Greta Thunberg and the climate

Not at all... But it DOES seem like a vastly over complex solution... AND... As an adjunct to an infernal combustion engine it's not the answer we're supposed to be seeking. no?
It's just a shame that I/C engines are becoming so efficient now so close to their demise.. (IMHO)

I hear you. I never meant it was the ‘answer’. I only used it to show what thinking outside the box can create.

I am a proponent of EVs. The IC engine will soon be confined to museums and garages/sheds of people like us. I don’t want to hear about battery capacity and size, lack of infrastructure and so on. In the early 1990s the cell phone battery was the size of a brick. Also, if you ventured outside of a metro area you would have no signal
 
In the UK we still have 'no signal' areas! Surely an 'exchange' fuel/battery source has to be the answer? Can't be doing with all that queueing... Mind you, I'll be close to the grave by then :-(
 
In the UK we still have 'no signal' areas! Surely an 'exchange' fuel/battery source has to be the answer? Can't be doing with all that queueing... Mind you, I'll be close to the grave by then :-(


That’s with today’s technology. Tomorrow you will pull into a charging station/convenience store, plug in and be charged up in 10 minutes. No different than gassing up today.

Tesla superstations can fully charge up a 250 mile S model in 20 minutes today.
 
It's a shame we junked the trams and trolley buses! But heavy haulage needs addressing too, no?
 
It's a shame we junked the trams and trolley buses! But heavy haulage needs addressing too, no?


For sure! Today’s freight train can move a ton of freight for a small fraction of fuel used to truck that same ton.
 
Sadly, here in the UK the rail network was pared back savagely and our roads are in constant need of widening/upgrading.... Latest folly: 'Smart' motorways..... Bloody lethal!
 
Sadly, here in the UK the rail network was pared back savagely and our roads are in constant need of widening/upgrading.... Latest folly: 'Smart' motorways..... Bloody lethal!


Same thing in the US. Especially passenger trains. Now we have 70 year old grandmothers jetting cross country to visit their grandchildren.
 
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