Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "Electric Cars: Inconvenient Facts, Part 2" video.

  1. "We have no idea how to make our fantasies come true, so let's burn everything down and assume we'll figure it all out."
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  2. I think it's just cascading stupidity and greed. But yeah, it all leads to authoritarian rule and deprivation for the average person.
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  3.  @TimoLevikari  Wood gas. Bio fuels. Homemade methane. It's practical for a farmer or someone with a forested acre or three. Absolutely impractical for city folk.
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  4. Not really. Refineries sufficient to fuel an economy are very big, very centralized facilities. Lack of refineries is right up there with lack of power plants.
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  5. Electric Vehicles are pretty practical to anyone living in their own house, who don't need to commute an hour to and from work every day or whose job doesn't entail driving hundreds of miles every day. I think it can and SHOULD be a growth market, without ANY government intervention. There will never be enough batteries in the near future to replace internal combustion engines. But for SOME people, it will make a lot of sense and even be cheaper than fossil fuels. My sister has an e-bike, and she loves it. If you re-think how big and heavy you need to make a car, there could be a light, 4-wheeled vehicle that looks like something between a bike and a conventional car or truck, could be good for people who don't need to travel long distances every day. There's a limit to how much of that can be done to replace fossil-fueled engines. Let price and availability in a free market determine what and how much we go in that direction. But I think the conventional gas-powered vehicle is - and should be - for years to come. People are generally mindful of the environment. It's not that gasoline engines are bad, but too MUCH of it is a bad thing. Lots of ways to KEEP them and at the same time reduce our environmental impact. Don't situate your home an hour away from work. Work remotely, if you have a skill conducive to remote work. Not everybody has to do everything to put us on a trend to better balance with Nature. Freedom's how we get there. Not governmental intervention, which ALWAYS back-fires.
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