The most viable. Efficient, Cost effective fuel so far. For heavy transport.
Which. In places like US, AUST and Can.
is gas primed diesel powered Combustable motors…
You could never have the volume or capacity of battery or Solar power to haul trucks around that weigh over 103 ton as our main tpt on the roads are.
Even the little 32 and 64 ton Semi and B doubles wouldn’t be viablefor any distances under todays technology.
When Battery tech improves 50+ %.
Then we can consider OFF Grid in homes like ours, with more panels added.
Our 4.2kw System. Combined with grid. Runs us,
and gives SOME cash returns. Around $650 Per annum.
when managed properly.
and while they giving us 44c per kw Fed into grid
after our usage for running home.
In Hindsight, I should have installed the max allowed 5 kw inv
and around 7kw in panels.
But my mind was honest. Just thinking of running my home on a system with capacity of doing so. Not cash returns at all Drrrrr.
A 7kw panel/5 kw Inv. Gives SOME loss in panel output when on full sun. I.E.
Generating 7kw from panels. While System only accepting max 5kw through inverter.
But giving FULL 5kw INput into system and grid 90+% of time,
for Best cash returns.
You live and remember hey. Later.
I have that system on home. with a 20 yr old wind Genny from earlier yacht
mounted on Carport roof with one old (35yrs) 40w panel
through a 15a 12v regulator.
Just to keep my 4 x boat battery’s and 3 x Ute battery’s floating.
Old but goodie. Still works well with free power input.
It Often floats Roger, next door ute batt’s too,
while he out on the mines earning a crust or two.
At the moment. Here.
It would cost me OVER $14k, for a 10yr max life Battery Bank
to run this system/home. 24/7/365.
NOT yet viable hey. But one day.
Probably AFTER we in two little Chinese painted jars I reckon.
I agree, for some electric cars are perfect.
But for the rest of us it is not,
Electricity is not cheap, and the more you use , the more expensive it gets. When you charge an electric car, you also waste a bit due the inefficiency.
Obviously gas engines are way more inefficient although in the winter it helps with the heating .
What I can’t justify is the extra $5000-10000 when you buy an electric/hybrid car vs a similar gasoline car or about $50-100 in monthly payments. You also need to buy a charger for your home and that is not a cheap Liitokala.
And then you can’t fold the back seats because of the battery and your trunk is smaller as well, so you might end up buying a bigger car.
Smart car as a 4th car sounds cool especially with your parking issues, is that electric or gas? They are kind of loud, so I assume gas but no idea.
Insurance is 3x times your gas bill? Wow, I guess 15 minutes will not save you 15%. on car insurance…,
Looks like they are taking advantage of you.
Tesla Model 3 I converted kwh of electricity cost to $/Gal of gasoline.
You guessed it, electric. The cool thing about having a massive electric motor is that it is also a massive generator when you let off the gas. So you recharge when you slow down, upping your MPG.
Storing hydrogen is generally a Bad Idea, roundabout at best.
Anyone ever hear of hydrogen embrittlement? The little critters get into the spaces between metal atoms and do what freezing water does to cracks in concrete.
And it’s ever-elusive, being able to sneak through even the smallest gaps in connectors, fittings, and the like. Leaks like a sieve…
It also has that nasty property of a negative JT constant, so when you release it from a container, it doesn’t get cold like, say, an aerosol spray, but heats up and can actually get hot enough to burst into a wonderfully invisible flame. Firefighters encountering H2 flames have to use cloth-on-a-stick to poke around and see if it bursts into flames, rather than walking into it themselves.
Produce it on demand if you really need it, but don’t store it.
When we finally convert over to the perfect green world of no carbon based fuel use, I will need a 1 MW battery in the basement.
Yearly, I use 12-14 megawatts normally, another 6-7 megawatts for transport, yet another 9-10 megawatts for heating. So a two week backup is….1 megawatt.
About 91,000 18650 cells. That shouldn’t be too expensive.
Ohhh……what I wouldn’t give to live in some politicians utopian fantasies….
Maybe we should get some of those futures. Are they available to anyone, or you have to be a certain type of investor?
Water is next, I just saw 40 cents/gallon of filtered water at one of those outdoor water dispensing machines, the price doubled in the last few years,
I know quite a few EV owners and the subject of being green or our carbon footprint rarely comes up. I have either been in or driven over a dozen all electric vehicles and what is talked about is how fun they are to drive. One pedal driving fundamentally changes how you drive. And there are some very interesting things to come as well. A lot of misconceptions out there. The first 13 minutes of this video summarizes it well.
As far as gas prices go, the rate of increase between 2002 and 2008 is quite extreme. According to this cited source it was nearly $2. While causation and association are two different things, it’s worth considering when thinking about the collapse of 2008. Makes me wonder what the US economy would look like if over 6 years you added $2 to today’s prices. It’s not like China and India are going to slow down their thirst for oil. Wouldn’t getting through some of the growing pains car manufacturers are having and gaining consumer acceptance be a good thing. I would rather see a slow steady change to say 10% of the cars on the road being electric as opposed to the 1% now. Might give the U.S. a buffer in case of a natural and/or man made extreme events.
