On 4/11/2021 4:50 PM, David Eckhardt wrote:
EVs: they are also ignoring the power must be generated somewhere,
somehow, in some manner, using multiple natural resources. The EV power
budget is a loser when the womb-to-tomb analysis of electric power
generation is properly addressed in a scientifically rigorous manner and
excluding politicians.
Yes, the power must be generated somewhere, but you seem to be ignoring
wind and solar, both of which are growing strongly and getting cheaper
by the year. W6JTI lives off the grid in the mountains a few miles from
the Pacific in the "lost coast" region north of Mendocino. He charges
his Model 3 from power that he generates from a stream running by his
house.
BTW -- I'm currently reading a new autobiography of Jimmy Carter by
journalist Jonathan Alter. Carter grew up on a farm that had no
electricity or running water until he was in high school. A graduate of
the Naval Academy, Carter retired from the nuclear submarine fleet after
working as one of two lead engineers under Admiral Rickover to oversee
the development and manufacturing of our first nuclear subs. His
biographer quotes MANY of those who worked with him as being VERY
bright, able to master new scientific disciplines and technology very
quickly. Those subs had nuclear reactors to generate power years before
land-based reactors were used to generate electrical power. His
experience with those subs prepared him as President to react to the
failure at Three Mile Island nuclear plant.
Carter retired from the Navy as a Lieutenant, getting glowing reports
from Rickover, his direct report, to take over the family business his
father had built when his Dad died unexpectedly of cancer. After doing
so, he did a lot of complex and innovative engineering to modernize the
business, including a large working farm that raised cotton and peanuts,
among other things.
BTW -- as President, Carter foresaw the issue of climate change, and had
solar panels installed on the roof of the White House as a demonstration
project to excite the American public about it. Reagan considered them a
joke, and had them removed.
73, Jim K9TC
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