We will see. I am not a band wagoneer... I like the idea but I will await judgment until I see the manifestation of the ideas. Great on paper but I want to see, feel, touch the finished product.
They had electric propelled and steam propelled vehicles when the horseless carriages emerged. The steam went extinct and it has been over a century and the electric still isn’t a truly viable option when compared to the ICE. I have been in dozens of electric vehicles and their starting line torque is ferocious. To ferocious for the average driver. What keeps me from even considering an electric vehicle is my garage that is full of battery power tools that can’t be used because the batteries are no longer manufactured. I am sure one day either through innovation or governmental force EV will be the only option. Thankfully I will have long since passed on and avoid that time.
Impractical at first - until it isn’t. You can’t stop progress. Coming from a former professional diesel mechanic.
And when the grid collapses people will be doing this...
Impractical at first - until it isn’t. You can’t stop progress. Coming from a former professional diesel mechanic.
My brother, who is about as far from a granola kid as they get (former Marine, fire fighter, police, etc) has a behemoth ICE SUV and an EV sedan. Unless they need the extra seats, they take the EV.
) but it's irrational to say they have no upside.
Only those who can not produce there own electricity.... Or petroleum products (or their substitutes)....And when the grid collapses people will be doing this...
I didn't say they have no upside, but your brother's situation illustrates my usual soap box points. You have to have more than one vehicle right now because EVs are not able to fully replace ICE vehicles right now and we're letting manufacturers strip mine for the vehicular paper straw.My brother, who is about as far from a granola kid as they get (former Marine, fire fighter, police, etc) has a behemoth ICE SUV and an EV sedan. Unless they need the extra seats, they take the EV.
He likes most of all the gas mileage equivalent, it's very cheap to recharge. They just plug it in when they get home.
People can hate EVs if they want (some people hate ICE
That's relative. For instance California has electric rates 4 times what I pay in ArizonaMy brother, who is about as far from a granola kid as they get (former Marine, fire fighter, police, etc) has a behemoth ICE SUV and an EV sedan. Unless they need the extra seats, they take the EV.
He likes most of all the gas mileage equivalent, it's very cheap to recharge. They just plug it in when they get home.
People can hate EVs if they want (some people hate ICE
Well you have to remember that electric rates are helping to repay for fire damage... billions of dollars worth... that supposedly started by faulty maintenance by PGE.... That would be a big part of the rates they are paying.
within a few years I should be producing all the grass I would need... as well as electricity and hydrogen.... I should even be bottling some oxygen that I can slowly release back into the house for a slightly elevated oxygen environment. Already have the property and am currently polishing designs. I think it should take about 5 years to hit completion.
Maintenance they were denied permission to do by Sacramento
