1/3 of the electric grid still uses fossil energy and electric car batteries are horribly toxic to the environment. Not quite the time to switch to electric yet...
The existing toxicity to to the environment caused by car batteries is nothing compared to externalized cost of using fossil fuel, as battery technology is improving by the year; even the recycling of batteries (which is improving) will produce nothing like the waste pumped into the commons compared to vehicles burning fossil fuel .Somebody is gonna have to clean up a much greater mess from burning fossil fuels, and it isn't the people who benefit from using the fuels. Eventually we have to upgrade all grids to DC, but first need to start working on connecting solar and wind farms to legacy 60Hx grids; this would enable suspension of new fossil developments, which is good because petroleum is too valuable to be used for gasoline, and we need to keep as much of it in the ground for our grandchildren to use for plastics, paint, etc. By that time, hopefully in 80 years, all of the old 60Hz stuff will be completely phased out. All energy sources are dirty. The responsible choice to make is the least dirty one, not the one where you get to bill somebody else for the cleanup. What is being pumped into the atmosphere represents an enormous technical debt, which is much much more than all the tax expenditures and all the subsidies by all countries to wind, solar energy and EVs. The cheapest technology that produces electricity is utility scale solar, which has a much lower impact on the environment than that of fossil fuels. Solar and wind are the best to use as a transition while phasing out the use of fossil fuels until the nuclear industry gets its act together in regards to fusion. That being said, it too early and unrealistic to think we can electrify the economy in our lifetime, but it is realistic to think we can before the end of the 21st Century.
Too bad the high end condos and apt buildings that are new, do not have charging stations. One would think that a rental that is over 2200 a month would have some.
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1/3 of the electric grid still uses fossil energy and electric car batteries are horribly toxic to the environment. Not quite the time to switch to electric yet...
The existing toxicity to to the environment caused by car batteries is nothing compared to externalized cost of using fossil fuel, as battery technology is improving by the year; even the recycling of batteries (which is improving) will produce nothing like the waste pumped into the commons compared to vehicles burning fossil fuel .Somebody is gonna have to clean up a much greater mess from burning fossil fuels, and it isn't the people who benefit from using the fuels.
Eventually we have to upgrade all grids to DC, but first need to start working on connecting solar and wind farms to legacy 60Hx grids; this would enable suspension of new fossil developments, which is good because petroleum is too valuable to be used for gasoline, and we need to keep as much of it in the ground for our grandchildren to use for plastics, paint, etc. By that time, hopefully in 80 years, all of the old 60Hz stuff will be completely phased out.
All energy sources are dirty. The responsible choice to make is the least dirty one, not the one where you get to bill somebody else for the cleanup. What is being pumped into the atmosphere represents an enormous technical debt, which is much much more than all the tax expenditures and all the subsidies by all countries to wind, solar energy and EVs. The cheapest technology that produces electricity is utility scale solar, which has a much lower impact on the environment than that of fossil fuels. Solar and wind are the best to use as a transition while phasing out the use of fossil fuels until the nuclear industry gets its act together in regards to fusion. That being said, it too early and unrealistic to think we can electrify the economy in our lifetime, but it is realistic to think we can before the end of the 21st Century.
this might be kankan summrs pluggnb type beat 2023
Too bad the high end condos and apt buildings that are new, do not have charging stations. One would think that a rental that is over 2200 a month would have some.
Not worth buying an electric car in NB, winters are too long and it will be full of rust within ten years.