Hi Peter. I am a huge fan of your tireless work, I always read your articles. I 100% agree with the sentiments and the fundamentals of your arguments set out here. However, the way the numbers are presented is not correct. In fact the situation is far, far worse than you have suggested here.
Hi Peter. I am a huge fan of your tireless work, I always read your articles. I 100% agree with the sentiments and the fundamentals of your arguments set out here. However, the way the numbers are presented is not correct. In fact the situation is far, far worse than you have suggested here.
The issue is the conflation of power (measured in kW) and energy, which we can measure in kWh. If we have a car that has a maximum power output of 100kW, which would be about right for a small economical car, then you could drive it using its maximum power but only for one hour. If you drive more carefully then you would use less power than 100kW so you could drive for more than one hour. But not orders of magnitude more. Let’s say you might be able to drive for a ‘few’ hours. This is not something most people expect to do per week. In other words, a typical car will use considerably more than 100kWh per week.
But this is moot. The numbers absolutely, categorically do not stack up. There isn’t/aren’t enough power stations, wind turbines, nuclear power stations, lithium, cobalt, copper and more to get even remotely close to the fantasy goals of the corrupt governments and globalist elite cabal. Your conclusion is bang on. This is not about the planet, never was. It’s about disenfranchisement of the people - power and control.
Especially true in winter, when the cars use so much more energy just to keep warm and the range goes way down. People will need to charge more than once per week. I just used a conservative figure of charging once a week.
This is accurate. We purchased a hybrid this year because our car was totaled in an accident. During the summer months we get 40-45mpg, but we have noticed it's dropped to 33-35 during the winter months. I can't imagine relying on a total electric car to drive the 60 mile round trip to and from work (no chargers at work) and hopefully make it home at the end of the day. I know teslas do 200 mile range, but how bad is their range cut in the winter?
I don't know about Tesla, but as the video I included in the article showed, the Ford electric pickup track got it's range cut in half when it was cold. I've heard from other electric car owners that the range really drastically drops in winter.
Gasoline cars get worse mileage in winter too, but not nearly as bad as electric cars. Electric cars use the battery to heat the cabin, gasoline cars use the warm engine to heat up the cabin so much more efficient that way.
Hi Peter. I am a huge fan of your tireless work, I always read your articles. I 100% agree with the sentiments and the fundamentals of your arguments set out here. However, the way the numbers are presented is not correct. In fact the situation is far, far worse than you have suggested here.
The issue is the conflation of power (measured in kW) and energy, which we can measure in kWh. If we have a car that has a maximum power output of 100kW, which would be about right for a small economical car, then you could drive it using its maximum power but only for one hour. If you drive more carefully then you would use less power than 100kW so you could drive for more than one hour. But not orders of magnitude more. Let’s say you might be able to drive for a ‘few’ hours. This is not something most people expect to do per week. In other words, a typical car will use considerably more than 100kWh per week.
But this is moot. The numbers absolutely, categorically do not stack up. There isn’t/aren’t enough power stations, wind turbines, nuclear power stations, lithium, cobalt, copper and more to get even remotely close to the fantasy goals of the corrupt governments and globalist elite cabal. Your conclusion is bang on. This is not about the planet, never was. It’s about disenfranchisement of the people - power and control.
As another Substacker says, Do not comply.
Especially true in winter, when the cars use so much more energy just to keep warm and the range goes way down. People will need to charge more than once per week. I just used a conservative figure of charging once a week.
This is accurate. We purchased a hybrid this year because our car was totaled in an accident. During the summer months we get 40-45mpg, but we have noticed it's dropped to 33-35 during the winter months. I can't imagine relying on a total electric car to drive the 60 mile round trip to and from work (no chargers at work) and hopefully make it home at the end of the day. I know teslas do 200 mile range, but how bad is their range cut in the winter?
I don't know about Tesla, but as the video I included in the article showed, the Ford electric pickup track got it's range cut in half when it was cold. I've heard from other electric car owners that the range really drastically drops in winter.
Gasoline cars get worse mileage in winter too, but not nearly as bad as electric cars. Electric cars use the battery to heat the cabin, gasoline cars use the warm engine to heat up the cabin so much more efficient that way.