Feel sorry for AN posters who bought electric

[G_Money]

5 hours ago, Gweiloman said:

You took the bait, hook, line and sinker as I thought you would and fell right into the trap.

 

I rarely charged my EV anywhere, except at home. In fact, during my first year of ownership, I only ever charged at home. Only recently, since 01 August to be exact, am I charging my EV at selected chargers as I get to charge for free, compliments of the car manufacturer.

 

What you didn’t realise is that I also have a PHEV. This is the vehicle I drove to Isaan in, a year ago. I wrote, “The last time I went to Isaan, I was able to charge at every charging station that I wanted to”.  I didn’t say that I drove my EV.

 

i thought that you would be a more worthy opponent. I thought wrong.

So which post contains the lies?  

[Bandersnatch]

Thailand does have a long way to go to clean up it’s grid with the majority of the electricity currently being generated from fossil fuels. However, an increasing number of EV owners are adding solar purely for economic reasons.

 

Thailand does have a plan to expand renewable energy on the grid, with great sunshine and a long coastline for offshore wind it is definitely feasible.

 

“Thailand’s alternative energy chief unveils 51% renewable power plan”

https://www.nationthailand.com/sustainability/renewable-green-energy/40038917

 

[josephbloggs]

49 minutes ago, G_Money said:

Can anyone explain this logic?

 

Fossil fuels to supply an EV charger.

🔌

 

I was under the impression the goal was to eradicate fossil fuels.    Did I miss something?

 

 

 

If all EVs were charged like that then yes you would have a point. But it is called a "temporary" charger, used for temporary sites.

Seriously, try harder.

P.S. Yawn.

[Gweiloman]

1 hour ago, G_Money said:

So which post contains the lies?  

None of mine but pretty much all of yours.

 

P.s. Yawn

[richard_smith237]

9 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

There is a link between the climate deniers and those who argue against EVs.

 

The mere mention of EVs sends them nutty.

 

If you don’t think there is then I will let you believe that. You believe plenty of other things that doesn’t suit your narrative not based on any facts.

 

Now imagine if the bus that just killed 25 in Bangkok was an EV. That would send them all right off. The climate denying anti EV mob love a good vehicle fire.

If it is an EV.

 

 

I agree that there is a ‘minority’ on here who debate / discuss / argue from a basis of nothing more than uninformed bias…, & I agree that had the bus in question been an EV it would have been like cat-nip the anti-EV’ers….

 

Some may accuse me of being a climate  change denier from the perspective of not buying into all the media frenzy & panic surrounding storms etc, or rather, I sit on the fence that extreme weather is caused by climate change - extreme weather has always happened, it’s just impacting us humans in different ways because there are more of us, living in more areas of the globe with lightening quick social media….  I note that the term

’global warming’ is no longer used. 

 

That  said, I do accept there are human influenced climate alterations, and those alterations have occurred at a rate which appears more accelerated than can be explained by geological time’ - the obvious one is the doubling of atmospheric CO2 (~200 to ~400ppm) since the onset of the Industrial Revolution, though I am highly skeptical of how the issue has been politicized.

 

I like EV’s - I think they are incredible.

I want one because I think they are good vehicles. 
But, I don’t like the existing battery tech & I don’t believe EV’s are the transport solution - it’s just a better solution than ICE, although much in the same manner we used catalytic converters I’m not sure why greater steps were not taken towards CO2 & NO2 recapture. 

 

Am I a climate change denier because of this ? I don’t believe so….   

 

 

 

 

[richard_smith237]

1 hour ago, josephbloggs said:

If all EVs were charged like that then yes you would have a point. But it is called a "temporary" charger, used for temporary sites.

Seriously, try harder.

P.S. Yawn.

At some point in the future, each neighborhood may have a ‘mini-reactor’ that can supply and respond instantly to local energy demand.

 

The issue of course is safety - serious consequences of taking out a city block when a fuel rod jams - that’s the paranoia anyway. 
Then there is the waste disposal issue - but that can be resolved (somehow - burying deep in the earth - 4km boreholes etc)

 

Had three major nuclear events not happened, the world would already be a very different place from

an energy perspective (the events were Three Mile Island, Chernobyl & Fukushima).

 

Currently hydrocarbons & CO2 is the daemon - but plant life is thriving because of more atmospheric CO2…. 
Does the earth balance itself out ? 
 

I’m really interested in carbon recapture - which I believe is cleaner than battery tech. Also hydrogen power & I expect to see some significant in H2 power along with an increased dependence on biofuels.