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Aren't most those solutions suppose to be applied by everyone, and therefore, it's a very large degree polynomial which could beat an exponential over a finite
by alexchamberlain 15y ago
Aren't most those solutions suppose to be applied by everyone, and therefore, it's a very large degree polynomial which could beat an exponential over a finite time frame?
Furthermore, electric cars are cheap to run... I heard a quote of £1.25 per hundred miles? They are expensive to buy and the range is a little on the small side, but both are improving (probably exponentially :P)
- mseebach 15y agoCars are responsible for some 15% of carbon emissions globally. Even if we could replace all cars globally (a very long shot already), we haven't accounted for the fact that most electricity generated is by burning fossils. China is by far the biggest builder of new nuclear power, but they can't even keep up with their growth, much less overtake it. Let's say we can get all cars replaced (meaning we fix range, cost, the sophistication required to service, grid capacity etc.), you've maybe shaved 5% off emissions - and that's a one-off, not a continuous improvement, the growth in carbon emissions keeps soldiering on.
- alexchamberlain 15y agoIt's irrelevant. We have to find ways of generating electricity cleanly anyway. So, we can kill 2 birds with one stone by making cars use that electricity. Better than driving hydrogen bombs around. IMHO running out of fossil fuels and their escalating price is a much more compelling reason to use electric cars than the emissions argument.