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If/when they figure out a much better way to store electricity, petroleum fuel cars will become a thing of the past. Gas vehicles still have their place in racing, amongst hobbiest and collectors, but not for the masses.
I love most everything about cars, but its undeniable the overcomplexity and ineffeciency of gas versus electric. I'd have an electric car for my weekly commute, then my e30/v8/whatever for the weekend and track.
If battery storage is not improved GREATLY, then electric cars will be the ones stuck in the margins. Until we run out of oil that is.
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Hydroelectric, wind turbines, solar power. It doesn't get any cleaner than that.
There will always be methods, clean methods, of producing electricity. For most regions coal is the most common method of producing electricity and is obviously very dirty, but at least it is a centralized pollution source which can be controlled much easier than millions of micro pollution sources (car engines).
Electricity is infinitely renewable.
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Originally posted by Sagaris View PostMy understanding of it is that it has a very low power density, or in other words it requires a very large tank to produce comparable driving range in comparison with a gasoline vehicle. Have you heard anything of the sort?
I'd also be down with a car running a Stark Industries Arc Reactor.
It is nice to know that electricity is infinitely "renewable". There are so many ways to produce it.
You cant make a profit out of a limitless energy source. And the world today is all about the bottom line.
The people who have the money and power to really jumpstart electric cars either own oil companies, are bribed by oil companies or are influenced by oil companies.
For reference: If just 1/100th of a single percent of the total land area on earth was covered with solar panels, we would need no other form of energy to power our lives. And the energy is limitless, and will not go away until the sun burns out.My previous build (currently E30-less)
http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=170390
A 2016 Toyota Tacoma TRD 4x4 Offroad in Inferno is my newest obsession
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Originally posted by MR E30 325is View PostThis is why you or I arent going to see electric cars for a very long time.
You cant make a profit out of a limitless energy source. And the world today is all about the bottom line.
The people who have the money and power to really jumpstart electric cars either own oil companies, are bribed by oil companies or are influenced by oil companies.
For reference: If just 1/100th of a single percent of the total land area on earth was covered with solar panels, we would need no other form of energy to power our lives. And the energy is limitless, and will not go away until the sun burns out.
Originally posted by Sagaris View PostHydroelectric, wind turbines, solar power. It doesn't get any cleaner than that.
There will always be methods, clean methods, of producing electricity. For most regions coal is the most common method of producing electricity and is obviously very dirty, but at least it is a centralized pollution source which can be controlled much easier than millions of micro pollution sources (car engines).
Electricity is infinitely renewable.
I don't know how much you know about solar panels, but the process of making them isn't exactly "green".
Originally posted by cale View PostGas ftl, it's incredibly inefficient and if more people were willing to change instead of this attitude greener vehicles could be a reality. I like my e30 too, but I'd like it a hell of a lot more if I didn't have to burn through so much gas with it.
A. it becomes prohibitively expensive to drive something running on gas
B. electric vehicles have a range of 200+ miles and can be recharged in 5 minutes
What happens when AAA needs to bring you your 5 gallons "i am an idiot and ran out of energy" of gas on the side of the road when you run out? you're not going to get a tow truck operator to sit there with a 10 horse generator for two hours unless they bill you an absolute fortune.
Ich gehöre nicht zur Baader-Meinhof Gruppe
Originally posted by Top GearJust imagine waking up and remembering you're Mexican.
Every time you buy a car with DSC/ESC, Jesus kills a baby seal. With a kitten.
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Originally posted by u3b3rg33k View PostYou're forgetting about the epic proportions of batteries that would be needed to store all that energy for when the sun goes behind a cloud, or night time happens. Other options include hollowing out mountains to store pumped water for night use, but that's not very green either, is it?
Electricity is not an energy source, so it can't be "renewable".
I don't know how much you know about solar panels, but the process of making them isn't exactly "green".
And I am sure most would agree that they would be willing to take a major hit in the beginning to cease 99% of the rest of the polution in the future.My previous build (currently E30-less)
http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=170390
A 2016 Toyota Tacoma TRD 4x4 Offroad in Inferno is my newest obsession
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Ahhh to have the blind idealism and blissful ignorance of youth again.Originally posted by FusionIf a car is the epitome of freedom, than an electric car is house arrest with your wife titty fucking your next door neighbor.
The Desire to Save Humanity is Always a False Front for the Urge to Rule it- H. L. Mencken
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants.
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Originally posted by MR E30 325is View PostYou must be forgetting about the numerous other ways to create power, without the use of fossil fuels. Wind, water, tidal just to name a few. And they are not dependant on whether the sun is shining on your face. We are not even going to mention Geothermal energy, which is another form of energy that would be available 24/7 and is 100% pollutant free.
And I am sure most would agree that they would be willing to take a major hit in the beginning to cease 99% of the rest of the pollution in the future.
I'd put that on the list of 100% non-renewable energy. Unless when you turn on the A/C it puts the heat back, in which case, get to it son.
Ich gehöre nicht zur Baader-Meinhof Gruppe
Originally posted by Top GearJust imagine waking up and remembering you're Mexican.
Every time you buy a car with DSC/ESC, Jesus kills a baby seal. With a kitten.
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