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A shame electricity is not the whole picture when it comes to energy. The resurgence in EV sales off the back of high gas prices is awesome, but almost 100% of
by boznz 4mo ago
A shame electricity is not the whole picture when it comes to energy. The resurgence in EV sales off the back of high gas prices is awesome, but almost 100% of bulk transport costs still rely on oil. Also, unlike EV's which can be plugged in at home for most of their needs, bulk-transport will require considerable new infrastructure to make the transition. Still a way to go.
- Torkel 4mo agoIt's a couple of months since I did the calculations, but I do believe 2035 is for all energy, not just electricity. It's easy to drag out a flat line in an exponential graph - but the line better start bending soon or we'll end up with a truly mind boggling amount of solar energy.
- aussieguy1234 4mo agoThere was this launched some time ago: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-02/incat-launches-worlds-largest-battery-electric-ship-hull096/105243498 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-02/incat-launches-worlds... It'd an electric ship, which has what is basically a grid scale battery power plant on board to power it. The problem is range. Good enough for it's intended use as a ferry in South America. But it's going to need to be towed there from Tasmania.
- ZeroGravitas 4mo agoThere was a global agreement to shift ocean transport from oil. The US killed it. The US and Israel attacked Iran causing chaos in oil markets and put it back on track. https://www.imo.org/en/mediacentre/pressbriefings/pages/imo-progresses-work-on-ship-emissions-pollution-and-ocean-protection.aspx https://www.imo.org/en/mediacentre/pressbriefings/pages/imo-...
- dalyons 4mo agoSomething like half of all bulk transport is moving fossil fuels around. So there’s already a huge win