This is where I sit on the whole climate change issue. I don't believe the science is as convincing as is made out by the media. That absolutely doesn't mean we shouldn't waste energy or resources (supposedly 1/3 of food sold goes in the bin). If there is a better alternative then of course we should use that, minimise all energy use, insulate and change how we build houses etc. Don't start me on electric cars though......
trouble with the media is the only present short, easy to digest conclusions, and even when they have a debate it's hard to fit the whole shebang of climate science into an hour long programme. I've tried reading some of the science papers, it's a creat solution for insomnia
. Likewise the pros and cons of the answers to it all - concensus on that is a little lacking other than more wind and solar. You also have to be slightly wary of Greenwash, like carbon offset schemes that are resulting in buying huge swathers of good quaity farmland to plant commercial forestry on, and alternative technologies that lands control of energy in the hands of large corporations to exploit, such as carbon capture. Which is why I like micro generation like solar on houses and factories.
But the above is the same for all of us, none of us can afford to go green so where do we go, how do we do it? You could argue it needs to be government funded but where do governments get their cash? thats right, from us.
It's more difficult to prove something hasnt happened than when it has.It is still my opinion that climate change IS happening, I also firmly believe that is is cyclical and that not all of it is man made, some of it is for sure but not all of it. Cars cause a lot of the global warming gases but even that is a miniscule amount. Many people say the same as you nowhere to park it, too expensive and so on which I'm sure is true in many cases but there are cheaper EV's coming to market. The argument keep running an old car is environmentally better than buying a new car I really don't buy into, many new cars are built to from recycled materials and are designed to be recyclable eg BMW i3.
Nowt wrong with EV’s
Sorry, that’s rubbish. Yes EV’s are more expensive to buy but much cheaper to run. If you look around there are some very competitively priced EV’s too.
The same can be said for ICE vehicles, check between UK and USA for example.
The options are simple, PCP it or buy used. Alternatively, buy a used EV, much longer lifespan than any ICE vehicle due to less moving parts etc.
the first video I posted covers some of the science behind allowing for natural climate change, it's not detailed, but you can soon google the detail if you want to fully understand how they have done that.
Think it was the third post that covers sources of CO2, and why they are being targetted, which is as much about 'easy' places to start as anything else, but if you understand how natural forces are not at work, then emmissions from cars etc etc become far more important
That has been my practice too until the one we've just bought for my wife, this time we bought new.
From Top Gear:-
My Defender is 25 years old (1999) - do you honestly believe any of the EV cars will still be on the road in 25 years, AND be capable of towing 3.5 tonnes and going off-road. My morbid prediction is in a few years there will be a sudden dump of snow, 100's of cars stuck overnight on the motorway and people will die when their electric cars go flat.
Currently, no.
A Defender at 25 years old, 75% of it will have rusted away
and gone back into the ground.Popular urban myth, an EV with full battery can outlast an ICE with a full tank in the stranded snow scenario, the EV of course not killing everyone with Carbon Monoxide poisoning.
Yep in complete agreement on this one.
To hell with everybody else?
Get a drive at the likes of a Taycan or Tesla Plaid of any flavour and I would challenge your view.
Absolutely correct, if we could look after our own bit then our efforts would be worthwhile but the way the rest of the world ios it's a bit like peeing in the ocean to raise the water level.
And there is the issue, we all have to work together to resolve this issue, we all need to help each other, were all in the same boat that is allegedly sinking.
Youre probably right, I suppose a counter argument is that by the UK tackling it's 1% contribution, we will be developing green technology that we can sell (in reality probably give away) to other countries.
It seems to have had a very positive outcome in Norway in terms of air quality etc. Norway did have a very thriving oil industry too prior to going EV.
Well given that you can only drive one car at a time having multiple cars shouldn't be much of a problem.
We need alternative sources to achieve this.
The majority of the above batteries would most likely have been NiCAD or NiMH with LiPo entering in the later years. The leisure batteries would be Lead Acid all of which have limited lifespan. LiFEP04 or NMC products are a totally different ballgame. My BMW i3 is now approaching 100,000 miles at 7 years old, the total battery degradation is less than 5%, the degradation over the last 3 years is less than 0.4% so I'm confident it's going to outlast me.
It's a good job youre wrong on this one, why do you think manufacturers have the confidence to warrant batteries for 8 years / 100,000 miles? It's because theyre confident theyre going to last and the manufacturers deem 80% capacity as being end of life which course doesn't mean the car is dead just that the range has dropped from 160 miles to 128 miles, still perfectly useable for many people.
My most hated place on earth London proves this, brilliant transport system, efficient, green etc and completely inpractical to use cars IMHO.
That doesnt quite cut it, still need personal transport for the weekly shop, holidays, other journeys door to door.
Things have improved in 10 years. Balance point used to be 70,000 miles for an EV to be greener, I suspect that has dropped too.
Agree
The car does around 3000 miles a year, not a lot,
Very much my philosophy on life in general - being tight fisted is green
They are also now self sufficient in renewables for domestic energy, and are working hard in industrial. India had announced a new solar farm 5 times bigger than Paris.
We are responsible for 3%, because if the carbon footprint if all the stuff we buy in.
Stop buying stuff, just look at all the tat in The Range...
6000 charge cycles to 80% of original capacity. My concern is always the control.boards rather than the batteries themselves.
Travelling around London by public transport or cycling is a doddle. I do think ebikes need greater promotion.
Have you test driven a Tesla (and I'm sure I could name many other manufacturers here)?
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