Another excellent video, Mark. Couldn’t agree more with your statement that owning an EV is “life-changing”. We were sonlucky that a close friend of ours loaned us his Tesla Model3 forva weekend and that was it, we had to have one! Since then we’ve loved doing electric road trips and have a bunch planned for 2024.
When I had my Tesla test drive it took less than five minutes to say, "I got to have one of these cars" I took delivery of my Model Y a year and a half ago and will never own an ICE vehicle again
I enjoy your videos! My son-American, daughter in law-Australian, and grand daughter-both live in Melbourne. I'm in Maine, USA. :( I had often wondered why a KW of electricity is cheaper than a KW of gas and what I determined is as follows. A huge point in the coal argument frequently missed in the coal/fossil fuel generation of electricity is that a fossil fuel plant operates at 40% efficiency. While the avg ICE is about 25% efficient. So, conversion process is less costly for a fossil fuel plant. And then we have transportation of the gas to a station which is done by an ICE vehicle at 25%. Electricity transportation is done through a grid, 95% efficiency. These are direct factors in why an EV fuel is a third the cost. The production of fossil fuels involves mining/drilling which are the indirect costs I don't know how to quantify. But the damage done from spills and contamination is too much. We have solar, we use the direct path from the sun to fuel my wife's Tesla, she has not been to a petrol station in 5 yrs. Me, truck, aggravated there are no good truck EVs and have to spend time and money going to fuel up. The climate warming debate for me is insignificant. Earth at this point in time is cool relative to the life of the planet. 75% of the time earth has been warmer than it is now and there have been multiple cycles of hot/cold. I don't know who is right or wrong in the debate as to whether we are the cause but I find it hard to believe we are the main cause of CW.
Thank you for the positive feedback Thomas! Yes, vehicles powered by electricity are more efficient at every stage of the energy cycle, from generation through to vehicle propulsion. Most people are not aware of this. Regarding global warming, the evidence is clear. There has been a 50% increase in measured atmospheric CO2 since pre-industrial times. Humans have caused this by extracting millions of years of sequestered carbon from the earth's crust and burning it. The increase in CO2 correlates perfectly to a steady increase in global average surface temperature. This is not surprising. The physics of heat-trapping greenhouse gases has been well understood for more than 100 years. People may debate how this plays out in the future but there are few that see it as producing a better world for our grandchildren. Politicians will continue debate about what action should be taken whilst the time for action runs out. I choose to act now by taking no-regrets decisions to stop myself being part of the problem. My home is now a "carbon sink", meaning it generates more zero emissions energy than it consumes. I'm not virtue signalling nor boasting at how brilliant I am for achieving this. I have done no more than any other rational human would do if they understood: a. How easy it is b. How much it reduces your cost of living c. How convenient and lifestyle-enhancing it is The purpose of my videos is to demonstrate this to anyone who is interested in knowing. Thanks again for watching and taking the time to share your thoughts. I hope you find time to come to Oz sometime soon! Cheers, Mark.
Another excellent video, Mark. Couldn’t agree more with your statement that owning an EV is “life-changing”. We were sonlucky that a close friend of ours loaned us his Tesla Model3 forva weekend and that was it, we had to have one!
Since then we’ve loved doing electric road trips and have a bunch planned for 2024.
Thank you Warwick! I'm glad you're happy with the choice you made.
When I had my Tesla test drive it took less than five minutes to say, "I got to have one of these cars" I took delivery of my Model Y a year and a half ago and will never own an ICE vehicle again
I enjoy your videos!
My son-American, daughter in law-Australian, and grand daughter-both live in Melbourne. I'm in Maine, USA. :(
I had often wondered why a KW of electricity is cheaper than a KW of gas and what I determined is as follows.
A huge point in the coal argument frequently missed in the coal/fossil fuel generation of electricity is that a fossil fuel plant operates at 40% efficiency. While the avg ICE is about 25% efficient.
So, conversion process is less costly for a fossil fuel plant. And then we have transportation of the gas to a station which is done by an ICE vehicle at 25%.
Electricity transportation is done through a grid, 95% efficiency. These are direct factors in why an EV fuel is a third the cost.
The production of fossil fuels involves mining/drilling which are the indirect costs I don't know how to quantify. But the damage done from spills and contamination is too much.
We have solar, we use the direct path from the sun to fuel my wife's Tesla, she has not been to a petrol station in 5 yrs. Me, truck, aggravated there are no good truck EVs and have to spend time and money going to fuel up.
The climate warming debate for me is insignificant. Earth at this point in time is cool relative to the life of the planet. 75% of the time earth has been warmer than it is now and there have been multiple cycles of hot/cold. I don't know who is right or wrong in the debate as to whether we are the cause but I find it hard to believe we are the main cause of CW.
Thank you for the positive feedback Thomas! Yes, vehicles powered by electricity are more efficient at every stage of the energy cycle, from generation through to vehicle propulsion. Most people are not aware of this. Regarding global warming, the evidence is clear. There has been a 50% increase in measured atmospheric CO2 since pre-industrial times. Humans have caused this by extracting millions of years of sequestered carbon from the earth's crust and burning it. The increase in CO2 correlates perfectly to a steady increase in global average surface temperature. This is not surprising. The physics of heat-trapping greenhouse gases has been well understood for more than 100 years. People may debate how this plays out in the future but there are few that see it as producing a better world for our grandchildren. Politicians will continue debate about what action should be taken whilst the time for action runs out. I choose to act now by taking no-regrets decisions to stop myself being part of the problem. My home is now a "carbon sink", meaning it generates more zero emissions energy than it consumes. I'm not virtue signalling nor boasting at how brilliant I am for achieving this. I have done no more than any other rational human would do if they understood:
a. How easy it is
b. How much it reduces your cost of living
c. How convenient and lifestyle-enhancing it is
The purpose of my videos is to demonstrate this to anyone who is interested in knowing.
Thanks again for watching and taking the time to share your thoughts. I hope you find time to come to Oz sometime soon!
Cheers,
Mark.