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Why does that have to happen at the same time? It should, obviously, but even today (with not so great energy mixes) electric cars do better than gas cars from
by arrrg 4y ago
Why does that have to happen at the same time?
It should, obviously, but even today (with not so great energy mixes) electric cars do better than gas cars from an emissions point of view (even if looking at the whole life cycle).
Electric cars are energy mix agnostic and you try to frame that as a disadvantage but it actually is not, quite the opposite. They are one puzzle piece that enables change and without which change is not possible.
I don’t get arguments like yours.
Obviously we always have to do much, much more. We have to massively push individual cars out of densely populated areas and turn them into an option that is not fun at all to use there. We have to upgrade public transport. We have to better our energy mix. Buildings have to become more efficient on a massive scale. Energy intensive industrial processes have to transition to ways of doing things that can at least be plausibly made CO2 (equivalent) neutral like hydrogen. And and and. Doesn’t mean that all of this has to or even can happen at the same time.
- pier25 4y ago> Why does that have to happen at the same time? Well because the grid capacity has to increase rapidly to satisfy the demand of electric cars and then some. If the EU countries are going to invest into new energy infra during this decade, it better be clean considering the whole point is to reduce emissions. This massive investment probably won't happen again in generations and it would be pretty stupid to have to rebuild the energy grid. > and you try to frame that as a disadvantage I'm happy with the transition to electric cars. Not sure where you're getting that idea from. > I don’t get arguments like yours. What argument? That the EU will need more electricity very soon? That's a fact.