Most new power going up is renewables
Just cause the fossil fuel industry convinced to politicians to keep gas around longer doesn't mean your statement has any merit. As proof, UK's peak gas for electricity was in 2008 when they used 176.22twh of gas(wind was 7.13twh). By 2022, that number dropped to 125.30twh (wind was 80.26twh). Weird way to build gas by decreasing it right?
It wasn't just gas prices that went up, coal prices went up too...
In 1991, UK paid same for electricity as 2021 factoring in inflation. If you consider higher taxes, UK actually paid less in 2021
QuoteQuoteNo material is EV batteries is rare, most of it is fairly common. EVs have a lot of advantage, not just them being better for environment and people's health. They also have instant response time, less maintenance, torque, safer, convenience of charging at home, fuel agnostic, 1 peddle driving and etc
Complete lies. No, the materials are rare. Massively expensive and environmentally damaging mining for the batteries. Costs socialised beyond the owners with subsidies, electric grid expansion, public charging points. For the same price as an EV you can get a much better ICE car. Gasoline cars also put CO2 out the exhaust, which is making the world greener. Its an added benefit which is not advertised enough. EVs are obviously so great because there are mandates to get them sold because people won't buy them otherwise!
And which materials are those, do tell?
How is adding more CO2 a benefit that makes the world greener? Please don't tell me elementary school nonsense like "it is plant food", because that tells me you have never grew anything in your life. Just cause more CO2 means plants grow larger does not mean that is a good thing, as said plants lack nutrients in them. To put it into human terms, it is same as obesity. Plants gain more carbs, but are less nutritious. This means animals will have to either eat more putting on more carbs, or die from malnutrition. For humans, we just pay more and eat more nutritional supplements and more fertilizer
But you can show how thankful you are for the CO2 by going swimming in an Algal bloom, you think those are stuff we need to be thankful for right? /s
All electric vehicles are junk.
All they do is cost taxpayers more and more money while demonrats pocket our money with their corruption
Quote from: A on January 02, 2024, 04:29:28The phase out of ICE vehicles is centered around the harm they do, not just from climate change, but also local pollution and economic harm due to volatility of fossil fuels and medical costs. That said, the current phase out rules are not based around phasing out overnight. And no policy has completely phased out ICE. PHEVs which have ICE engines are still allowed under the rules. Now that may change come 2035-2045 and new rules be passed for 2050-2060 that phase out PHEVs. But that has not happened, and we are talking about the rules today
EVs have more pollution in manufacture. Calling them low-pollution is misleading. Britain had drastically increased air pollution after the government incentivised everyone to get diesel cars so as to reduce CO2 emissions. They went from 10% of cars on the road to 50% of cars. Now there is an air pollution crises which is solved by banning diesel cars made before 2015 from cities. Real smart! Government mandates almost always result in bad outcomes in undesired directions. If you care about air pollution new gasoline cars have very efficient exhaust scrubbing. EVs cause different air pollution from tyres and brakes because of their weight.
QuoteThe rules have nothing to do with whether EVs are great or not. Actually, the best selling car in the world, gas or electric is an EV. That said, the governments want to accelerate transistion and transistion responsibly. And that means planning ahead
You said they were great. Governments wouldn't need to transition anything if they were. Governments themselves benefit from managing society. Burnham's "Managerial State". They have an in-built bias to seek to control society. Often that control is not needed and creates bad outcomes... which are solved by further goverment programs, etc.
QuotePersonally, I think instead of such mandates, they should just require that ICE cars reroute their exhaust to their cabin. And if someone thinks ICE cars are so great, they can continue driving them with the exhaust going into their cabin instead of sharing it with others. I guarantee you then ICE cars sales will fall to virtually 0 in less than a year
Wow what a brilliant argument. How about we force EV owners to ingest all the pollution that comes from manufacture. How about we take thousands of $$$ out of their pockets and give it to ICE car owners. Because ICE car owners are morally superior after all.
Do you own an EV? If not why not? You sound so intelligent, so you must be in a high-paying job where you can afford to burn money on vanity possessions.
QuoteOverall if you follow fossil fuel prices, and electricity prices they align with each other because again the most expensive generator sets the price for everyone
"Renewables" are manufactured using fossil fuels.
QuoteJust cause the fossil fuel industry convinced to politicians to keep gas around longer doesn't mean your statement has any merit. As proof, UK's peak gas for electricity was in 2008 when they used 176.22twh of gas(wind was 7.13twh). By 2022, that number dropped to 125.30twh (wind was 80.26twh). Weird way to build gas by decreasing it right?
It wasn't just gas prices that went up, coal prices went up too...
Britain went from coal in the early 1990s towards gas as a way to reduce its CO2 footprint. Nuclear is the best way to guard against price volatility. Again, France (70% nuclear gen) electricity price is half that of the UK. Energy underpins the economy. Case closed.
QuoteIn 1991, UK paid same for electricity as 2021 factoring in inflation. If you consider higher taxes, UK actually paid less in 2021
Electricity prices doubled (pretty much exactly 100% increase) after the war in Ukraine and Russian sanctions. They were also kept artificially low before that due to a price cap. This increase is due to a reliance on gas, which is due to a reliance on highly unpredictable wind power, and CO2 reduction mandates.
QuoteAnd which materials are those, do tell?
https://www.iea.org/reports/the-role-of-critical-minerals-in-clean-energy-transitions/executive-summary
"A typical electric car requires six times the mineral inputs of a conventional car and an onshore wind plant requires nine times more mineral resources than a gas-fired plant."
QuoteHow is adding more CO2 a benefit that makes the world greener? Please don't tell me elementary school nonsense like "it is plant food", because that tells me you have never grew anything in your life. Just cause more CO2 means plants grow larger does not mean that is a good thing, as said plants lack nutrients in them. To put it into human terms, it is same as obesity. Plants gain more carbs, but are less nutritious. This means animals will have to either eat more putting on more carbs, or die from malnutrition. For humans, we just pay more and eat more nutritional supplements and more fertilizer
Crop productivity increase from more growth because of CO2 is predicted to be up to 60% more per unit area by the end of this century - https://www.cato.org/blog/projecting-impacts-rising-co2-future-crop-yields-germany - on top of the already significant gains of the last century. This offsets any slight decrease in nutrients, which is barely measurable at possibly 5%, or maybe no effect at all as research is in its infancy.
Meanwhile, 37 authors from 18 countries find that 40% of global warming can be attributed to urbanisation around weather stations that were not designed for long-term measurement, and 60% to a measure of solar variability that the IPCC ignores - https://www.ceres-science.com/post/new-study-suggests-global-warming-could-be-mostly-an-urban-problem
"This analysis opens the door to a proper scientific investigation into the causes of climate change.". I cannot imagine the looks on people's faces if the hysteria of the past 35 years turns out to be an enormous waste of time and money.
Quote from: Anti-propaganda man on January 03, 2024, 12:11:05Quote from: A on January 02, 2024, 04:29:28The phase out of ICE vehicles is centered around the harm they do, not just from climate change, but also local pollution and economic harm due to volatility of fossil fuels and medical costs. That said, the current phase out rules are not based around phasing out overnight. And no policy has completely phased out ICE. PHEVs which have ICE engines are still allowed under the rules. Now that may change come 2035-2045 and new rules be passed for 2050-2060 that phase out PHEVs. But that has not happened, and we are talking about the rules today
EVs have more pollution in manufacture. Calling them low-pollution is misleading. Britain had drastically increased air pollution after the government incentivised everyone to get diesel cars so as to reduce CO2 emissions. They went from 10% of cars on the road to 50% of cars. Now there is an air pollution crises which is solved by banning diesel cars made before 2015 from cities. Real smart! Government mandates almost always result in bad outcomes in undesired directions. If you care about air pollution new gasoline cars have very efficient exhaust scrubbing. EVs cause different air pollution from tyres and brakes because of their weight.
The break even on manufacturing EVs vs ICE cars is only 1 year, and as the grid gets cleaner and EV manufacturing process and supply chain gets more optimized for EVs, the amount shrinks by the year
Not to mention manufacturing tends to be done away from the population, so less likely people to be exposed
As for diesel, let us stop pretending here. Diesel was lobbied in by automakers and fossil fuel industry to continue using oil. Otherwise, anyone with real common sense would have pushed hybrids. But that would have ticked off the oil industry, so they used diesel as a distraction
QuoteQuoteThe rules have nothing to do with whether EVs are great or not. Actually, the best selling car in the world, gas or electric is an EV. That said, the governments want to accelerate transistion and transistion responsibly. And that means planning ahead
You said they were great. Governments wouldn't need to transition anything if they were. Governments themselves benefit from managing society. Burnham's "Managerial State". They have an in-built bias to seek to control society. Often that control is not needed and creates bad outcomes... which are solved by further goverment programs, etc.
Except you are ignoring that if you don't do transitioning properly, there are consequences. Even for gas cars, the government ripped out horse roads and put in car roads. And many places banned horse stables. If ICE cars were so great, why did they do that?
QuoteQuotePersonally, I think instead of such mandates, they should just require that ICE cars reroute their exhaust to their cabin. And if someone thinks ICE cars are so great, they can continue driving them with the exhaust going into their cabin instead of sharing it with others. I guarantee you then ICE cars sales will fall to virtually 0 in less than a year
Wow what a brilliant argument. How about we force EV owners to ingest all the pollution that comes from manufacture. How about we take thousands of $$$ out of their pockets and give it to ICE car owners. Because ICE car owners are morally superior after all.
Do you own an EV? If not why not? You sound so intelligent, so you must be in a high-paying job where you can afford to burn money on vanity possessions.
The pollution you speak of is away from population. How much EV manufacturing pollution were you exposed to? Right, 0. As for car exhaust pollution, we are all exposed to it.
It is quite interesting that if you were to release toxic gas on the street, most people would go to jail or at least face fines. Unless you are in a car, then it is somehow okay
And so you know, if you get exposed to harmful pollution from EV manufacturing (or any manufacturing), you should be compensated as well. It is only you who believes ICE drivers should be "privileged special snowflakes"
QuoteQuoteOverall if you follow fossil fuel prices, and electricity prices they align with each other because again the most expensive generator sets the price for everyone
"Renewables" are manufactured using fossil fuels.
Of course, first car factories were made using horses as well
QuoteQuoteJust cause the fossil fuel industry convinced to politicians to keep gas around longer doesn't mean your statement has any merit. As proof, UK's peak gas for electricity was in 2008 when they used 176.22twh of gas(wind was 7.13twh). By 2022, that number dropped to 125.30twh (wind was 80.26twh). Weird way to build gas by decreasing it right?
It wasn't just gas prices that went up, coal prices went up too...
Britain went from coal in the early 1990s towards gas as a way to reduce its CO2 footprint. Nuclear is the best way to guard against price volatility. Again, France (70% nuclear gen) electricity price is half that of the UK. Energy underpins the economy. Case closed.
Going from coal to gas is just more fossil fuel industry nonsense to keep fossil fuels around longer. Nuclear is fine and all, if we were in the 70-90s. But were are in the 2020s, and renewables are cheaper and better than nuclear. As for France, France just has a lower price cap, wholesale prices are higher in France than UK. But due to the cap, EDF is in the red. France is buying them out cause otherwise they would declare bankruptcy. Meanwhile UK's electricity providers are recording record profits
QuoteQuoteIn 1991, UK paid same for electricity as 2021 factoring in inflation. If you consider higher taxes, UK actually paid less in 2021
Electricity prices doubled (pretty much exactly 100% increase) after the war in Ukraine and Russian sanctions. They were also kept artificially low before that due to a price cap. This increase is due to a reliance on gas, which is due to a reliance on highly unpredictable wind power, and CO2 reduction mandates.
Electricity prices did go up due to Ukraine, but not just for gas, coal too. This is why fossil fuels are susceptible to price volatility. And didn't I show you that gas usage went down with increase in wind power? You are so weird
QuoteQuoteAnd which materials are those, do tell?
"A typical electric car requires six times the mineral inputs of a conventional car and an onshore wind plant requires nine times more mineral resources than a gas-fired plant."
None of those resources are rare or irreplaceable. Also I will point out that the report only looks at "select" resources, not "all" resources. For example, ICE cars require platinum which is way rarer than any of those resources. But since platinum is not one of the "select" resources, it isn't on the list
QuoteQuoteHow is adding more CO2 a benefit that makes the world greener? Please don't tell me elementary school nonsense like "it is plant food", because that tells me you have never grew anything in your life. Just cause more CO2 means plants grow larger does not mean that is a good thing, as said plants lack nutrients in them. To put it into human terms, it is same as obesity. Plants gain more carbs, but are less nutritious. This means animals will have to either eat more putting on more carbs, or die from malnutrition. For humans, we just pay more and eat more nutritional supplements and more fertilizer
Crop productivity increase from more growth because of CO2 is predicted to be up to 60% more per unit area by the end of this century - on top of the already significant gains of the last century. This offsets any slight decrease in nutrients, which is barely measurable at possibly 5%, or maybe no effect at all as research is in its infancy.
Meanwhile, 37 authors from 18 countries find that 40% of global warming can be attributed to urbanisation around weather stations that were not designed for long-term measurement, and 60% to a measure of solar variability that the IPCC ignores -
"This analysis opens the door to a proper scientific investigation into the causes of climate change.".
Your own quote admits the loss of nutrients, and do note that loss is in CROPS where nutrients are offset with fertilizer which still suffered 5%. Now what do you think happens to plants that wild life eats that don't get fertilizer?
QuoteI cannot imagine the looks on people's faces if the hysteria of the past 35 years turns out to be an enormous waste of time and money.
By your hypothetical scenario, the worst results would be sustainability, clean air, clean water, and cheaper energy costs. The horror!
I bet you just the thought of not spreading toxins into your own family's lungs is eating away at your conscientious
Quote from: A on January 03, 2024, 21:53:47The break even on manufacturing EVs vs ICE cars is only 1 year, and as the grid gets cleaner and EV manufacturing process and supply chain gets more optimized for EVs, the amount shrinks by the year
I'm not talking about CO2, I'm talking about pollution. CO2 is not pollution. It is a primary nutrient for all life on earth. If you care about CO2, the break even is much longer than 1 year. For a Tesla it's 8 years.
Quote from: A on January 03, 2024, 21:53:47Not to mention manufacturing tends to be done away from the population, so less likely people to be exposed
But what about the environment? Isn't that a main reason why we are doing this? It is not "green".
QuoteAs for diesel, let us stop pretending here. Diesel was lobbied in by automakers and fossil fuel industry to continue using oil. Otherwise, anyone with real common sense would have pushed hybrids. But that would have ticked off the oil industry, so they used diesel as a distraction
Absolute tin-foil hat conspiracy theory nonsense.
QuoteExcept you are ignoring that if you don't do transitioning properly, there are consequences. Even for gas cars, the government ripped out horse roads and put in car roads. And many places banned horse stables. If ICE cars were so great, why did they do that?
There is no need whatsoever for a 'transition'. It's an artificially imposed requirement (a mandate). Your second argument is a fallacy. The transition from horses to cars wasn't mandated by the government on non-tangible artificial grounds like the invisible non-pollutant CO2. Horses and carts are still used across the world... they weren't banned.
QuoteThe pollution you speak of is away from population. How much EV manufacturing pollution were you exposed to? Right, 0. As for car exhaust pollution, we are all exposed to it.
It is quite interesting that if you were to release toxic gas on the street, most people would go to jail or at least face fines. Unless you are in a car, then it is somehow okay
And so you know, if you get exposed to harmful pollution from EV manufacturing (or any manufacturing), you should be compensated as well. It is only you who believes ICE drivers should be "privileged special snowflakes"
Modern exhausts emissions are not harmful. The pollution is at such low concentration it is not a health risk. You know that. Stop lying.
Tyres and brakes now cause more pollution than exhausts. EVs are much heavier so will cause more air pollution due to more tyre and brakes wear. See source for data on tyre air pollution:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/feb/23/health-impact-tyre-particles-increasing-concern-air-pollution
Quote from: The GuardianThe report estimates 52% of all the small particle pollution from road transport came from tyre and brake wear in 2021, plus a further 24% from abrasion of roads and their paint markings. Just 15% of the emissions came from the exhausts of cars and a further 10% from the exhausts of vans and HGVs.
Exhaust emissions from UK vehicles have fallen by 90% since 1996, according to the government data, owing to stricter standards being enforced. As a result, the particles from tyres, brakes and roads have become the main cause of pollution from traffic, presenting a new frontier in efforts to reduce levels of dirty air.
QuoteOf course, first car factories were made using horses as well
Dumb. So-called renewables have to be made using fossil fuels. Mining and fabrication require those technologies.
QuoteGoing from coal to gas is just more fossil fuel industry nonsense to keep fossil fuels around longer.
No. It was specifically for the purposes of reducing CO2 emissions. Now it's required as a backup for wind, as it can be turned on and off quickly unlike coal or nuclear. More conspiracy theory nonsense from you.
QuoteNuclear is fine and all, if we were in the 70-90s. But were are in the 2020s, and renewables are cheaper and better than nuclear.
No they're not. They've been fraudulently mis-sold as such. They have externalised costs which are deliberately not factored in, like 100% backup generation infrastructure and massive transmission networks for wind. If they were cheaper the developing world would be installing them, but they're not.
QuoteElectricity prices did go up due to Ukraine, but not just for gas, coal too. This is why fossil fuels are susceptible to price volatility. And didn't I show you that gas usage went down with increase in wind power? You are so weird
Yes, coal prices went up, as there was a global energy shortfall (well, everything went up in price, because energy underpins the economy). However this could be offset by more coal production. Britain has enough coal reserves for 2000 years of electricity generation at current usage. Unfortunately we've blown up all our power stations because CO2.
Yes, gas usage went down, but RELIANCE on it went up, as it underpins wind. It's required for it (an insurance), and electricity prices doubled, and that's WITH a price cap. The actual price of electricity is much higher still, which is amazing.
QuoteNone of those resources are rare or irreplaceable. Also I will point out that the report only looks at "select" resources, not "all" resources. For example, ICE cars require platinum which is way rarer than any of those resources. But since platinum is not one of the "select" resources, it isn't on the list
Maybe platinum is not on the list because only 3-7 grams are used per vehicle. It's not even known if there enough metals and minerals economically recoverable be able to make EVs for the whole world, let alone into the future (not sustainable).
QuoteYour own quote admits the loss of nutrients, and do note that loss is in CROPS where nutrients are offset with fertilizer which still suffered 5%. Now what do you think happens to plants that wild life eats that don't get fertilizer?
I have no idea. Why don't you tell us. I suspect it wouldn't be a problem since 99% of the history of life on Earth has had much higher CO2 levels than today. 500 million - 5 million years ago.
QuoteBy your hypothetical scenario, the worst results would be sustainability, clean air, clean water, and cheaper energy costs. The horror!
I bet you just the thought of not spreading toxins into your own family's lungs is eating away at your conscientious
Not sustainable since massive amounts of resources and expense involved. The air is already clean. The cleanliness of the water in developing countries would probably be reduced by a massive global increase in mining. Not cheaper, that's a lie. And it may all be for nothing if it turns out CO2 is not driving global warming.
People like you are in an anti-scientific cult that worships the abstract concept of "green" but actually harms the world. Go to church. You have a religious mentality of sacrificing things to abstract non-existent gods so that you can personally feel better. Unfortunately this is hard-wired into many people. You need to recognise this. So I'm telling you. Maybe you'll learn.
There is nothing new under the sun. In the past people were sacrificed and witches were burned so that the weather would be good and the good harvests would return. That's happening again. It's a replacement religion. Or else its an outlet for the political left to, whether knowingly or not, control others and engineer society, AS IT EVER WAS and AS IT EVER WILL BE!
LOL...
Just looking at electric small cheaper cars for the average person. Because of its already high weight, a Peugeot 208 E (which costs the same as a gasoline Mercedes A-class) has a load capacity of 340kg. Four adult men weigh 360kg. The car cannot literally transport 4 men. It has 5 seats. My gasoline Fiat Punto is the same size and has a load capacity of 580kg. That's 5 adult men + 130kg of luggage.
ROFLCOPTER read the smallprint electric car buyers.
Also my car is 13 years old now. If it was electric would the battery still be ok? Probably not. I'd have to dump it and spend thousands on another second hand battery with 4 wheels attached. Perhaps apologists like you for insanely punishing mandates could buy the EVs for us? Cheers.
Quote from: Anti-propaganda man on January 14, 2024, 16:39:44LOL...
Just looking at electric small cheaper cars for the average person. Because of its already high weight, a Peugeot 208 E (which costs the same as a gasoline Mercedes A-class) has a load capacity of 340kg. Four adult men weigh 360kg. The car cannot literally transport 4 men. It has 5 seats. My gasoline Fiat Punto is the same size and has a load capacity of 580kg. That's 5 adult men + 130kg of luggage.
ROFLCOPTER read the smallprint electric car buyers
I am not sure why you are changing the topic from semi trucks in California ports to sub compact cars in Europe.
That said, the Peugeot 208 E is a gasoline car converted to an EV, based on an ICE platform. Aka, not optimized for being an EV
On top of that, cars differ from car to car. For example, a BMW 5 series mid sized sedan weights 4,041 to 4,158. A Tesla Model 3 mid sized sedan weights 3,862 to 4,034 lbs
QuoteAlso my car is 13 years old now. If it was electric would the battery still be ok? Probably not. I'd have to dump it and spend thousands on another second hand battery with 4 wheels attached.
Most EV batteries that have proper thermal management systems (not the Leaf) and over 200 miles range should easily last 15+ years
On top of that, battery prices are dropping rapidly by the year
QuotePerhaps apologists like you for insanely punishing mandates could buy the EVs for us? Cheers.
I don't care about mandating EVs, all I care about is fresh air. If you are willing to have your exhaust go into your own cabin instead of my lungs and lungs of others, drive whatever you want
Thanks for admitting defeat. You could have saved us the trouble and not bothered posting anything at all. Goodbye little liar.
Quote from: Anti-propaganda man on January 15, 2024, 13:57:04Thanks for admitting defeat. You could have saved us the trouble and not bothered posting anything at all. Goodbye little liar.
Defeat in what? Do you live in some alternate reality?
Why did you ignore the longer post I posted above that?
You keep lying and saying modern exhausts are harmful. They are not. There's more air pollution from tyres and brakes now. If trucks are converted to EV there will be 50-100% more trucks on the road causing much more air pollution and also in manufacturing.
I mention small EVs to actually give you a chance! Because they make more sense than a giant truck! But they're still completely uneconomical and irrational. Endless weasel excuses that EVs will make sense in the future. Well maybe. We can decide that when we get there. Right now EVs are a complete waste of time and money and very few people should buy them. There should be no mandates or planned transition whatsoever.
You still haven't explained why you're pushing this insanity. You don't own an EV. So we can only conclude that you get off on being a conformist, or on being morally superior. But of course you aren't, because all the supposed wonderful flowers and daisies of EVs are complete nonsense.
Quote from: Anti-propaganda man on January 16, 2024, 14:01:08Why did you ignore the longer post I posted above that?
Why did you make 2 posts? I simply didn't see it as I saw your last post. Will address it below
QuoteYou keep lying and saying modern exhausts are harmful. They are not. There's more air pollution from tyres and brakes now. If trucks are converted to EV there will be 50-100% more trucks on the road causing much more air pollution and also in manufacturing.
If it isn't so bad, then you have no problem venting it into your cabin, correct?
And no, there isn't more air pollution from tires and brakes. The reason is because of how tires and brake pollution works, most of it is at high speed. Aka, highways. And most of it doesn't travel far. So in terms of actual real life exposure, the exhaust emits more pollution
Also, EVs do 1 peddle driving, so you use the brakes much less often
There is no reason for there to be 50-100% more trucks on the road if converted to EVs
And increase in manufacturing is minimal, 1 year break even and shrinking as EVs supply chain is optimized and platforms are optimized for EVs and not ICE cars converted to EVs
QuoteI mention small EVs to actually give you a chance! Because they make more sense than a giant truck! But they're still completely uneconomical and irrational. Endless weasel excuses that EVs will make sense in the future. Well maybe. We can decide that when we get there. Right now EVs are a complete waste of time and money and very few people should buy them. There should be no mandates or planned transition whatsoever.
EVs make sense for both cars and trucks
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You still haven't explained why you're pushing this insanity. You don't own an EV. So we can only conclude that you get off on being a conformist, or on being morally superior. But of course you aren't, because all the supposed wonderful flowers and daisies of EVs are complete nonsense.
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I do own an EV, where do you get the idea that I don't? I clearly said what I care about is fresh air, if you reroute your car exhaust into your own ICE car, feel free to drive it all you want
Quote from: Anti-propaganda man on January 14, 2024, 11:59:54Quote from: A on January 03, 2024, 21:53:47The break even on manufacturing EVs vs ICE cars is only 1 year, and as the grid gets cleaner and EV manufacturing process and supply chain gets more optimized for EVs, the amount shrinks by the year
I'm not talking about CO2, I'm talking about pollution. CO2 is not pollution. It is a primary nutrient for all life on earth. If you care about CO2, the break even is much longer than 1 year. For a Tesla it's 8 years.
The CO2 break even on an EV like a Tesla is only 1 year vs an ICE car of the same class on the US grid. As for other kinds, even less
As for CO2, all things in moderation. Just like eating food, overeating isn't good for you
QuoteQuote from: A on January 03, 2024, 21:53:47Not to mention manufacturing tends to be done away from the population, so less likely people to be exposed
But what about the environment? Isn't that a main reason why we are doing this? It is not "green".
It is beneficial for the environment as well. While there is not much difference in terms of manufacturing be it ICE or EV. For oil, you have to always keep getting more and more. Which means endless damage to the environment. Not to mention the air pollution. In comparison, EVs powered by renewables is sustainable and recyclable, limiting the amount of extraction needed
QuoteQuoteAs for diesel, let us stop pretending here. Diesel was lobbied in by automakers and fossil fuel industry to continue using oil. Otherwise, anyone with real common sense would have pushed hybrids. But that would have ticked off the oil industry, so they used diesel as a distraction
Absolute tin-foil hat conspiracy theory nonsense.
Please find me any real environmentalist who was pro-diesel. Diesel doesn't get us off fossil fuels any faster than gasoline does. Stop trying to shift blame
But for someone who keeps spewing nothing but tin-foil hat conspiracy theories, that is quite a funny statement
QuoteQuoteExcept you are ignoring that if you don't do transitioning properly, there are consequences. Even for gas cars, the government ripped out horse roads and put in car roads. And many places banned horse stables. If ICE cars were so great, why did they do that?
There is no need whatsoever for a 'transition'. It's an artificially imposed requirement (a mandate). Your second argument is a fallacy. The transition from horses to cars wasn't mandated by the government on non-tangible artificial grounds like the invisible non-pollutant CO2. Horses and carts are still used across the world... they weren't banned.
Many roads ban horses on them, many local governments also banned stables. Not to mention, car roads have the issue of damaging horse shoes.
But what you are saying is that instead of banning ICE cars, local governments should ban gas stations and require mixture of gasoline that would destroy car engines in 2-3 years? Is that what you prefer so it would be like switch from horses?
QuoteQuoteThe pollution you speak of is away from population. How much EV manufacturing pollution were you exposed to? Right, 0. As for car exhaust pollution, we are all exposed to it.
It is quite interesting that if you were to release toxic gas on the street, most people would go to jail or at least face fines. Unless you are in a car, then it is somehow okay
And so you know, if you get exposed to harmful pollution from EV manufacturing (or any manufacturing), you should be compensated as well. It is only you who believes ICE drivers should be "privileged special snowflakes"
Modern exhausts emissions are not harmful. The pollution is at such low concentration it is not a health risk. You know that. Stop lying.
Tyres and brakes now cause more pollution than exhausts. EVs are much heavier so will cause more air pollution due to more tyre and brakes wear. See source for data on tyre air pollution:
Quote from: The GuardianThe report estimates 52% of all the small particle pollution from road transport came from tyre and brake wear in 2021, plus a further 24% from abrasion of roads and their paint markings. Just 15% of the emissions came from the exhausts of cars and a further 10% from the exhausts of vans and HGVs.
Exhaust emissions from UK vehicles have fallen by 90% since 1996, according to the government data, owing to stricter standards being enforced. As a result, the particles from tyres, brakes and roads have become the main cause of pollution from traffic, presenting a new frontier in efforts to reduce levels of dirty air.
The emissions from cars exhaust is toxic, and even worse, most of that emissions is airborne making it into people's lungs. This is even more so since ICE cars tend to be less efficient in urban driving.
Most tire emissions are at highways. And they don't travel far. Of course don't get me wrong, something should be done to address tires as well. I am not in disagreement there. But in terms of actual damage to people's health, exhaust posses a bigger threat.
But one doesn't stop the other
QuoteQuoteOf course, first car factories were made using horses as well
Dumb. So-called renewables have to be made using fossil fuels. Mining and fabrication require those technologies.
They don't "require it", they simply use what is available from current infrastructure. None is required and is being transitioned as well with time
QuoteQuoteGoing from coal to gas is just more fossil fuel industry nonsense to keep fossil fuels around longer.
No. It was specifically for the purposes of reducing CO2 emissions. Now it's required as a backup for wind, as it can be turned on and off quickly unlike coal or nuclear. More conspiracy theory nonsense from you.
Nope, it simply because fossil gas was cheaper than coal. And it was used as a distraction to slow down renewables.
It isn't required for backing up wind at all. Wind can back itself up. But it keeps fossil fuels around longer
QuoteQuoteNuclear is fine and all, if we were in the 70-90s. But were are in the 2020s, and renewables are cheaper and better than nuclear.
No they're not. They've been fraudulently mis-sold as such. They have externalised costs which are deliberately not factored in, like 100% backup generation infrastructure and massive transmission networks for wind. If they were cheaper the developing world would be installing them, but they're not.
Everything has externalized cost, all powerplants need backup.
As for transmission lines, did you know that US has more fossil gas pipelines than high voltage transmission lines? And this is despite fossil gas pipes being more expensive. Do you know why? Cause fossil gas only needs to go through FERC. While high voltage transmission lines have to go through dozens of agencies
Speaking of externalized costs, what about all our wars like spending trillions in Iraq for oil? We even help Saudi Arabia, despite them manipulating costs against us, and most of the terrorists on 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia. What about that cost?
QuoteQuoteElectricity prices did go up due to Ukraine, but not just for gas, coal too. This is why fossil fuels are susceptible to price volatility. And didn't I show you that gas usage went down with increase in wind power? You are so weird
Yes, coal prices went up, as there was a global energy shortfall (well, everything went up in price, because energy underpins the economy). However this could be offset by more coal production. Britain has enough coal reserves for 2000 years of electricity generation at current usage. Unfortunately we've blown up all our power stations because CO2.
Yes, gas usage went down, but RELIANCE on it went up, as it underpins wind. It's required for it (an insurance), and electricity prices doubled, and that's WITH a price cap. The actual price of electricity is much higher still, which is amazing.
The Great Irish Potato famine didn't happen because the Irish did not have enough potatoes, Britain simply paid more for those potatoes and the Irish starved. As long as something is a global commodity, the price of it will be set by the global market. This is why here in US despite us producing huge amount of coal, gas and oil were still at the mercy of the high prices
Using less of it means reliance on it went down. It isn't like gas must be used instantly. And with time it will be 0 unless the fossil fuel industry stops the transistion
The price of gas and coal went up, you wouldn't escape global prices unless you transition away from them. The is the problem of being reliant on consumables
QuoteQuoteNone of those resources are rare or irreplaceable. Also I will point out that the report only looks at "select" resources, not "all" resources. For example, ICE cars require platinum which is way rarer than any of those resources. But since platinum is not one of the "select" resources, it isn't on the list
Maybe platinum is not on the list because only 3-7 grams are used per vehicle. It's not even known if there enough metals and minerals economically recoverable be able to make EVs for the whole world, let alone into the future (not sustainable).
The list only looks at minerals used by EVs, and not by ICE cars. And only the ones that would need scaling. That is why platinum is not included, which despite needing just a few grams is also much rarer and needs far more mining due to the lower concentration. 42% of the world's platinum demand is automotive industry
Even common elements in both like Iron is also not on there.
It is like me asking you who the worst person in the universe is, but you are limited to only naming people in this thread and their name must start with "Anti". See anyone can pick and choose to create a narrative when you set restrictions of only counting certain things
There is most definitely more than enough minerals that are economically recoverable for the entire world to go EVs for a 1000 years even if you don't count recycling. Add recycling and its a moot point
QuoteQuoteYour own quote admits the loss of nutrients, and do note that loss is in CROPS where nutrients are offset with fertilizer which still suffered 5%. Now what do you think happens to plants that wild life eats that don't get fertilizer?
I have no idea. Why don't you tell us. I suspect it wouldn't be a problem since 99% of the history of life on Earth has had much higher CO2 levels than today. 500 million - 5 million years ago.
And that is why dinosaurs were so huge, the stocked up on carbs. Unfortunately, current wild life isn't made to sustain such large amounts of carbs.
QuoteQuoteBy your hypothetical scenario, the worst results would be sustainability, clean air, clean water, and cheaper energy costs. The horror!
I bet you just the thought of not spreading toxins into your own family's lungs is eating away at your conscientious
Not sustainable since massive amounts of resources and expense involved. The air is already clean. The cleanliness of the water in developing countries would probably be reduced by a massive global increase in mining. Not cheaper, that's a lie. And it may all be for nothing if it turns out CO2 is not driving global warming.
People like you are in an anti-scientific cult that worships the abstract concept of "green" but actually harms the world. Go to church. You have a religious mentality of sacrificing things to abstract non-existent gods so that you can personally feel better. Unfortunately this is hard-wired into many people. You need to recognise this. So I'm telling you. Maybe you'll learn.
There is nothing new under the sun. In the past people were sacrificed and witches were burned so that the weather would be good and the good harvests would return. That's happening again. It's a replacement religion. Or else its an outlet for the political left to, whether knowingly or not, control others and engineer society, AS IT EVER WAS and AS IT EVER WILL BE!
The amount of resources transitioning to EVs and renewable energy and amount of extraction from the ground would actually be much much less as you aren't burning it. Mining would also go down with the transition
Look, I get it, you are part of the fossil fuel cult and believe fossil fuels are your god and can never be replaced by science and technology. But you can only be in denial of reality for so long.
But it is quite sad that in modern day we have cultists like you who sacrifice your own family at the altar of fossil fuels without batting an eye
Still, like the dawn of the human race, we move on.
Quote from: A on January 17, 2024, 05:01:01Why did you make 2 posts? I simply didn't see it as I saw your last post. Will address it below
WHY NOT. Two separate topics, two posts. Don't waste my time (DWMT No.1).
QuoteIf it isn't so bad, then you have no problem venting it into your cabin, correct?
Ok. I hate to be rude but really. You're absolutely begging to be called names. A 3 year old could see there's a difference between venting your exhaust into your cabin and into the atmosphere, which is considerably larger. No refutation that air pollution from modern exhausts is not harmful. YOU ARE A LYING TIMEWASTER. BUZZ OFF. DWMT 2.
QuoteAnd no, there isn't more air pollution from tires and brakes. The reason is because of how tires and brake pollution works, most of it is at high speed. Aka, highways. And most of it doesn't travel far. So in terms of actual real life exposure, the exhaust emits more pollution
Yes there is. Read the article I posted. Lying timewaster. DWMT 3.
QuoteThere is no reason for there to be 50-100% more trucks on the road if converted to EVs
Yes there is. Listen to testimony from trucking association I posted earlier. Lying timewaster. DWMT 4.
QuoteAnd increase in manufacturing is minimal, 1 year break even and shrinking as EVs supply chain is optimized and platforms are optimized for EVs and not ICE cars converted to EVs
No it's not. I refuted that earlier. Lying timewaster. DWMT 5.
QuoteEVs make sense for both cars and trucks
Liar. DWMT 6.
QuoteI do own an EV, where do you get the idea that I don't? I clearly said what I care about is fresh air, if you reroute your car exhaust into your own ICE car, feel free to drive it all you want
You didn't answer when I asked you before. Since you lie about everything else, why should I believe you when you say you own one? I shouldn't. 10th time you've made a moronic point about breathing exhaust fumes. DWMT 6.
QuoteThe CO2 break even on an EV like a Tesla is only 1 year vs an ICE car of the same class on the US grid. As for other kinds, even less
Source?
QuoteAs for CO2, all things in moderation. Just like eating food, overeating isn't good for you
Ideal level for CO2 is 800-1500ppm for plants. If we burn all known fossil fuels it will go up to about 1600ppm. No good evidence it's causing global warming, which is mostly beneficial anyway. It's a non-issue. No-one on Earth should be concerned about it. 30 years of nonsense is hopefully soon coming to an end. DWMT 7.
QuoteIt is beneficial for the environment as well. While there is not much difference in terms of manufacturing be it ICE or EV. For oil, you have to always keep getting more and more. Which means endless damage to the environment. Not to mention the air pollution. In comparison, EVs powered by renewables is sustainable and recyclable, limiting the amount of extraction needed
Disproved already. DWMT 8.
QuotePlease find me any real environmentalist who was pro-diesel. Diesel doesn't get us off fossil fuels any faster than gasoline does. Stop trying to shift blame
It was UK government policy to favour diesel on environmental grounds (CO2 reduction). Boom, disproved. DWMT 9.
QuoteBut what you are saying is that instead of banning ICE cars, local governments should ban gas stations and require mixture of gasoline that would destroy car engines in 2-3 years? Is that what you prefer so it would be like switch from horses?
What? No idea what you're rambling about here. DWMT 10.
QuoteThe emissions from cars exhaust is toxic, and even worse, most of that emissions is airborne making it into people's lungs. This is even more so since ICE cars tend to be less efficient in urban driving.
Most tire emissions are at highways. And they don't travel far. Of course don't get me wrong, something should be done to address tires as well. I am not in disagreement there. But in terms of actual damage to people's health, exhaust posses a bigger threat.
But one doesn't stop the other
Disproved. Stop lying. DWMT 11.
QuoteThey don't "require it", they simply use what is available from current infrastructure. None is required and is being transitioned as well with time
Yes it is. Mining and fabrication require carbon intensive technologies. Extreme wishful 'thinking' on your part. DWMT 12.
QuoteIt isn't required for backing up wind at all. Wind can back itself up. But it keeps fossil fuels around longer
No it cannot. If a large area has no wind, wind power from other areas cannot be sent to it as it is way too far. Electricity needs to be produced close to its usage area. Look at Britain for a case study.
QuoteEverything has externalized cost, all powerplants need backup.
ERRRR... they don't need 100% backup!!! Wind does. Look at the testimonials of power company CEOs. There are days in Britain where there is NO wind power. This is not substituted with wind from other countries, it's substituted by gas. Wind is about 35% of elec. generation. Wind and solar externalised costs are hidden. Have you got evidence other sources of elec gen have hidden costs? Our electricity prices have doubled despite 35% renewables. CASE CLOSED. They are more expensive. DWMT 12.
QuoteSpeaking of externalized costs, what about all our wars like spending trillions in Iraq for oil? We even help Saudi Arabia, despite them manipulating costs against us, and most of the terrorists on 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia. What about that cost?
WOW. Your first good argument. Fucking hell. It only took a few thousand words. Yes, that's true. But then all the materials required for 'renewables' and batteries come from China, countries with poor human rights, etc. Fossil fuel extraction in the west is stopped for 'environmental' or CO2 reasons. More extraction in the west would be one way to reduce dependency on the middle east.
QuoteThe Great Irish Potato famine didn't happen because the Irish did not have enough potatoes, Britain simply paid more for those potatoes and the Irish starved. As long as something is a global commodity, the price of it will be set by the global market. This is why here in US despite us producing huge amount of coal, gas and oil were still at the mercy of the high prices
Using less of it means reliance on it went down. It isn't like gas must be used instantly. And with time it will be 0 unless the fossil fuel industry stops the transistion
The price of gas and coal went up, you wouldn't escape global prices unless you transition away from them. The is the problem of being reliant on consumables
Already disproved. The price of 'Renewables' and EVs are underpinned by global fossil fuel energy and the often rare consumable commodities that go into their manufacture and their short lifespans and high turnover rate. DWMT I lost count.
QuoteThe list only looks at minerals used by EVs, and not by ICE cars. And only the ones that would need scaling. That is why platinum is not included, which despite needing just a few grams is also much rarer and needs far more mining due to the lower concentration. 42% of the world's platinum demand is automotive industry
Even common elements in both like Iron is also not on there.
It is like me asking you who the worst person in the universe is, but you are limited to only naming people in this thread and their name must start with "Anti". See anyone can pick and choose to create a narrative when you set restrictions of only counting certain things
There is most definitely more than enough minerals that are economically recoverable for the entire world to go EVs for a 1000 years even if you don't count recycling. Add recycling and its a moot point
LOL. Liar. Manufacturing giant batteries obviously uses an enormous amount more metals and minerals. No source from you showing any other metals or minerals that are not mentioned in that report. Completely baseless statements. DWMT again and again.
QuoteAnd that is why dinosaurs were so huge, the stocked up on carbs. Unfortunately, current wild life isn't made to sustain such large amounts of carbs.
Mammals existed 5 million years ago. They were fine. Baseless nonsense. DWMT one million.
QuoteThe amount of resources transitioning to EVs and renewable energy and amount of extraction from the ground would actually be much much less as you aren't burning it. Mining would also go down with the transition
Liar, disproved.
QuoteLook, I get it, you are part of the fossil fuel cult and believe fossil fuels are your god and can never be replaced by science and technology. But you can only be in denial of reality for so long.
But it is quite sad that in modern day we have cultists like you who sacrifice your own family at the altar of fossil fuels without batting an eye
Still, like the dawn of the human race, we move on.
Almost everything you've said is a lie. Everything I've said is true. Liars have another motivation, so you're in the cult. You've wasted enough of my time with this absolute bone-headed idiocy. You've been shown up for what you are in front of whoever has been reading this tedious expose of the liar (you). I just can't imagine what it must be like to be such a dishonest, cut and paste tedious pusher of trendy nonsense and self-gratifying moral superiority. Congratulations on winning an award for most effort put into this crap. Now get off the internet, it's not for timewasters like you. Stop polluting it.
EDIT - Oh look, just off the press, here's some scientists and totally NOT cult members shouting down a politician today - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P61FEtgm-5U