Climate in the 21st Century

Will Humankind see the 22nd Century?

  • Not a fucking chance

    Votes: 43 29.1%

  • Maybe. if we get our act together

    Votes: 36 24.3%

  • Yes, we will survive

    Votes: 69 46.6%
  • Total voters
    148
cannabineer

cannabineer

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DIY-HP-LED said:
A lot depends on what you drive, a compact car or a kilowatt guzzling SUV or half ton. I'm just going by what the LMFP battery promises, 600 mi/1000km range and 4000 recharge cycles when charged from home at a lower rate as many would do. They are building a factory to make this battery in Michigan among other places. However, a 600-mile range, a long-life, lower cost battery pack should resolve the main issues with buying an EV for many. It is just one approach among many that will bring us better cheaper batteries used for devices, EVs and renewable energy storage over the next decade.
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EVs that get better than 5km/kWh are few and small. So for an average EV, 0.8 tonne of battery seems (to me) like a large dead weight to be taking everywhere.
 
DIY-HP-LED

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Sativied said:
As interesting as the battery innovations are, it’s mostly marketing and hype to attract investors. Some will boom, maybe sell a few patents, most will bust.
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A lot of it is a decade of R&D coming to fruition, there are several chemistries in production now and ramping up to mass production, others will begin production soon. VW has a piece of the LMFP battery mentioned above and are building a factory for mass production in Michigan and I assume Europe too. There will be plenty of also rans and business failures as the technology plateaus over the next decade and companies go bust or are absorbed into bigger ones.
 
DIY-HP-LED

DIY-HP-LED

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cannabineer said:
EVs that get better than 5km/kWh are few and small. So for an average EV, 0.8 tonne of battery seems (to me) like a large dead weight to be taking everywhere.
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I'm sure battery packs will be sized appropriately and the weight to power ratio should increase over time and tweaking. Many might want a cheaper car with a 200-mile range for commuting, not just technology, market forces and economics will control the deployment of much of this stuff too.
 
Roger A. Shrubber

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Im hoping the prices drop as they become more popular.
The average washing machine costs between $500-$1000, An EV should cost no more than 5 times as much...There's not much more material involved, 4 motors, some wiring, the EV doesn't even need the pumps....
 
DIY-HP-LED

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Roger A. Shrubber said:
Im hoping the prices drop as they become more popular.
The average washing machine costs between $500-$1000, An EV should cost no more than 5 times as much...There's not much more material involved, 4 motors, some wiring, the EV doesn't even need the pumps....
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An EV should be less expensive to make than an ICE vehicle, provided the battery can be made cheap enough. It depends on what you want to drive and can afford I suppose, a compact car or a half ton with all the bells and whistles that you need a new electrical entrance at home to charge. A compact car could be charged from home solar with a battery bank most of the time and the cost of transportation could be very cheap for many.
 
Sativied

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DIY-HP-LED said:
www.reuters.com

Lacking land, Israel to cover its rooftops with solar panels

Building a school? Parking garage? Cowshed? Cover it in solar panels.
www.reuters.com www.reuters.com
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Just leave a little space between the panels so the fire brigade's water can reach the fire:

nltimes.nl

Four hospitalized, 8 homes uninhabitable after Arnhem fire; Dozens evacuated in Utrecht

A fire on Kinsbergenstraat in Arnhem on Sunday left eight homes uninhabitable. Four people were admitted to the hospital. Emergency services evacuated around 30 apartments in a building on Hanoidreef in Utrecht on Monday morning due to a fire. One resident had to go to the hospital. The fire in...
nltimes.nl nltimes.nl

 
Sativied

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Sativied said:
Man…

news.un.org

Europe warming twice as fast as other continents, warns WMO

Europe has been warming twice as fast as the global average since the 1980s it was revealed on Monday, with extreme weather causing excess deaths and economic disruption.
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We have been 2X as fast for a while.

Canada’s climate is warming twice as fast as global average - Canada.ca

Canadians are experiencing the costs of climate-related extremes first hand, from devastating wildfires and flooding to heatwaves and droughts. As the planet warms, extreme weather events will become increasingly common.
www.canada.ca www.canada.ca
 
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