The Third Phase of Clean Energy Will Be Most Disruptive Yet

Re:The Third Phase of Clean Energy Will Be Most Disruptive Yet by ZeroGravitas on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @01:09PM (#19565082)

I'm not sure the path to electric vehicles is that long. It follows the same pattern as the article.

Roughly now buying an EV makes financial sense due to incentives. In a couple of years it'll have a lower TCO even without incentives, then it'll be cheaper up front with continued savings, then it'll be cheaper to ditch an otherwise working ICE as even taking a loss on its resale will be better than continuing to pay more for fuel and maintenance.

And at each step the increase in manufacturing level drives prices down further.

Fairly certain similar applies to hearing too, some countries are already mandating that new houses are not connected to the gas grid for example.

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Re:The Third Phase of Clean Energy Will Be Most Disruptive Yet by bluGill on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @02:52PM (#19566097)

Unfortunately for EV, they make the least sense for those who drive the most. When you drive 3 miles a day even a 12 mpg gas guzzler doesn't cost much (why they don't bike is a good question, but off topic). When you drive 600 miles a day EVs would make the most sense - but they don't recharge fast enough (fast recharge is not only longer than adding fuel, it also damages the battery and so isn't a normal solution)

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Re:The Third Phase of Clean Energy Will Be Most Disruptive Yet by fwip on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @05:29PM (#19567403)

Who drives 10 hours a day on a regular basis?

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Re:The Third Phase of Clean Energy Will Be Most Disruptive Yet by bluGill on Thursday April 04, 2019 @09:07AM (#19571794)

A fair number of couriers, and delivery drivers. Over the road truckers as well, but even cars there are a lot of people who make a living delivering original documents where a copy is not legally valid.

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