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Not banning per se, just stopping sales of new. So there will still be plenty of used ICE cars knocking around for a good few years.
by mmikeff 3y ago
Not banning per se, just stopping sales of new.
So there will still be plenty of used ICE cars knocking around for a good few years.
- foepys 3y agoWill there be gas stations, though?
- century19 3y agoAnd will there be enough power stations to generate all the electricity?
- mavhc 3y agoYes, but what will they be powered by?
- xerxiii 3y agonot sure why you're so confident of that when we don't even produce enough power for our current needs let alone powering millions of cars
- rootusrootus 3y agoHow much more generation do we actually need. For one, charging typically does not happen when the grid is at peak load, so a lot of spare capacity is available. Second, it takes approximately the same amount of energy to refine a tank of gasoline as it does to completely charge an EV, so it'll be a wash.
- prox 3y agoIf it’s like how analog photography shops were going, no not really. Perhaps you will get specialized shops for fuel and biofuels?
- Tade0 3y agoOr we'll just go full circle and gasoline will be available at pharmacies: https://radair.com/blog/2011/11/10/automotive-history-benz/ https://radair.com/blog/2011/11/10/automotive-history-benz/
- prox 3y agoWondering… Is it possible to make tiny refineries for say a town or area? So locally produced or is that a environmental nightmare?
- Tade0 3y agoThere's a refinery next to one of the highways exiting Vienna, Austria: https://www.google.com/maps/@48.147145,16.5005479,3a,75y,168.57h,95.66t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1shsa0Otpyptoy36k2dWlkuA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 https://www.google.com/maps/@48.147145,16.5005479,3a,75y,168... People live on the other side of that highway, so I guess it's possible, but I used to drive through that area on a regular basis and the smell hard to forget. Apart from that such facilities need to be large to be cost-effective.
- actionfromafar 3y agoMany engines can be converted to run on ethanol.
- sidewndr46 3y agoThis gets thrown out quite a bit but I don't really buy it. If it is not designed for alcohol, it probably isn't going to work. Alcohol has too many weird interactions with stuff like aluminum.
- pjc50 3y agoMany countries are running on part-ethanol already; the UK is on "E10" (up to 10%)
- frant-hartm 3y ago> plenty of used ICE cars Hence plenty of customers for gas stations
- jader201 3y agoI'm not so sure. I think at some point, the cost of operating gas stations will fall below a threshold that it doesn't justify keeping them open, even if there is still _some_ demand. E.g. imagine if demand were cut in half -- I think more than half of the gas stations would shut down.
- nicoburns 3y agoIt will happen, but I reckon it'll be more like 2045 than 2035 (and even then they'll still be some gas stations, just far fewer and you might have to start keeping emergency supplies with you).
- andrewaylett 3y agoHere in the UK, we call them petrol stations. But "gas" is still appropriate, because 15 years ago LPG conversions were all the rage, and every petrol station had gas too. Nowadays I can only think offhand of a single local retail fuel establishment that will sell you both US and UK "gas".
- throwawaymobule 3y agoWould running one of those off a gas drum be possible? Most petrol stations around me stock them. Need to match brands to return a drum though. I assume the 11-ish litre butane capacity wouldn't be enough to be practical.
- loeg 3y agoCertainly "for a few good years."
- chii 3y agoWhich would make them antiques in a decade or two. Time to start the collection!