The transition

Chargeride said:
Well, here's the turning point.

www.independent.co.uk

E-bike bursts into flames outside Buckingham Palace as firefighters are called

One person reported hearing an ‘explosion’ as the tricycle bursts into flames outside Buckingham Palace
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Couldn't really see anything but white smoke. Said it was a trike, so maybe homemade ... anyway one of the busiest and most public spots in London ... they'll be looking to scapegoat someone or something no doubt. @Chargeride you might want to hide your bike for awhile 😉
 
What ever it was, it is now unrecognizable. Must have been a hot fire. I wonder how many gasoline fires there are and why we don't hear about those? Just a little static electricity, or heat and it explodes. I do know this, petrol emissions caused 8 million deaths world wide in 2018 and in the US the same year, "An estimated 212,500 vehicle fires caused 560 civilian deaths 1,500 civilian injuries; and $1.9 billion in direct property damage." Remember the Ford Pinto?
 
It's all lost on me, the promotion of electric cars is all based on performance and range, plus super slick modern car show design.

It's just the same shhhh different engine.

The UK government has admitted to just power electric cars alone would take a 4X increased grid, which is a monumental task consuming billions of tons of materials and decades of fossil energy to complete.
Just for cars
Just for the UK.
We haven't even started on the 1MW chargers for trucks.
Then there's heating
Convert the country to heat storage and heat pumps as well.

Manufacturing, they will be converting everything to electricity, gigawatts of fossil provided energy to be moved onto the grid, smelting, cooking, steel, recycling, construction.

In total you are looking at a 10X bigger grid, even with epic levels of balancing , restrictions, sharing home and car batteries.

Texas just lost another solar farm to hailstones.
cei.org

Hailstorm exposes vulnerabilities in solar infrastructure: A wake-up call from Texas - Competitive Enterprise Institute

Recent destruction of solar cells at the Fighting Jays Solar Farm in Texas has sparked concerns amongst locals about potential land contamination and drawn attention to reliability gaps in solar power. The solar farm, spanning 3,300 acres, was hit by a severe hailstorm, leaving many of its solar...
cei.org cei.org
 
You know, I could really use a smaller ev van with moderate range. Nothing like that is on the market here at the moment. VW will soon market the I.D. Buzz microbus, but that thing is just an overpriced showboat. If only there were ev's that worked on a functional level, as opposed to some sort of ego boost, then maybe the ev revolution would occur.
As far as ego boosts go, my witness is the spectacular failure of the Cybertruck.
 
gromike said:
You know, I could really use a smaller ev van with moderate range. Nothing like that is on the market here at the moment. VW will soon market the I.D. Buzz microbus, but that thing is just an overpriced showboat. If only there were ev's that worked on a functional level, as opposed to some sort of ego boost, then maybe the ev revolution would occur.
As far as ego boosts go, my witness is the spectacular failure of the Cybertruck.
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And to witness a spectacular failure of a boosted ego, look at the company's founder ... :oops:
 
One field of Rapeseed can be converted into enough diesel to power a car for thirty thousand miles.
Net Zero.

We just need a field each.
 
Art Deco said:
This whole "Hater" phenomenon just baffles me. There has always been vandalism but this stuff seems new. Did this stuff even exist before the internet and smart phones?
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Me too.

I see "haters" on other forums with EV related posts as well. Many go political and quickly turn into flamethrower wars. Some get so bad, they have to be deleted by the moderators.

This one caught my eye last month:

abc30.com

Over 50 EV charging stations vandalized across Fresno

Across the City of Fresno, 88 electric vehicle charging stations were installed to accommodate the increased number of EV cars on the road.
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6zfshdb said:
Me too.

I see "haters" on other forums with EV related posts as well. Many go political and quickly turn into flamethrower wars. Some get so bad, they have to be deleted by the moderators.

This one caught my eye last month:

abc30.com

Over 50 EV charging stations vandalized across Fresno

Across the City of Fresno, 88 electric vehicle charging stations were installed to accommodate the increased number of EV cars on the road.
abc30.com abc30.com
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They aren't after wire, that might make more sense, but its a lot of hard work for the price of scrap copper. Stealing catalytic converters is much easier and pays much better. No this is some emotional or mental issue 😕.
 
I'm quite the space nut and the endless attacks on the moon landings is entertaining and wholesome.
Everything must be challenged.
But really, its not that difficult to go to the Moon, you cruise most of the way and even in the 60s, the tech was available to pull it off.

The Russian space program was utterly epic, their moonshot was a solo flight and very nearly beat Nasa.
It is rarely referred to, its worth a search, every trip is worth a movie
 
Chargeride said:
I'm quite the space nut and the endless attacks on the moon landings is entertaining and wholesome.
Everything must be challenged.
But really, its not that difficult to go to the Moon, you cruise most of the way and even in the 60s, the tech was available to pull it off.

The Russian space program was utterly epic, their moonshot was a solo flight and very nearly beat Nasa.
It is rarely referred to, its worth a search, every trip is worth a movie
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Sorry, but almost nothing is worth a movie " every trip is worth a movie" should say sitting through a movie, actually...although I did manage to watch several of your videos @Chargeride .
 
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