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Originally Posted by Topspinmo
Do to limited electric vehicles on road plus the power problem will the even replace majority of fossil fueled vehicles in this century? Or at least by 2050?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8FHgwgQhCw
So, is this guy wrong?
This just production problems which don’t include the extra power and distribution of power to make dent in reduction of fossil fueled vehicles.
Then, there they cost involved manufacturing EVs due to rising cost rare earth minerals (majority can’t afford 40K plus cost of EV vehicles for around town. Sure small amount EVs helps, but got real problems and distribution to solve IMO before make dent is vehicles on the road. |
A wholesale replacement of petroleum-powered vehicles with electric vehicles is in large part an environmentalist's pipe dream.
It is more than going out and shelling out big bucks for, say, a Porshe Taycan, or slightly fewer bucks for a Cooper electric, Toyota, etc. The fact is that America's industry, and thus America's economy, runs on hydrocarbon fuels. Goods move by two major ways; rail and semi truck on land and by ship on the water. All three burn hydrocarbon fuels, and it is a pretty safe bet that none of us, nor our grandchildren, will see electric semis, locomotives or container ships in our lifetime.
Then there is air transportation (goods and people). Jet-A (Kerosene, actually) accounts for nearly 10% of all the hydrocarbon fuel burned for transportation in America. And don't forget industry. American industry actually burns MORE hydrocarbon fuels (petroleum, natural gas, coal) than does the entire transportation sector; 36% of the total for industry compared to 35% for transportation.
Here's the kicker. We can go out and buy a Toyota Prius or something and feel all warm and fuzzy, but replacing a petroleum-burning automobile for an electric one is less than a very small drop in a very big bucket. WE, as individuals, might "run" on electricity, but our ECONOMY doesn't. And won't. Not for a very long time, if ever.