Bill, you better check your math. It would take a lot more than "a few square kilometers of solar panels put up to supply the entire world’s energy needs". In very rough numbers, a square kilometer of fairly high conversion rate solar panels is about 250 MegaWatts for roughly a quarter of the day (varies a lot depending on location, and installation, and of course it's a curve, not a on for x hours followed by off for y hours). That is not enough to power downtown Los Angeles - and I'm not talking about the metro area, just downtown.
250 MW is one fairly small (by today's standards) power plant generating unit. Jim Walls -----Original Message----- From: "Bill Woodcock via EV" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2020 07:06 To: "Peri Hartman" <[email protected]>, "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <[email protected]> Cc: "Bill Woodcock" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [EVDL] [GGEVA] EVs not greener than fossil-fuel vehicles? > On Dec 1, 2020, at 3:38 PM, Peri Hartman via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, you could give away Teslas ! Yes, more or less. Over a seven-or-eight-year period, every gasoline and diesel vehicle in the world could be replaced with electric at no cost, the entire petrochemical fuel infrastructure could be dismantled, and a few square kilometers of solar panels put up to supply the entire world’s energy needs, after which energy would no longer be a cost, and we could reclaim the many trillions of dollars that are being spent on petrochemical subsidies each year for actual productive uses. There are people who argue otherwise, but they’re fundamentally innumerate. And that’s really unfortunate. > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Bill Woodcock via EV" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected]; "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" > <[email protected]> > Cc: "Bill Woodcock" <[email protected]> > Sent: 01-Dec-20 2:30:31 AM > Subject: Re: [EVDL] [GGEVA] EVs not greener than fossil-fuel vehicles? > >> Last time I ran the numbers, every fuel vehicle in the world is being >> subsidized by more than USD 5000/year in governmental subsidies to the >> gasoline and diesel industries. >> >> There’s a huge amount that you could do with that money. >> >>> On Nov 30, 2020, at 11:32 PM, (-Phil-) via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Lawrence is right, Based on my research, just the Electrical energy used >>> ALONE for all the processes that culminate with a gallon of gasoline in >>> your tank can move an average EV at least 50 miles. Another surprising >>> fact: CA's largest industrial user of electricity is petroleum. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 9:09 AM Lawrence Rhodes <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I would think that simply not using a liquid powered vehicle would have >>>>> these benefits and energy gains. Energy loss to: Survey, drill, pump, >>>>> transport, refine(this is a big one) distribute, pump again and then you >>>>> get the energy to use plus the added benefit of poisoning every one >>>>> breathing the atmosphere. The elimination of fossil fuels would free up >>>>> all >>>>> that energy to use in the electrical grid. So have no fear of running out >>>>> of energy. There will be a reduction of energy use with every new electric >>>>> vehicle. Don't get me started with product packaging and the use of >>>>> plastics. 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