Electric vehicles are bad

[Abscate]

Correct.

Math is poorly received here, but the tariff on an EV is 1kW/4 miles and the tariff on an ICE at 30 MPG is 1kW/1 mile

That, and centralising the power source gives you opportunity to clean up even fossil fuel based power, as well as options like BioGas, Biochar, etc..
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[skills@eurocarsplus]

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Every form of energy has risks. A young fellow a couple years back in another branch of the company I worked for failed to appreciate the energy stored in a valve spring. When he released that energy it took his head with it...

You might think that is off topic but energy stored must be respected and handled properly whatever form it is stored in.
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[KTPhil]

I learned all about energy and storage with this little toy from the 1950s:

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[skills@eurocarsplus]

^^^^

and other than that 3rd nipple, extra nut and a tic when you talk, there were no ill effects
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Well...electric vehicles are still very bad....and their drivers range from energy whores to electron thieves and charging station groupies......but I thought an electric car themed aside that can be interesting to both EV lovers and haters....would be a video about differences in bearing choices for output differentials in both a VW EV and a Tesla EV.

Enjoy! I did!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUHBki1fiMY

Ray

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in the uk the climate change committee (nice work if you can get it) says that to meet 'net zero' by 2050 4/5ths of cars would need to be ev and 1/2 of homes have a heat pump. they did concede that for this to have any chance of becoming a reality electricity would need to be cheaper...well that ain't gonna happen!

meanwhile the gov are wanting to expand gatwick and heathrow airports...
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To add to the myths surrounding heating a home, if you are replacing a low efficiency furnace with a high efficiency one, buy a bigger one than you had. 80K BTUs output in a high efficiency furnace will not heat the same size home as an 80K BTU low efficiency furnace.

Ask me how I know. All I will say at this point is thank God I had the foresight to keep the wood stove for backup!
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[baldessariclan]

Heat pumps can work efficiently in extremely hot or cold climates, but to do so there’s bit of a “catch” — you need a relatively large “reservoir” of material/mass at a fairly constant and moderate temperature, to efficiently transfer heat energy into or out of.

This normally takes the form of a “geothermal well” for most systems I’ve seen — the heat gets transferred through water pumped in piping which runs several feet below the surface of nearby soil/dirt. The piping can run horizontally through the ground (shallower digging, but with a bigger surface “footprint”), or vertically (smaller surface “footprint”, but much deeper digging/drilling required).

Either way, it’s not particularly cheap to install one of these geothermal wells, and so tends to make a heat pump that’s efficient electrically maybe not so efficient economically — no free lunch…
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