Re: Car Throttle post on electric cars
DoctorNarfy wrote:Am I the only person who saw Top Gear's discussion about electric cars? The Nickel needed to make these "Zero Emissions" vehicles has to be mined out of the ground in Canada, sent over in a big boat to Europe, where it can be refined, then sent to China to be turned into a foam for the batteries, then Japan, where they can make the batteries. In the long run, it does more damage to the enviornment than a Range Rover. Plus, because of the whole Zero EVs thing, (Here in the U.S. anyways) with the horridly messed up credits system, car makers basically have no choice but to lie to us in order to get more sales. That said, I'm not against Electric cars, I just want them to be marketed honestly.
bold: now try doing the same on both EV and ICE cars. im honestly intrigued over which would win the people's vote
on the side of producing batteries, i like to remind myself that, this is a technology that has matured as much as ICE has. yes, maybe it's dirty now.
but look back at the late 19th centuries, early 20th centuries. when they refined crude oil to kerosene, and got gasoline as a byproduct and those are either burned off or just dumped somewhere. only after cars came they started using it. and only by 1930s cracking were discovered, and gasolines become better and better from there on.
just another proof of advances overtime.
yes i do not know the numbers, or the actual life facts. but that is how i see it.
i actually have an idea of a challenge of hybrid cars using .lua edit
if only i could understand .lua