By The Numbers
There are 350,000,000 Americans, of that number, 227,000,000 Americans drive. If they could manufacture 5,000,000 electric cars a years, it would take 46 years before everyone could have an electric car.
I wonder how many solar panels and windmills it will take to keep them all charged up? Not to mention running everything else that runs on electricity. Not very smart trying to do it all at once.
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Just look at who's trying to do it..
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Fuzzy Math
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While I agree with your premise, I think you are being overly optimistic with your 46 year estimate. Since the life of the existing batteries is only about 10 years and even if replaced once how many of those cars will still be on the road in 20 years? At a certain point all of your manufacturing will be committed to replacements for existing batteries and vehicles long before everyone has switched over to electric. Of course by then we will either be held hostage by China for the rare earth components for the batteries, or out of the materials entirely. But since the greenie weenies never think things through, that won't deter their misguided attempts. Bob
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Bobjudy, your right. I just put down numbers, point being it’s not going to work. In my younger days I was a gear head, rebuilt a couple of engines, but never rebuilt a battery. Not only having to replace a battery every ten years, most all batteries will be made over seas along with the electric motors.
We are not to the point where we can’t still turn this fiasco around, but the more severe the wound, the longer it takes to heal.
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There have been some breakthroughs with hydrogen power lately. That may be the next big thing.
Joe
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Hydrogen, I had forgot about that. That direction would make more sense To me than electric.
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225 MILLION cars on the road!? Imagine how many innocent lives we could save if we just ban vehicles! Thats their logic on guns anyways. Just sayin'
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Need to factor in those that will be totaled in wrecks and others that burst into flames.
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Bottom line is, gasoline and diesel are more efficient energy sources when it comes to transportation.
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I thought they built hydrogen cars back in the 80's, if I recall correctly.......they just never made it to market. I am sure that the big oil guys bought them out to keep them quiet, or simply squashed the guys making them because it would cut into their greedy profits!!
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Better off using spent uranium rods in to cars as a power source.
Most likely cars will be banned and everyone will ride public transport. I'm thinking 1950's Iron Curtain Eastern Europe. Good ol' days are returning to the West.
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