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Great, and I’ve live through a hurricane where there was no power for a literal month yet national guard easily brought in gas trucks and cans. Judging by your

Great, and I’ve live through a hurricane where there was no power for a literal month yet national guard easily brought in gas trucks and cans. Judging by your idea that electricity is always available (why do people in FL have 5kw generators?) suggests you’re inexperienced in these matters and also shouldn’t be spreading your opinion. And again, why are you so enamored with EVs? There are other options that actually have a chance at mass adoption.

bryanlarsen 4y ago
If you have gas and generators, you have electricity and can charge your EV. I add 320 miles of range to my EV for $8. A gallon of synthetic fuel is projected to cost $25/gallon once it hits mass production. Hydrogen is completely non-viable for emergency situations. What other options are you thinking of?
- _hypx 4y ago
  Synthetic fuels and hydrogen. You're just being closed minded.
- tekknik 4y ago
  > $25/gallon once it hits mass production. Which one? I’m guessing you just did research on this and just learned they existed? One of them costs $80/liter now, but said they can get it down to $6/liter through scaling. > Hydrogen is completely non-viable for emergency situations. Why? propane is shipped in, you don’t believe getting compressed gas in an emergency is possible? Again, do you have a financial interest in EVs? Or you just trying to win this argument? I’ve never met someone so in love with electric cars. I can certainly understand the desire to get rid of gasoline, but to force people into electric when there’s tons of problems that people see means you won’t get the adoption you’re looking for. You know there’s even another issue with EV I haven’t brought up yet. Every time you charge it, you lose a little range. This isn’t true with a liquid fueled vehicle in that the fuel tank gets a little smaller after every refuel.
  - bryanlarsen 4y ago
    > > $25/gallon once it hits mass production. > Which one? I’m guessing you just did research on this and just learned they existed? One of them costs $80/liter now, but said they can get it down to $6/liter through scaling. You do realize there's only a 20% difference between $6/l and $25/g? IOW, they're basically the same price. > Why? propane is shipped in, you don’t believe getting compressed gas in an emergency is possible? Propane is shipped as a liquid with a high volumetric energy density. Hydrogen is shipped as a gas with a very low volumetric energy density. You'd need a lot of tanks of hydrogen to replace a single tank of propane. Hydrogen needs to be regularly recompressed, requiring a lot of electricity. It's then further compressed before fueling a car, meaning that the hydrogen fuelling stations in California can only fuel 3 cars per hour. Hydrogen leaks like crazy. NASA delayed the Artemis I mission by 3 months due to hydrogen leaks. If NASA can't do it... > Every time you charge it, you lose a little range. This isn’t true with a liquid fueled vehicle in that the fuel tank gets a little smaller after every refuel. The fuel efficiency of a gas car gets worse over time, so the same effect happens to them too.
    - tekknik 4y ago
      Well you haven’t answered my question about your potential financial involvement with EVs nor why you’re so enamored by them. I’ll continue this conversation and disprove your recent post when you explain why it must be EVs we use instead of any other much better option.

bryanlarsen 4y ago

If you have gas and generators, you have electricity and can charge your EV. I add 320 miles of range to my EV for $8. A gallon of synthetic fuel is projected to cost $25/gallon once it hits mass production. Hydrogen is completely non-viable for emergency situations. What other options are you thinking of?

_hypx 4y ago
Synthetic fuels and hydrogen. You're just being closed minded.
tekknik 4y ago
> $25/gallon once it hits mass production. Which one? I’m guessing you just did research on this and just learned they existed? One of them costs $80/liter now, but said they can get it down to $6/liter through scaling. > Hydrogen is completely non-viable for emergency situations. Why? propane is shipped in, you don’t believe getting compressed gas in an emergency is possible? Again, do you have a financial interest in EVs? Or you just trying to win this argument? I’ve never met someone so in love with electric cars. I can certainly understand the desire to get rid of gasoline, but to force people into electric when there’s tons of problems that people see means you won’t get the adoption you’re looking for. You know there’s even another issue with EV I haven’t brought up yet. Every time you charge it, you lose a little range. This isn’t true with a liquid fueled vehicle in that the fuel tank gets a little smaller after every refuel.
- bryanlarsen 4y ago
  > > $25/gallon once it hits mass production. > Which one? I’m guessing you just did research on this and just learned they existed? One of them costs $80/liter now, but said they can get it down to $6/liter through scaling. You do realize there's only a 20% difference between $6/l and $25/g? IOW, they're basically the same price. > Why? propane is shipped in, you don’t believe getting compressed gas in an emergency is possible? Propane is shipped as a liquid with a high volumetric energy density. Hydrogen is shipped as a gas with a very low volumetric energy density. You'd need a lot of tanks of hydrogen to replace a single tank of propane. Hydrogen needs to be regularly recompressed, requiring a lot of electricity. It's then further compressed before fueling a car, meaning that the hydrogen fuelling stations in California can only fuel 3 cars per hour. Hydrogen leaks like crazy. NASA delayed the Artemis I mission by 3 months due to hydrogen leaks. If NASA can't do it... > Every time you charge it, you lose a little range. This isn’t true with a liquid fueled vehicle in that the fuel tank gets a little smaller after every refuel. The fuel efficiency of a gas car gets worse over time, so the same effect happens to them too.
  - tekknik 4y ago
    Well you haven’t answered my question about your potential financial involvement with EVs nor why you’re so enamored by them. I’ll continue this conversation and disprove your recent post when you explain why it must be EVs we use instead of any other much better option.