elec car charging
just heard on the news Louisiana has a whopping 8 charging ports per thousand cars, good luck with that. so lets turn off the gas, force elec cars on everyone and not build the infrastructure first. maybe they really dont want us driving anyway. isin't that one of the basics of a free society being able to freely move from place to place.
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Years back before my last divorce I had shares of stock in several hydrogen cell companies. I thought the sector would grow before it has. In the divorce I had to make choices on what assets to keep and what to sell to settle things up. Property trumped stocks so I sold the stock. I still think hydrogen cell technology has a strong future.
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Hydrogen suffers from two irrational fears: "the bomb" and the Hindenburg. People envision one or both catastrophes at the mere mention of the element. It may never overcome those fears.
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I tend to agree with rocky, there will be some type of replaceable battery pack, 5-10 minute plug in swap at a battery shop, just pull in swap and go another 200-300 miles.......
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Rocky Raab: 30631935969435/comments/30631939552667
Hydrogen suffers from two irrational fears: "the bomb" and the Hindenburg. People envision one or both catastrophes at the mere mention of the element. It may never overcome those fears.
And meanwhile folks drive around with full tanks of gasoline which has far more energy density and approx the same volatility. Go figure.
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Mr. Perfect: 30631935969435/comments/30631939762075
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And meanwhile folks drive around with full tanks of gasoline which has far more energy density and approx the same volatility. Go figure.
Not to mention airplane wings being full of fuel.
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I don't understand why EV cars aren't covered with solar cells. Sure, there wouldn't be enough cells to power cruising the Interstates at 80mph, but they would provide a few percent of the power kinda like braking does. It would extend the range, and when you stop the car would sit in the parking lot taking on some charge.... a natural for an EV commuter. Plus, if you do get stranded with a discharged battery, stop for awhile while enough charge builds up to let you limp along another few miles.
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truthful: 30631935969435/comments/30631967435163
I don't understand why EV cars aren't covered with solar cells. Sure, there wouldn't be enough cells to power cruising the Interstates at 80mph, but they would provide a few percent of the power kinda like braking does. It would extend the range, and when you stop the car would sit in the parking lot taking on some charge.... a natural for an EV commuter. Plus, if you do get stranded with a discharged battery, stop for awhile while enough charge builds up to let you limp along another few miles.
It's not a bad idea for the car charging if you get stranded scenario, but generally speaking the added weight is going to be a net loss to power generated.
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Some of the car's structure could be developed to contain solar cells but the cost involved would be prohibitive with little added benefit, Technology keeps on so who knows what will be fiscally possible in the future. I'm not an engineer and certainly do not work in that field. Like all things in this world there is no free lunch everything has a cost. In this case it's energy lost. Technology keeps looking for ways to add things that give a net energy gain.
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Around the World on Solar Energy.
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A new documentary highlights the challenges overcome by the experimental aircraft, Solar Impulse0 -
Relying on old facts here but I'm pretty sure static electricity is a big factor in the difference in danger between hydrogen and gasoline fuels.
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There now are thin-film solar panels that can be bent or even folded, weight very little, and are more efficient than older types. There's still the problem of rock chip/hail damage, but if insurance can cover windshields, maybe that's not so big an issue.
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