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Here is a news flash for you. Tasmania is 100% renewable power generation...zero coal. That same power is sent to Victoria 24/7 Electric cars get charged during the day because rooftop solar is producing more than the grid can absorb....in fact new inverters get powered off by utility grids to stop the grid from being swamped by solar panel generation. Go to work..plug in the EV...come back ...EV charged. All during the day....from solar power. Now what else you got?
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Speaking of renewables and charging EVs at night, here’s something interesting,
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Then turn around and claim themselves as carbon neutral ! I always get a laugh out of the green waste advert cycle they are currently promoting..... I bin it, I pick it up (in a diesel truck), I process it (after I manage to get there in a car, using heavy machinery), I deliver it (again in a diesel truck) I grow it (with a diesel tractor) I deliver it (truck) I buy it (either driven there to buy or home delivered in a truck) I eat it. Recyling starts at home, green waste, compost it yourself, grow it yourself, share it with the neighbours. As for the car, an old maintained Ford or Holden used with descretion (meaning not down the shop every 5 mins) along with public transport would ultimately have to use less resources over raw material sourcing, building, buying, importing a new electric (or otherwise) car for quite a few years.
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Saving the planet one new toy at a time
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I don't shove it down other peoples throats and expect the gov to subsidize my choices in the name of saving the planet. The real problem is there are to many humans on this planet consuming to much crap they don't need.
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Be afraid as that scenario is looking likely. The only thing that may stop him is the death of Kimberley Kitching gains any traction.
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Most of the estates have either none or only partial footpaths, there's no bike lanes for cyclists to safely share the road and the estates don't connect to the town via footpaths, If they do have footpaths they just randomly end and you need to walk on the road or nature strips, people's front yards etc. We've also got limited public transport connections to Melbourne, a bus twice a day. It's all a bit of a **** show, it's designed to get you in your car for short trips. |
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With respect to subsidies, The govt literally has shoved utes down our throat with LCT exemptions and other tax breaks. You and others are welcome to continue buying cars that don't attract any discounts or rebates as I have too. But I don't remember everyone up in arms over tax breaks for utes?! Why over another segment?! Sent from my Pixel 5 using Tapatalk
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And many ships are Electric driven and the diesel engines work as generators (similar to the Chevy Volt and BMW i3 and many of our trains). Both those use cases should leverage hydrogen. Still an electric motor though. But before you jump on hydrogen, I'd rather not be at the mercy of a fuel station much like what is happening now with the world. Sent from my Pixel 5 using Tapatalk
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There is plenty of people upset about that even some on this very forum whinge about it. I'm sick of paying for other peoples driveway jewelry be it dual cab or phev/ev in the future. Put that into our health care industry or public transport, something that is helpful.
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you either missed the major point of my post or continue to ignore if to suit your statement. renewables don't deliver the power needed at night - wait till every 2nd car is an EV, electricity providers will probably need to change when peak rates are.
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but does that change what I stated? no. and so the workplace is expected to pay for the electricity to power their workers cars?? I don't think I've ever head such a ridiculous lefty statement "Now what else you got?" why so aggressive everything in my post was correct.
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I only do 100Ks max for the whole week, throughout the weekdays, I'll charge my EV on the weekend via solar while I'm enjoying the turbo.
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Interesting that you mention health care systems. Many health issues have been attributed to vehicle exhausts and the move away from ICE especially in the cities will see health improvements for people. Does an EV subsidy count as an investment into health care? Sent from my Pixel 5 using Tapatalk
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Some workplaces give extra benefits to attract workers Some might even install charging stations as a benefit to attract workers. I don't get this religious war stuff with EVs.
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But you are making an assumption. paying a bonus is one thing. fitting charging stations to a carpark is another thing entirely what's religion got to do with this?
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Goodness me this thread got serious since I last looked.
What will happen to all the rooftop solar/grid/EV's when we next have a Carrington Event?
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Have always thought that if we convert the diesel fleet to run on CNG (of which we have a metric ***-ton of supply), we can go electric, much cleaner, and be self sufficient. CNG in a diesel fewer carbons in chain, cleaner. Please correct me if this can't be done, fuel engineers on the forums. But I thought diesels could be modified for this fuel.
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On the topic of nuclear from the last page. Nuclear is one of the safest and cleanest forms of energy. Sure the waste is not good and needs to be stored safely, but the amount of waste produced vs the energy produced is a good ratio. I wouldn't want it as our main energy source, but it still has a place. |
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It's not that silly. I want to know what would happen to a household solar array in this situation, as I have one. I suspect giant frying pan effect. Further, I'd almost guarantee all electric cars, smartphones, much of our communication - gone.
Going further still, I'd almost guarantee an HJ60 would continue to work - fully mechanical diesel. (manual crank, too!). Studies I have reviewed suggested most pre-computer cars would continue to work. Tyres would form a bit of a faraday cage. We are rushing to create a future that is extremely vulnerable to exactly the disturbances that a decreasing protective magnetic field of Earth (happening) could allow more of. Ie, it wouldn't have to be the size of the Carrington Event to do widespread damage: look at the damage done in recent years by much smaller solar storms (documented & out there).
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