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kitykatkaty · 31-35, F
Electric cars are one solution, but they're not [i]the[/i] solution to the fossil fuel problem... Hydrogen cell technology would be one better option, you just need to solve the old 'Highly explosive' problem with that..
What's more interesting is the synthetic fuel option that Formula 1 is looking at. Next year, 10% of the fuel mix used in F1 will have to be synthetic petrol, created with no fossil fuels involved or carbon emissions. The year after that it will be 20% and so on until eventually they will run 100% synthetic... Once you have a synthetic fuel, that can run a traditional petrol engine without using fossil fuel or releasing carbon, then all of the cars on the road that were being sidelined for electric come back into play...so stopping manufacturers creating petrol cars is in fact short sighted... Electric is just a stop gap...
What's more interesting is the synthetic fuel option that Formula 1 is looking at. Next year, 10% of the fuel mix used in F1 will have to be synthetic petrol, created with no fossil fuels involved or carbon emissions. The year after that it will be 20% and so on until eventually they will run 100% synthetic... Once you have a synthetic fuel, that can run a traditional petrol engine without using fossil fuel or releasing carbon, then all of the cars on the road that were being sidelined for electric come back into play...so stopping manufacturers creating petrol cars is in fact short sighted... Electric is just a stop gap...
Carissimi · F
Don’t worry@TexChik, with Biden as President, the Great Reset will happen here too. It will destroy America as we know it, but when did the Left not destroy anything. No reason, no logic, no principles. Just wait, the Constitution will be history, and they’ll pack the courts, so what’s left of the Conservative party will never win the White House again. The corrupt software in the voting machines, and the fraudulent mail in voting will always favor the Left. Most Republicans are Globalists now. They sold us out for money. They don’t give a damn about “we the people.”
LUVELACE · T
I agree with the concept of a greener future but in regards car n transportation in general it’s a big ask,the motor industry globally hasn’t developed a car/suv/jeep that has the range of a petrol/diesel engine,also their is no incentive globally for motorists to change their present mode of transport due to the extortionate prices of electric ⚡️ n hybrid vehicles,so unless the cost factors are halved both by the motor industry and government taxes n levies,some vechiles have a import tax and a government tax placed on the brand,and road taxes can be expensive too.so why would the normal joe consider changing when the government still want their pound of flesh and the manufactures are over pricing their products,it’s not a simple fix nor will it be an easy transition,globally governments will have to look at how motor vehicles are produced and the sheer amount of fuels required to keep the car industry functioning,at present the industry say a full electric car will safely only last 8 years but yet a car can cost £30.000Gbp and that equates to expensive motoring by any means.
SW-User
Nothing wrong in that. France is pushing for it too slowly. Most developed countries, and some developing like China and India will go for electric cars also.
Tracos · 51-55, M
he is banning NEW petrol cars by 2030... so the old ones get keep moving till they naturally go extinct... like the fossils they burn for fuel...
ilovewatching · 61-69, M
