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Swiss could power entire nation (plus export some more) if they cared enough to harness all that kinetic energy of water coming down 3000m from the mountains. T
by jajko 2y ago
Swiss could power entire nation (plus export some more) if they cared enough to harness all that kinetic energy of water coming down 3000m from the mountains. That's the last country with renewables problem.
Plus I see tons of solars here on rooftops, on new buildings etc. Colleagues with houses got some tax breaks so they poured some serious money into these and drive teslas basically for free (doesn't change TCO that much given how brutal repair costs or more frequent changes of those big tires & brakes are, but still, they have a warm fuzzy feeling about it).
- TeckPerspecc 2y agoBrake pads typically last the lifetime of a vehicle for an EV. 90%+ of braking is regenerative.
- jve 2y ago> given how brutal repair costs or more frequent changes of those big tires & brakes are, but still, they have a warm fuzzy feeling about it Regarding brakes: that is pretty far from the truth as other sibling commented they use regenerative braking. Tires - yeah. Well, except minivan or some pickups weights the same as Tesla so it is not like out of ordinary.
- jajko 2y agoSorry my bad, it actually makes sense re brake pads. And those bigger cars - thats not majority on Swiss(=european) roads, we have tons of narrow roads, parking spots are short and narrow too. Roads with traffic generally look very different compared to US.
- Leherenn 2y agoDo you have a source for your first claim? My understanding is that hydro is mostly saturated in Switzerland (https://ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/baug/department/news/dokumente/Hydropower_Synthesis_Report_sm.pdf https://ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/baug/depar...) There's also very little appetite (and it's been the case since the 80's) for hydro anyway. Even before the biodiversity argument, simply moving whole communities is just no longer a thing.