Comments by "M Simon" (@msimon6808) on "The Electric Viking" channel.

  1.  @rogergeyer9851  Compare that with what water vapor does to the atmosphere. H2O is a greenhouse gas equal to CO2 according to theory. There is on average 50 times as much in the atmosphere as CO2. There are still no proposals for draining the oceans. Water vapor is not persistent? You can average the results. Called integration in calculus. There is 50 times as much. The problem is 50 times bigger than CO2 and there is no way to drain the oceans. Wind and solar without batteries are not dispatchable. With batteries it is not affordable. There is no convenient low cost way to deliver summer energy in the winter.
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  2.  @Freshbott2  natural gas is abiotic. There are asteroids of the stuff. Planets of it.
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  3.  @shencheanglow3726  And despite that the 'slaves" clamor to get into the USA. I think the picture you paint is not entirely accurate.
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  4.  @shencheanglow3726  I was being sarcastic. And Widlar eventually got his $million. I can't recall if he had to move on to get it. Fairchild spawned a lot of companies. Bad management spawned an industry.
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  5. Climate goals can never be reached. Water vapor is a greenhouse gas equal to CO2 according to theory. There is on average 50 times as much in the atmosphere as CO2. There are still no proposals for draining the oceans. Water vapor is not persistent? According to the theory water vapor's lack of persistence in the atmosphere (rain) means WV only counts for heating, not for evaporating more water vapor. Which is absurd because heating causes evaporation.
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  6. Politicians will then be better able to control population mobility.
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  7. Do the math. There isn't enough solar to run transport - let alone the country.
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  8. Solar without batteries is undispatchable. With batteries it is unaffordable.
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  9. Solar without batteries is undispatchable. With batteries it is unaffordable.
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  10. As soon as the supply lanes are no longer secure. Prices for everything will then go up.
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  11.  @remakeit2628  A kw*hour is roughly equal to a hp*hour.
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  12.  @remakeit2628  Perhaps a "far off" discussion needs to be held with our current dementia leader. Of course if by "far off" you mean day after tomorrow - well then......... And you failed to mention the advantages of a government controlled kill switch.
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  13.  @remakeit2628  Did the roll out of ICE require the level of government corruption (subsidy) current BEVs require?
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  14. With renewables that will only be true for 10 or 15 years after manufacture.
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  15.  @peteglass3496  ' progress is accelerating." No doubt. But CO2 is a propaganda problem. And subsidies mean the roll out is inefficient. There is no rush. The GHG most likely to destroy the planet is water vapor. Water vapor is a greenhouse gas equal to CO2 according to theory. There is on average 50 times as much in the atmosphere as CO2. There are still no proposals for draining the oceans. Water vapor is not persistent? According to the theory water vapor's lack of persistence in the atmosphere (rain) means WV only counts for heating, not for evaporating more water vapor. Which is absurd because heating causes evaporation. The theory is bunk.
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  16. Consumers will have to adjust for the extra dead weight.
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  17. A 35KWh car battery should be $1750 - where can I buy one at that price?
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  18. Three years out? The market will be dead for 2 years by then.
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  19. What is your plan for removing Water Vapor? A 50 times bigger problem. Water Vapor (WV) is a greenhouse gas as potent as CO2 according to theory. On average there is 50 times as much WV in the atmosphere as CO2. The fact that it is non-persistent is often mentioned. It doesn't have to be. You can AVERAGE (integrate) the effect. There is on AVERAGE 50 times as much.
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  20. And connected to a government kill switch makes it ideal politically.
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  21. 👍
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  22.  @SunriseLAW  Who exactly wants the Soviet Reunion Putin promised in his "Historical Russia" speech?
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  23.  @charlessheppard3541  Hydrogen leaks. Methane and oil - not so much.
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  24.  @KausnHavok  With two oceans we have the greatest access to Sodium of any country in the world. Salt mines too.
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  25.  @puhhaka  Hydrogen embrittlement.
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  26. Are you counting the cost of 'waiting time' ?
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  27. Station them at windows. Then you get power windows. Although the software seems to be needing an upgrade.
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  28. Very nice. Will you get paid for the extra wear and tear?
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  29. The word commonly used in the industry is "dispatchable".
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  30. They are loss generators so far. The subsidies prove it. They will be cheaper in 2025 because production will (effectively) stop in 2024.
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  31. With a given infrastructure doubling the charging rate causes four times the power loss. To go from one hour to 6 minutes of charging time causes 100 times the power loss. I wouldn't let politicians make any decisions in this area. They have no concept of all the trade-offs involved.
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  32. Battery prices will rise for th next 9 years………….. say ello ta muh littah freen………. wasted capital
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  33. It is electric cars that are getting massive subsidies. Just wait until your electric bill has a road tax. Electric cars will be a niche market in the world for a very long time.
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  34. There are people who don't have chargers in their normal parking spots. Some of them are Democrats. BTW Republicans are not fans of EV subsidies. Which may be why Musk is a 'Republican'.
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  35. And fast recharging (under one hour !!!) wastes power. And there is no road tax on your electric bill.
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  36.  @Berretotube  How much of the fuel used to make electricity is recycled?
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  37.  @macmcleod1188  How well is the fuel used for electricity being recycled?
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  38. How well is the fuel used to make electricity being recycled?
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  39.  @justinklenk  I like the bit about recycling the fuel used to make electricity.
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  40.  @vlhc4642  It is worse than that. We in America have commissars behind every worker just looking for an excuse to punish. Transistors were invented that way.
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  41.  @shencheanglow3726  Not only that. Slavery in New Jersey was how Americans invented the transistor.
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  42. Do you have any idea what kind of grid load these chargers will be? For fixed infrastructure (resistance) losses go up as the square of the current. 1/6th the charging time? That is 36 times as much loss. A 50 KWh battery would require a 300KW charger. That is 1,000 Amps at 300 volts. Not counting losses.
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  43. The future of transportation is to increase the mass of autos and reduce the amount of energy for transport they can carry. And do not forget the Government (which one? - all of them) has a kill switch.
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  44. ​ @soylentgreenb  Water vapor (WV) is a GHG = CO2. There is 50 times as much water vapor in the atmosphere vs CO2. Water vapor is widely ignored. If every molecule of CO2 causes the evaporation of 3 of water vapor why doesn't WV cause runaway? It is not persistent? You can average the results. There is 50 times as much.
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  45.  @229andymon  Hydrogen from mines (drilling) is a fossil fuel.
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  46. The USA is expecting a total collapse of the Chinese - America supply chain in 3 to 5 years. Certainly no later than 2030. We are building plant accordingly and/or establishing alternates.
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  47. And when that all stops at once sometimes for weeks - where will the electricity come from? Nukes in Idaho?
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  48.  @stevechance150  They store high temperature. Not too good for electricity. And who needs heat in the summer?
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  49.  @georgewarriner4017  True. But very little transportation when the grid needs the electricity.
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  50. AE without batteries is not dispatchable. With batteries it is not affordable. How big a battery do you need to carry summer wind into winter? You can't afford it. Where will the metal come from? You can't afford it.
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