Comments by "Colonel K" (@Paladin1873) on "Why EVs Aren't The GreenTech Panacea || Peter Zeihan" video.

Here in Montana the Public Service Commission just approved a 28% rate hike for electricity. On top of that, winter weather arrived suddenly last week. We went from 65 degree days to 5 degree days overnight. We're back into the 30s and 40s now, but the warm days are gone. There is no way an EV can survive here or be economical even if there were no production issues. Reality won't allow it.
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@verigumetin4291 Tell that to the Texans who were without energy during the cold snap of 2021.
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@verigumetin4291 You don't wreck your car everyday, either, but is that a valid argument for not wearing a safety belt? You want reliable energy every single day, 24 hours a day. The system that comes closest to achieving this goal and making it affordable is the system that wins.
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@verigumetin4291 I am not going offtrack. I am stating a fact that bears consideration. Texans needlessly suffered from a cold winter when the green portion of their energy grid could not handle the demand. Do you really think it can't happen again somewhere else or that it's no big deal? Unlike fossil fuels, solar only produces energy when there is sufficient wind or sunshine and land available to collect it. Solar energy cannot be collected in the dark and wind energy cannot be collected on still days, so it must be stored in batteries which are very inefficient and wasteful. You must either use it or lose it. I've only scratched the surface of problems with it. Its utility is very limited and very expensive for what you get in return. For an electrical grid, nuclear power offers the best and most economical solution, followed by hydroelectric (where feasible), coal, oil, and gas. When it comes to ground and sea transportation there is nothing to date that can compete with the internal combustion engine.
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