Tomorrow_Rains
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If oil doesn't need to be used to run these things then by all means. Because literally...The world is out of Oil Lol.
But then we have had 120 years of development for the petrol car, but almost none for the electric car, you don't find this strange?
watching...be back for epic quotes soon!
I guess the point in asking Why china was more-so for the idea that China doesn't have the US's best interest in mind and you all KNOW that's true. What's it gonna take for these chi-coms to reverse engineer this and make some MORE powerful weapon out of it? Nothing! Yes China is forward thinking, but so is Japan. Yes Japan just had some meltdowns , but that makes it an ideal time for technology like this, safer unmanned nuclear power plants would mean something to a lot of people. (I heard on the radio that the dangerous parts of the plant were to be unmanned). Something about it just doesn't sit right with me.
I understand that we need to make advancements on energy and fast. But before you know it China will be hoarding this technology AND energy and selling it to the highest bidder, or waiting it out until other countries NEED it and then china suddenly gains new territory.
It's not as far fetched as you might imagine.
My 7th grade science teacher told us that in 1958!Tomorrow_Rains said:
If oil doesn't need to be used to run these things then by all means. Because literally...The world is out of Oil Lol.
jeffz6 said:
I agree with burty117, lets put Bill's reactor in every car!
jonelsorel said:
You probably also think the present status quo regarding electric cars is just a coincidence, despite the brotherhood between oil and car industries.
Per Hansson said:
The first cars released in the 1890's where electric drive, than came petrol cars and surprassed them, which is not so strange when you look at the price of electricity at that time (See the link above to the TED talk about the nuclear reactor by Bill Gates, the price of electricity was tenfolds higher than what we have today, adjusted for inflation of course)red1776 said:
The brain washing has worked well on you I see!
You didn't stop to think WHY a diesel powered car is cheaper to own than an electric car?
This thread seems kind of fragmented. I have a question. What is the "brainwashing" you are referring to?
But then we have had 120 years of development for the petrol car, but almost none for the electric car, you don't find this strange?
What happens is the oil industry is so big so they just buy up all patents they can, therefore we have not seen any significant breakthroughs in battery capacity in the last 120 years...
For more info you can watch the documentary "who killed the electric car"
Per Hansson said:
Burty117: Each year there is a new amazing discovery in battery technology that the devs say will improve battery capacity and charging times tenfold, I've read these news for as long as I have lived, always from different researches.
In the end we have not seen any big improvement in battery capacity, and you think this is not strange?
Also it does not take 30+ hours to charge an electric car, there are services offering battery swaps (like a gas station) done in less than 3 minutes.
And "normal" charging can be done in just a few hours, that is you park your car for the night and the next morning it will be fully charged
http://www.teslamotors.com/goelectric/charging
https://www.techspot.com/news/46278-breakthrough-could-bring-tenfold-increase-in-battery-life.html
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=breakthrough+battery+capacity&meta=