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RE: Electric cars and Decentralized energy
Electric cars might be a good option for countries who can afford it. From the point of view of efficiency they are the most inefficient vehicle available on road - no offense man. Of course I understand the fact that it would cut the dependency of imported crude to nil for Finland. It can be a pretty good option in that sense
Rest of the world though................ they are only economically viable if the original energy source is nuclear or renewable. Since most of world's electrical energy comes from non-renewable resources an electric car would actually amount to more pollution as the countries try to produce more electricity for the electric cars.
Maybe in a few years...........
This is the issue that everyone keeps pushing as the tech doesn't advance as the demand is low. Yes, places like Finland and the like should be hammering away at it but, just like here, it takes more than the proverbial whales to make the difference.
And when will this change otherwise?
I think the story is far deeper than what might look on the surface. The traditional auto industry won't allow it to happen until they are sure that this could be viable for them in long run (of course not for the world).
Current day projections (as far as I remember) indicate at least a century before the transition could be justifiably called in the beginning of completion.
Of course they won't. They are a great source of the FUD.
We should wait another 20 years then ;)