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EU wants to install car-recharging stations every 60km, and hydrogen every 100km

goatsneez 4y ago
The final proof of how institutionally removed from reality are the dreaming incompetent elites of EU. However, more importantly, there is no excuse not to see that any state central planned idiocy has the same roots, causes, and effects/results. Sure, private sector is also planned but they have a hard-core reality check in terms of being economic (at least some who are removed the wickedness of lobbying for state favoritism). This brings memories of all the USSR style stories/books/movies from 50-90ties of comical inefficiency, bureaucratic paralysis, and faking of everything post-fact (statistics, narratives, etc). There are entire libraries documenting idiocy of such practices, its detrimental effects on economy as well as environment. I do not see (as expected) no assessment nor processes for basic feedback to reality how to metric the original goals, and unintended effects (which dominate). It seems that there is no choice, I was born in communism and will die in communism, with completely predictable outcome. Laugh because its funny and cry because its true.
LoveMortuus 4y ago
If hydrogen at every ~100km could be achieved by 2028, it could be quite cool! While electric cars are cool and all. Due to the degradation of batteries I worry if they'll ever make it to second hand market and if for people buying used cars, would buy an electric one, knowing that you'll probably need to replace the battery, which at that time could cost more then the car. That's why I'm excited to see hydrogen because those should work even without a battery. (I haven't taken a closer at hydrogen cars, thus the message above assumes that they function like hybrid cars - diesel/petrol/hydrogen generator makes electricity for electric engines...). Most people start their car journey with cheap second hand cars. My car Citroen Saxo 1.0, year 2000, golden colour, cost me 350€, I don't think electric cars could ever be that cheap. (I got both summer and winter tires too). Hydrogen on the other hand could perhaps be that cheap once manufactured in big enough numbers.

The final proof of how institutionally removed from reality are the dreaming incompetent elites of EU. However, more importantly, there is no excuse not to see that any state central planned idiocy has the same roots, causes, and effects/results. Sure, private sector is also planned but they have a hard-core reality check in terms of being economic (at least some who are removed the wickedness of lobbying for state favoritism). This brings memories of all the USSR style stories/books/movies from 50-90ties of comical inefficiency, bureaucratic paralysis, and faking of everything post-fact (statistics, narratives, etc). There are entire libraries documenting idiocy of such practices, its detrimental effects on economy as well as environment. I do not see (as expected) no assessment nor processes for basic feedback to reality how to metric the original goals, and unintended effects (which dominate). It seems that there is no choice, I was born in communism and will die in communism, with completely predictable outcome. Laugh because its funny and cry because its true.

LoveMortuus 4y ago

If hydrogen at every ~100km could be achieved by 2028, it could be quite cool! While electric cars are cool and all. Due to the degradation of batteries I worry if they'll ever make it to second hand market and if for people buying used cars, would buy an electric one, knowing that you'll probably need to replace the battery, which at that time could cost more then the car. That's why I'm excited to see hydrogen because those should work even without a battery. (I haven't taken a closer at hydrogen cars, thus the message above assumes that they function like hybrid cars - diesel/petrol/hydrogen generator makes electricity for electric engines...). Most people start their car journey with cheap second hand cars. My car Citroen Saxo 1.0, year 2000, golden colour, cost me 350€, I don't think electric cars could ever be that cheap. (I got both summer and winter tires too). Hydrogen on the other hand could perhaps be that cheap once manufactured in big enough numbers.