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That gasoline wouldn’t be an energy source, it’d be an extremely crappy battery. Far better to just send the power via grid to an EV @95% then toss 60% or more
by zionic 4y ago
That gasoline wouldn’t be an energy source, it’d be an extremely crappy battery.
Far better to just send the power via grid to an EV @95% then toss 60% or more of it to make a gallon of gas
- foxhill 4y agoit’s a more practical solution for right now though. we can’t expect the world to switch its entire infrastructure overnight, or even quickly. yes, the rich nations might get a head start, but they represent such a small fraction of emissions.
- marcinzm 4y ago>yes, the rich nations might get a head start, but they represent such a small fraction of emissions. Not really for automotive emissions. The US alone accounts for almost half the world's road CO2 emissions.
- foxhill 4y agoand automotive emissions account for ~10% of all CO2 emissions. 20% if you want to include all transport (e.g. sea shipping, planes, etc.) there’s been a lot of media attention on how individuals need to make an effort to beat climate change, but the reality is that industry is the only sector able to make a meaningful impact.
- marcinzm 4y agoThis thread is discussing EVs vs gasoline so not sure why you're changing the topic suddenly.
- foxhill 4y agoapologies, i don’t understand. you seemed to suggest cars are a significant contributor to CO2 emission.
- adrianN 4y ago10% is huge though.
- Reason077 4y agoExactly. If we could cut global emissions by even 10%, it would make a pretty meaningful dent in climate change. Unfortunately, as of now, global emissions are still rising!
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoIts not practical. The extra energy costs act like a high tax. It might make sense, for a while with aircraft, or for a classic car that rarely gets used, but would be too expensive for developing nations to use when they have other options. They'd save lots of money by using the same energy directly in newly built (or converted) EVs.
- adrianN 4y agoI really hate this "overnight" argument, because it's used to avoid starting. Nobody claims that we can switch to EVs over night. We could however switch to only producing EVs in like two to five years and fifteen to twenty years later almost all cars could be EVs. That's plenty of time to fortify the electric grid for the extra demand and build adequate numbers of charging points for people without garages.