Broomy
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What happens when we’re all powered by electric in the event of mass traffic jams / adverse weather when there are roads full of cars with no energy left to move? Genuine question.
What happens when we’re all powered by electric in the event of mass traffic jams / adverse weather when there are roads full of cars with no energy left to move? Genuine question.
Not saying there would be anymore jams, just wondering what would happen if large amounts of electric cars got held up long term & they all ran out of charge.
Obviously doing something about local transport isn't going to fix problems from central heating... Or anything else... Honestly, did you really expect it to?
Other initiatives deal with heating - moving people off oil and onto renewables, encouraging insulation, etc.
What's your point again?
Same thing as if a load of petrol/diesel cars get held up and run out of fuel today. Happens all the time in England, people stranded after running out. Or more usually blocking a lane and making the jam even worse, lol.
They get towed off the motorway and left to sort themselves out.
Why would electric be any different?
Much less of a problem than the eejits who manage to run into the car in front when traffic is moving at walking pace, lol.
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I see the BBC have done a documentary about the emissions from internet usage, claiming that watching a video online for 30 mins is the equivalent to driving for 4 hours, due to the energy used. I wonder what the real emissions would be from charging millions of electric cars? Is this going to be another petrol to diesel farce, were in 10 to 15 years the government will say that electric cars are damaging to the environment, and it's time again to change to something else.
Where did you lads go to drive the Tesla locally?
That's Cambridge you describe right there, lol
I don't think anyone is seriously saying that electric cars are the salvation of the human race and the solution to all that is bad in this world.
But they will make a huge difference in urban areas, and for general commuting and bumbling around for the vast majority of people.
Central energy generation however it is done is always going to be more efficient than running a petrol or diesel engine in every single car. That's just basic physics.