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Originally posted by Zigenare View PostWhere is the extra electricity going to magically appear from?
None of 'dem gonna stop-pa da time...I was an IPSE Consultative Council Member, until the BoD abolished it. I am not an IPSE Member, since they have no longer have any relevance to me, as an IT Contractor. Read my lips...I recommend QDOS for ALL your Insurance requirements (Contact me for a referral code).Comment
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Originally posted by Zigenare View PostWhere is the extra electricity going to magically appear from?
So obviously renewables is one source.
Is it feasible to get solar panels to charge your car?
If you genuinely want to reduce pollution then nuclear is the way to go.
Maybe in the future we will have fusion and then all problems go away..
Although there is a concern on how to cope with the 'peak' e.g. everyone gets home from work about 5.30 and plugs in their magic electric car.Comment
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Originally posted by original PM View PostThat's a good question.
So obviously renewables is one source.
Is it feasible to get solar panels to charge your car?
If you genuinely want to reduce pollution then nuclear is the way to go.
Maybe in the future we will have fusion and then all problems go away..
Although there is a concern on how to cope with the 'peak' e.g. everyone gets home from work about 5.30 and plugs in their magic electric car.So obviously renewables is one source.
If you genuinely want to reduce pollution then nuclear is the way to go.
But as I say, people seem to forget that vested interests will always rule the roost.Comment
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Originally posted by WTFH View PostThat would apply if it’s only one car, not a collection, and that old car is used as a Regular means of transport, not just something brought out once a week/month year.
So, keeping old carS is not green. Next you’ll be wanting to bring back smog and lead poisoning because you can justify them as being better for you.
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When Used Cars Are More Ecofriendly Than New Cars - Scientific American
It definitely makes more sense from a green perspective to keep your old car running and well-maintained as long as you can‚ especially if it's getting such good mileage. There are significant environmental costs to both manufacturing a new automobile and adding your old car to the ever-growing collective junk heap.
A 2004 analysis by Toyota found that as much as 28 percent of the carbon dioxide emissions generated during the lifecycle of a typical gasoline-powered car can occur during its manufacture and its transportation to the dealer; the remaining emissions occur during driving once its new owner takes possession. An earlier study by Seikei University in Japan put the pre-purchase number at 12 percent.
Firstly, producing an electric vehicle contributes, on average, twice as much to global warming potential and uses double the amount of energy than producing a combustion engine car. This is mainly because of its battery.
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that could be encouraged by changing VED if a car has improvements fitted and they make a significant change to the emissions measured at the MOT.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by JohntheBike View Postbut clearly vested interests are in effect blocking some forms of this. I don't often agree with Peter Hain, but he is right to point out the potential benefits of a tidal system. We have amongst the highest tidal changes in the World and there are no plans to utilise them.
the problem as I see it is that motor transport is being demonised. All ICEs can run on hydrogen gas and emit zero pollutants. Granted, hydrogen gas is potentially dangerous, but I'm sure modern technology could handle the practical logistics.
But as I say, people seem to forget that vested interests will always rule the roost.
There is a 20-25% reduction in demand overnight. As I understand it the reason Nuclear is not running 24*7 is the time it takes to ramp up & down and wind we have to dump energy if the grid can't use it if the demand was more steady nuclear could run constantly.
GB Fuel type power generation production
so if we have cars charging overnight the demand would be smoother.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View PostThere is a 20-25% reduction in demand overnight. As I understand it the reason Nuclear is not running 24*7 is the time it takes to ramp up & down and wind we have to dump energy if the grid can't use it if the demand was more steady nuclear could run constantly.
GB Fuel type power generation production
so if we have cars charging overnight the demand would be smoother.Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.Comment
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Electric cars are the betamax of our time.
There are not enough resources on the planet to produce enough batteries et al to replace the current level of vehicles on the planet. There is barely enough to replace the vehicles in the UK.I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter manComment
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Originally posted by Zigenare View PostBattery packs at home, recharged at night to smooth out demand in the day. Pay to charge at night, get paid when you sell back to the grid.
indeed so many solutions.
Build more Hydro/Salt/pressure storage.
Vehicle charging
Thermal storage heaters.
Smart meters with economy 7 equivalent for car /wall charging / thermal storage etc. I would just add a toslink connector on a smart meter so the cpu can signal to a third party board "economy X3 started" so it can switch on contactor 3 for vehicle charging etc.
Water pumping in tower blocks done overnight not during the day.
lots of these loads can be switched on and off as needed so balancing the load is possible. If we have a third party board we can select "economy charging" and charge for 14 hours with a guaranteed 8 hours charge taking advantage of cheaper rates if possible or full charge by 6am and it will be on for 8 hours regardless of price. If I could get charging at 33% of the cost I would probably use economy all the time (25 mile commute) unless the next day I needed to use the full range.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View Postand no
If the argument is that keeping an old car is a good thing environmentally - i.e. keeping it and not using much/at all, while having another car to run, then what is the environmental benefit?
If the argument is keeping multiple old cars and not using them much/at all, then what is the environmental benefit?…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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