Seems like politicians want to virtue signal their goals that they won't have to be bothered to make a sacrifice of work or effort to achieve, their successive elected officials will have to. California Governor Newsome announced a similar goal of not allowing the sale of internal combustion engine vehicles in California by 2030 or 2035
It's unrealistic though for California, as the wildfires of 2020 proved that the current power production isn't enough to supply the state of California on a hot day, as the power distribution people forced the residents to deal with rolling blackouts to accommodate just the use of air conditioning, and the above ground power lines are easily destroyed in the annual wildfires.
So, not only are the liberal politicians like Newsome too air headed to understand supply and demand, they're not up to the task of commiting to the work of trying to achieve the unobtainable goals they spout off about by getting clean nuclear power stations made to supply their ideas, preferring to take the applause and donations from their political contributors without effecting a change
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54981425
Thanks to TheMrShinagami for the news tip!
At least this plan in the UK will allow hybrid vehicles to be sold, unlike California. I could live with hybrid or plug-in hybrid so I could still take it on long trips and not have to worry about recharging. The UK is relatively small compared to the US and has a fairly mild climate, so some of the ideas like electric vehicles and using heat pumps for home heating would be easier to accept than in northern parts of the US where it gets cold in the winters.
ReplyDeleteThere's a lot of politics on these news. When California and Germany did similar stuff, all media said it was great. Now, because it's not on their political side who did it, now they understando supply and demand. Either way it's a stupid idea, that of course will be changed near the limit date. It was made only for the flashes.
ReplyDeleteyou couldnt even build enough electric generating plants in 10 years to provide the juice for these electric cars that havent been manufactured yet, and wont be because there is not enough lithium and other rare toxic metals to build the batteries
ReplyDeleteMental note....
ReplyDeleteMust remember to move to UK or US by or before 2030 and set up used car lot.
Yabba Dabba Doo. The people of California and UK can all drive Fred Flinstone cars as there won't be any power left to charge Electric cars when wind and solar are the suppliers.
ReplyDeleteOne of the issues not pointed out s if you live in an apartment (like me) how am I supposed to charge my car over night? I cant exactly run a power lead out of the window every night.
ReplyDeleteAlso hybrid cars will only be sold until 2035 and then it will be all electric. Germany is said to be working on Hydrogen powered card and at least they can be filled like a normal car and with the right technology the hydrogen could be made at the fuel station.
China I am sure will be able to supply enough electric cars. Electric cars were originally more popular than ICE cars and only fell out of favour ironically with the introduction of electric starter motors.
ReplyDeleteMaybe, but the outlier problems, like the great number of people who don't have a garage and area set aside for their personal charging station, the lack of charging stations at EVERY job parking lot (except maybe the Tesla employee parking lot, and I'm not even sure about that) the lack of ability for people in apartment buildings to charge their cars, the lack of an electrical distribution system that can not even cops with air conditioning and washing machines all being used when we get off work, right now, today. Just 3 examples of this simply won't work in the next 15 years.
DeleteGood point about electric cars 100 years ago.
Maybe we go back to steam cars?
I remembered the turn of the century electric cars, when entering a town had to have an escort of a person with a bell to warn other road users a silent vehicle was approaching.
ReplyDeleteMuch like a bell on a bicycle, it's there to warn the unaware of an approach.
Even a horse mades clip clop sounds.
This is still a global concern, but not yet standardised and therefore implemented on EV's...but soon will.
Primarily for the blind, pedestrians and bicycle riders....
In all electric mode and moving at or under 12 mph EU (18.6 mph California), an EV is supposed to emit a continuous audible sound between 56 and 75 dba that cannot be turned off.
These sounds can range from tyres on gravel to bell chimes depending on manufacturers choice.
Imagine rush hour crawling along with every vehicle playing a different tune, or worse yet...the same tune?
Interestingly near all global research so far has concluded that the best sound effect for the purpose is that of an internal combustion engine.