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Originally posted by squarepeg View PostAnd the electricity used to charge your car comes from the fairies' bottoms, of course.
"A blustery start to summer has helped the renewable energy industry to its highest ever output as wind turbines and solar panels help to meet more than half of the UK’s electricity demand.
National Grid’s data at lunchtime on Wednesday showed that solar panels produced around 7.6GW of electricity while wind farms generated 9.5GW of power.
In addition, the UK burnt 2GW of renewable biomass, made from waste wood, and produced a modest amount of hydro electricity to help squeeze traditional power plants off the system."
UK sets new renewable energy record as wind and solar surge
Accumulating energy in batteries that will be in every car might also help in the event of issues with energy - just hook up your car to your house electric system and iPhone stays on, maybe I should patent this...Comment
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Originally posted by MordacThere would need to be hundreds of those supercharge points at all motorway service stations, and at peak times like Christmas there would still be queues. ...Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostI agree, 30 minutes charging is way too long, can you imagine Bank holidays !! and lets face it, in reality it it will probably take more like an hour to recharge, ...
Cars might even be able to do it on the move, like a high-tech version of those water troughs from which steam trains could replenish their water without even stopping.Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostDon't forget, cars may have rapidly replaceable standard format battery modules, charged en-mass in high-current automated underground silos and replaced in a jiffy by simply pausing the car over a dispensing point. One rapid click-clunk-clunk-click and the old module will be whipped out and disappear and a fully charged module whipped in to replace it.
Cars might even be able to do it on the move, like a high-tech version of those water troughs from which steam trains could replenish their water without even stopping.I'm alright JackComment
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Makes sense, supply and demand. However more likely suppliers will thin out thereby maintaining prices. We'll probably just discover this after we've irreversibly destroyed the ocean floor that lies under the north pole.
If you want to buy the equivalent in oil shares for electric cares then buy shares in lithium mining. Particularly from those companies operating in South America. Fill your boots.Last edited by scooterscot; 19 June 2017, 17:13."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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Originally posted by squarepeg View PostAnd the electricity used to charge your car comes from the fairies' bottoms, of course."Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark TwainComment
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