"Gravity.."
..is why there are suns and planets in the first place.
It is practically God."
(Mary Roach)
It may not be so obvious on a cell phone, but viewed larger, you get a sense of the depth of the valley we are descending into. No big deal in an SUV at 70 mph, but imagine the load something like this puts on an electrical vehicle - or a cyclist!
The ratings the electrical vehicle manufacturers of around 250 - 300 miles per charge are probably wildly exaggerated, in the same way mileage claims have always been. Where I live, where the highways are straight, flat, and mostly free-flowing, you may get close, but most of the country falls short in at least one of those criteria.
Stuck in Houston/Austin/San Antonio traffic, You'll get considerably less range - 10% maybe? Likewise, winding through the hills you'll get much less, whether that's West Texas or northern New York State.
That means we'll need to move our cities much closer together, or build hundreds of thousands of charging stations along every highway in America. Since moving cities seems to be problematic, let's chat about charging stations..
With gasoline engines, service stations evolved slowly and organically to meet increasing demand, and at the expense of their owners. If the government forces us to switch to EV's, we will have to fund them through our taxes, and I think people are going to be very shocked just how much that's going to cost us all - whether you get to use them or not.
The typical refueling stop for gasoline takes less than five minutes (not counting snacks..). That means you only need 20 or so pumps every 75 miles or so. An EV takes 8 hours to fully charge, so every EV will need to stop basically overnight at every third service station.
If all vehicles on the road are EV's, you will need 'service stations' with tens of thousands of charging ports - and massive increases in electrical generation to operate them. And guess where the power comes from to generate that electricity?
"Gravity.."
..is why there are suns and planets in the first place.
It is practically God."
(Mary Roach)
It may not be so obvious on a cell phone, but viewed larger, you get a sense of the depth of the valley we are descending into. No big deal in an SUV at 70 mph, but imagine the load something like this puts on an electrical vehicle - or a cyclist!
The ratings the electrical vehicle manufacturers of around 250 - 300 miles per charge are probably wildly exaggerated, in the same way mileage claims have always been. Where I live, where the highways are straight, flat, and mostly free-flowing, you may get close, but most of the country falls short in at least one of those criteria.
Stuck in Houston/Austin/San Antonio traffic, You'll get considerably less range - 10% maybe? Likewise, winding through the hills you'll get much less, whether that's West Texas or northern New York State.
That means we'll need to move our cities much closer together, or build hundreds of thousands of charging stations along every highway in America. Since moving cities seems to be problematic, let's chat about charging stations..
With gasoline engines, service stations evolved slowly and organically to meet increasing demand, and at the expense of their owners. If the government forces us to switch to EV's, we will have to fund them through our taxes, and I think people are going to be very shocked just how much that's going to cost us all - whether you get to use them or not.
The typical refueling stop for gasoline takes less than five minutes (not counting snacks..). That means you only need 20 or so pumps every 75 miles or so. An EV takes 8 hours to fully charge, so every EV will need to stop basically overnight at every third service station.
If all vehicles on the road are EV's, you will need 'service stations' with tens of thousands of charging ports - and massive increases in electrical generation to operate them. And guess where the power comes from to generate that electricity?