Electric cars
#271
Why does that bother you when the damage to people and children and the environmental and health impact is far worse for those who mine the cobalt and lithium in your cars? Just because you like to be smug about mpg and low emissions where you live, doesn't mean your car doesn't pollute elsewhere.
) has to be the way to go.
I will miss the thrill of petrol engines (though I doubt they will be anywhere near gone by the time I shed my mortal coil), but time moves on, electric is, on the whole, less polluting, we have to progress. We will overcome most of the polluting elements of creating electric cars, I am sure of it, but we will never remove the fact that burning fossil fuels is bad.
#274
How so? I'm not the one bragging about how "clean" and non-polluting I am. The hypocracy is you highlighting the how London is a filthy polluted place to work and where carbon particles "could potentially" be passed on to unborn babies. Never mind the fact of the direct harmful effects to children actually working and mining the cobalt, nickel and lithium in a far away country for your lithium ion powered cars (out of sight, out of mind!). Sure you can be smug in the comfort of your nice clean car and brag how little it costs YOU to consume and run these cars, but do bare in mind the cost of those who bring that technology to you at the other end of the process and at least be gracious in acknowledging this.
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#275
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Wind now generating 20Giga Watts of electricity
An ever increasing capacity from nearly 20 years ago when the first turbines were installed
Deployment climbed to 1 GW in 2005 and 5 GW in 2010 before expanding to 10 GW in 2013 and 15 GW in early 2017 — meaning that a further 5 GW was added in the last 21 months
An ever increasing capacity from nearly 20 years ago when the first turbines were installed
Deployment climbed to 1 GW in 2005 and 5 GW in 2010 before expanding to 10 GW in 2013 and 15 GW in early 2017 — meaning that a further 5 GW was added in the last 21 months
#278
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Most stuff being written off on emissions is the 2005 to 2009 cars with Euro4/5 compliance with smoke limits ranging from 0.5 to 0.8 (upto 1.5)
Euro3 stuff and older with the 2.5 limit still happily chugs through emissions tests.
Retrofit emissions reduction devices is something that may emerge if they can get legislation to get certified compliance in the UK, for example VAG do a official retrofit for Euro4 and 3 diesels in Germany. It's actual made by a company called HJS and is called the 'city-filter' a homologated emissions reduction retrofit allowing a older diesel to be used in low emissions zones...obviously in other countries, the government here won't bother here as there is no revenue incentive.
Euro3 stuff and older with the 2.5 limit still happily chugs through emissions tests.
Retrofit emissions reduction devices is something that may emerge if they can get legislation to get certified compliance in the UK, for example VAG do a official retrofit for Euro4 and 3 diesels in Germany. It's actual made by a company called HJS and is called the 'city-filter' a homologated emissions reduction retrofit allowing a older diesel to be used in low emissions zones...obviously in other countries, the government here won't bother here as there is no revenue incentive.
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If a car is too expensive / not what you needed
Then electric mopeds with similar output to ice are a conplete Rip Off as far as I can work out
Like minimum 2x , often 3x price...
why would you buy, even the greenest amongst us.?
Then electric mopeds with similar output to ice are a conplete Rip Off as far as I can work out
Like minimum 2x , often 3x price...
why would you buy, even the greenest amongst us.?
#284
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Dyson is a w@nker anyway; manufactures nothing in the UK and then sells at stupid prices. His first cleaners were revolutionary, since then the competition has caught up.
Be interesting to see if his cars double as road sweepers though
#285
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Not sure it'll even be sold anywhere in Europe. Seems they are primarily targeting the Asian market, at least in the beginning!
Dyson is a w@nker anyway; manufactures nothing in the UK and then sells at stupid prices. His first cleaners were revolutionary, since then the competition has caught up.
Be interesting to see if his cars double as road sweepers though
Dyson is a w@nker anyway; manufactures nothing in the UK and then sells at stupid prices. His first cleaners were revolutionary, since then the competition has caught up.
Be interesting to see if his cars double as road sweepers though
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Look what happens across the channel when people told go electric.
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.b...urope-46254566
that's the price people have paid here for some time ..
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.b...urope-46254566
that's the price people have paid here for some time ..
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Guess who always seems to be driving through France when there is some sort of strike/blockage/protest going on.
I missed this one, just...thankfully.
One thing I have done before is carry a a Jerry can and extra fuel can (max restriction to go on Eurotunnel) which amounts to 30litres extra diesel, so when brimmed at the border is just about enough to go through all of France the long way (via Lyon) without needing any fuel.
Assuming in a future where I’m driving a ‘leccy car where a 10minute full charge was a reality when a armageddon scienario broke out in France with no power or charging points were available. I guess I’d have to carry a generator as well as the jerry cans to do the same trip
I missed this one, just...thankfully.
One thing I have done before is carry a a Jerry can and extra fuel can (max restriction to go on Eurotunnel) which amounts to 30litres extra diesel, so when brimmed at the border is just about enough to go through all of France the long way (via Lyon) without needing any fuel.
Assuming in a future where I’m driving a ‘leccy car where a 10minute full charge was a reality when a armageddon scienario broke out in France with no power or charging points were available. I guess I’d have to carry a generator as well as the jerry cans to do the same trip
#288
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Here's a really interesting video to watch from Engineering Explained.. a proper engineer and someone who cites all sources etc regarding the environmental impact in terms of emissions over a usable vehicle life-cycle from producing the vehicle to scrapping it of BEV's/Hybrids and ICE. You may be surprised, I certainly was!
Either way, there's no denying Li-Ion mining is destructive and dirty process but we can't be on our high horses when it comes to cars when we're sat typing this at laptop computers whilst messaging on our iPhones!
I'm kind of balanced on EV's - The tech is early and is evolving rapidly, anything here now will be obsolete within a few years imo. I was working on product development in the i-Pace project for JLR and it's an incredible machine truly truly stunning. Would I have one? Yes. Would I still have a Subaru/Weekend toy in the garage? Yes.
Either way, there's no denying Li-Ion mining is destructive and dirty process but we can't be on our high horses when it comes to cars when we're sat typing this at laptop computers whilst messaging on our iPhones!
I'm kind of balanced on EV's - The tech is early and is evolving rapidly, anything here now will be obsolete within a few years imo. I was working on product development in the i-Pace project for JLR and it's an incredible machine truly truly stunning. Would I have one? Yes. Would I still have a Subaru/Weekend toy in the garage? Yes.
#290
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Not sure I buy that. I'm fully able to accept that a leccy car is cheaper to run, but the envrionment story doesn't stack up for me. I only have to look a few miles down the road at Drax burning the trees (some hardwood) chopped down in NA to know that our green electric is not as green as it seems.
#291
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Not sure I buy that. I'm fully able to accept that a leccy car is cheaper to run, but the envrionment story doesn't stack up for me. I only have to look a few miles down the road at Drax burning the trees (some hardwood) chopped down in NA to know that our green electric is not as green as it seems.
He covers that in depth in his video by looking over a few states in America and makes numbers based upon how much of their energy is green etc .. obviously I don't live there to see that in action or not but those are numbers cited by their relevant states (and I'm sure they're completely reliable )
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#293
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I think that's the sticking point for me - until the energy being used to generate the electricity is completely renewable such as Iceland, which is near on 100% now.. then it's not 'green'
He covers that in depth in his video by looking over a few states in America and makes numbers based upon how much of their energy is green etc .. obviously I don't live there to see that in action or not but those are numbers cited by their relevant states (and I'm sure they're completely reliable )
He covers that in depth in his video by looking over a few states in America and makes numbers based upon how much of their energy is green etc .. obviously I don't live there to see that in action or not but those are numbers cited by their relevant states (and I'm sure they're completely reliable )
#295
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I think locally it absolutely makes sense in terms of reducing local pollution, that's not really looking at the bigger picture. Offsetting pollution locally doesn't solve the issue, but it is a start!
#296
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As Andy97 points out though, it's a definite benefit to local environment though. At the end of the day, if an electric car works for you and you can afford it, then it's ace and no doubt a great experience to own, that just isn't me at the moment though.
#297
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I think my issue is that CO2 is not measured that comes out the chimney at Drax due to politics and polices rather than the truth, so the actual CO2 released when generating the leccy is much higher than the figures quoted, but still no doubt less than burning petrol etc. Secondly, cutting down forests in North America is not sustainable. There is also dubious claims about how much CO2 new trees soak up to what the old ones produce when burned. I fully buy the argument that a Note is cheaper to run, but the environmental argument is dodgy to say the least, especially if hardwood forests are being cut down, in part, to power them.
#298
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Here's a really interesting video to watch from Engineering Explained.. a proper engineer and someone who cites all sources etc regarding the environmental impact in terms of emissions over a usable vehicle life-cycle from producing the vehicle to scrapping it of BEV's/Hybrids and ICE. You may be surprised, I certainly was!
Either way, there's no denying Li-Ion mining is destructive and dirty process but we can't be on our high horses when it comes to cars when we're sat typing this at laptop computers whilst messaging on our iPhones!
I'm kind of balanced on EV's - The tech is early and is evolving rapidly, anything here now will be obsolete within a few years imo. I was working on product development in the i-Pace project for JLR and it's an incredible machine truly truly stunning. Would I have one? Yes. Would I still have a Subaru/Weekend toy in the garage? Yes.
Video here on Youtube
Either way, there's no denying Li-Ion mining is destructive and dirty process but we can't be on our high horses when it comes to cars when we're sat typing this at laptop computers whilst messaging on our iPhones!
I'm kind of balanced on EV's - The tech is early and is evolving rapidly, anything here now will be obsolete within a few years imo. I was working on product development in the i-Pace project for JLR and it's an incredible machine truly truly stunning. Would I have one? Yes. Would I still have a Subaru/Weekend toy in the garage? Yes.
Video here on Youtube
He also fails to address the environmental impact of mining for other materials such as cobalt and nickel and not to mention all the other nasty chemicals that are used in batteries.
There are far more scientific studies that show that from a CO2 perspective (globally not just US) EV's are marginally better over the life of the vehicle, but the total environmental impact when you consider the mining and chemical environmental damage, then EV's are slightly worse.
The general recommendation is to only use EV's in urban driving to remove harmful emissions from inner-cities.
There is still the fundamental problem that the capacity of the electrical grid is not sufficient to cope with large scale adoption of EV's.
The best solution to reduce petrol vehicles is hydrogen, but until we have government policy to expand the hydrogen supply network, then the take up will be zero. Consider California and Japan where legislation has been made for hydrogen supply - these are the only two places where hydrogen vehicles are being sold to the public.
With hydrogen, you have zero emissions at the vehicle. Lower CO2 costs of vehicle production the petrol cars, Lower mining and chemical impact. Slightly higher hydrogen production environmental costs which are reducing with continuous research in hydrogen production efficiency. Overall currently better than EVs and improving!
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So electric car smashes the Nurburgring lap record, no surprise there
My Nissan left a 3litre Audi entering onto a bypass
My Tesla is so fast with normal acceleration, Ive put it into Chill mode for a more pleasant 7 sec 0-60
The Nissan is going soon for the Tesla 3 for the wife.. Now, she will use all the AWD power
My Nissan left a 3litre Audi entering onto a bypass
My Tesla is so fast with normal acceleration, Ive put it into Chill mode for a more pleasant 7 sec 0-60
The Nissan is going soon for the Tesla 3 for the wife.. Now, she will use all the AWD power