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Originally Posted by Revolution Racing
"Steps along the path" people....
Our energy future depends on 'all of the above'. There is very little evidence to support a way forward any time soon on electric vehicles hauling big loads - you probably won't see electric semis or even car haulers but you will see more commuter vehicles and thats great. The energy needed to charge those vehicles wil come less and less from coal fired plants and more and more from natural gas fired plants along with solar and wind - our rapidly improving energy grid will make this more economical as well. And all of THAT is good...
Long haul trucks, load bearing vehicles and rural applications will start using more natural gas to replace diesel - and THAT is good. The overall effect will be a reduction in our usage of crude oil, and no matter what your ******** are, that is also a very good idea.
Of course there are 'issues' related to all this progress. Fracking, lead-acid batteries, etc., all present challenges. We will meet those challenges, we'll lead the world in solving them, and we'll create good paying jobs for American workers in the process.
Happy monday!
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We traded our 11 pound lead acid battery for a 1 1/2 pound lithum battery, that is some progress. I live in a coal state and we still have a lot of that stuff left over, "waste not want not". It is also used to make methanol, strange isn't it. Does clean coal have any hope in the future, because it's still cheaper than any of the above. We started an atomic energy plant in Southern Indiana about 30 years ago, The inspectors found so many things wrong with it the power company threw up it's arms and converted it to coal and charged us for the time and money they lost. The company did not loose any money they just passed the extra cost along to the consumer, that's me.
Why can't we leave these new ideas up to the inventors when they make an improvements on anything we will know it and switch over. People without ideas go to work for somebody else and make regulations that others can't keep up with. True inventors like (Revolution Racing) work for themselves and try to find something they can sell to the rest of us to make our lives better.
Honest Dad himself
