Yes a fuel cell the size of a marble that out lives the car .
Renewables overtake oil
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Also the use of oil, or the amount used per tonne/mile. Not actually seeing that happening but you never know.
Nukes are not going to happen.
Just imagine what the other side must have been thinking the very first time they laid eyes on the the Welsh longbow. Bet it was a real WTF moment. 8O:lol:
Watched this a few months back, Girth. It raises some very valid questions about the claims made by 'green energy' companies still, and frequently, reliant upon coal back-up or hydro. In addition, it exposes the ongoing environmental destruction in some of the world's poorest countries where companies lay waste to huge swathes of land unhindered by rule or regulation as they mine for the precious minerals that go into the manufacturing of today's technological devices.
And some company will come along and buy the idea or the company if the lads or lassies get that far and promptly shelve it. Can't say it hasn't happened before..........but, one can always hope.
The only debate I remember having was you were going to dig into the comparison between EVs and ICE vehicles in terms of pollution.
How is your research going?
Are you ready yet to acknowledge that EVs are less polluting than ICE vehicles?
Because the entire world has understood that to be true for, oh, a number of decades now.
It's getting late so this is my last post before bed. I recall reading a study several years back comparing an EV against a HUMVEE to show how much 'Greener' the EV was. Extreme's for example, and the results where not as expected.
It compared the sourcing of materials, lifespan of the vehicle, and decommissioning of materials used in the vehicle afterwards, etc...but they picked the wrong villain in that the Military HUMMER was suppose to last 20yrs in Military service, so it was estimated that it (the HUMVEE for civilian use) would last about 70yrs in Civilian service....and thus it skewed the numbers and actually come out as the "Greener" of the two vehicles in the study. It appealed to my sense of humor and that's why I recall it to this day.
Funny, seeing as how my question wasn't about pollution, it was about total environmental impact.
I've heard of selective memory, but you've taken it all the way to "made-up memory."
Oh total environmental impact.
You were wondering if a zero emission vehicle has a greater negative total environmental impact than a vehicle that runs on gasoline?
That is a puzzle alright.
A study posted in this thread already says 1-2% more pollution by an ICE vs EV during their lifetime.
I wonder how many electricity spills there will be this year...?Here's a current picture of a place called Mauritius which is somewhere far away.
A Japanese tanker is leaking fuel oil on a coral reef.
You'll need to include this one in your study.
I'm beginning to think he actually doesn't understand the difference between production costs (in terms of environmental harm) and operating costs (in the same terms).
For that matter, he doesn't even seem to understand that the production of the electricity that runs an electric car (an operating cost) pollutes.
Ah well, religion is like that.