I drove an electric vehicle, and here is my impression

[Eric the Green]

(03-11-2022, 11:12 AM)David Horn Wrote:

(03-11-2022, 06:26 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: I don't think recharging takes so much time that it makes extra motel stays necessary. But I hope electric car recharging will get faster and distances travelled on a charge longer. There are already differences depending on the car make.

If we really want to convert to electric cars, subsidies should be offered to poorer people so they can buy them. I don't see much future for gasoline-powered cars. Other kinds of renewable-energy cars may be invented or further developed, but electric cars have the momentum right now.

We still have a battery problem, and newer technology needs to solve that.  Getting enough lithium to make batteries is already a challenge, and the energy density, good as it is, still inadequate to uses like aircraft and ships -- both huge users of fossil fuels.

Yes. Much conversion can be done, but there's that 10% or more that will take longer. Bringing more trade closer to home, such as Americans making and buying American, will help create less reliance on these greedy shipping companies.