Comment on Renewables cover more than half of Germany’s electricity demand for first time this year
iraq_lobster@slrpnk.net 11 months agogasoline is 100 time more energy dense than electricity, thus even inefficiencies at 70% for IC engines, gasoline would still be more efficient somehow. But there is alot of geopolotics and environement involved with fuel. The problem of energy density needs to be resolved somehow so it would be more convenient to use.
MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
The article is from August/September 2012
The issue is that ICs just suck badly. So badly that carrying around half a ton of batteries still makes EVs much more efficent. that is not even looking at how petrol is made, which btw also requires electricity.
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iraq_lobster@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
but heavier cars ruin the road structure. Highways need an alternative for bitumen, and overall electrify the production of road components, including steel and concrete.
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 11 months ago
Increased truck traffic does way more harm than electric cars do.
sonori@beehaw.org 11 months ago
Yep, road where goes with the square of vehicle weight. A singe semi truck is far more damaging than a hundred cars, and bikes don’t do damage period.
As for EVs, while they are often heavier than ICE’s, it’s only by a few percent, and less impactful than the vehicle obesity epidemic we’ve seen here in the US in the last decade.