> The last
thing we need is to push for the rapid
introduction of a source of demand that
would summon even more fossil-fuel-
based electricity generation.
> And even if EVs all ran on renewable
sources of electricity, greenhouse gases
would still be emitted during the produc-
tion of cement and steel for hydroelectric
dams, wind turbines, and photovoltaic
panels, and of course during the manufacture of the cars themselves.
I keep hearing how he's an energy genius but it all feels like when Jordan Peterson was being hyped as an intellectual.
In this interview he can't decide if it's a big catastrophe that we can't avoid or a hoax, while also proposing simple solutions that would have worked if people did them two decades ago. Here's rhetorically all over the place.
https://vaclavsmil.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/36.EVs_.pd...
> The last thing we need is to push for the rapid introduction of a source of demand that would summon even more fossil-fuel- based electricity generation.
> And even if EVs all ran on renewable sources of electricity, greenhouse gases would still be emitted during the produc- tion of cement and steel for hydroelectric dams, wind turbines, and photovoltaic panels, and of course during the manufacture of the cars themselves.
I keep hearing how he's an energy genius but it all feels like when Jordan Peterson was being hyped as an intellectual.
In this interview he can't decide if it's a big catastrophe that we can't avoid or a hoax, while also proposing simple solutions that would have worked if people did them two decades ago. Here's rhetorically all over the place.