Yep. And when you look at the emissions of shipping, the only way to make that green is to eliminate them.
Pretty sobering....we can add almost any commodity including new off-shore EV to that equation.....
Yep. Start becoming manufacturers again. And use the oil Canada has in abundance.
I used to push coal at a terminal made specifically to distribute coal. One of I think 3 in the nation. Drove a monster dozer. (The fun part). People would be in total shock the amount of coal produced and exported. Every day, 365 days a year. Countless mountains of it. Day after day. 90% of what we produce, is exported. The 10% we keep for our use, is still mountains of it that would shock most.
Pretty crazy......that's a lot of coal....
We had backlogs of orders always to fill. This paid a lot of bills when I needed it to. As it does for a LOT of people still.
I know when they used to conduct e-testing here, most modern cars barely registered on the test.....Just saying, but for energy production a coal power plant is pretty much twice as efficient as an internal combustion engine.
So in other words for pollution purposes, comparing the coal energy output into electricity to the energy output of an ICE in kWh, the ICE produces twice as much pollution. These are simply mathematical facts which we have to accept and cannot deny.
Dirty energy: Coal versus cars
Gasoline cars are even more CO2-intensive than coal power plants. And in Canada, it is gasoline, not coal, that is driving climate failure, says columnist Barry Saxifrage.www.nationalobserver.com
oops, I forgot, I promised Bee and Tom never to post in their thread again. My bad.
I recall in there used to be smog reports or indexes for the cities....Just cities like LA or New Jersey... but the smog is probably from the people...
There are modern era cars that will makes you gag with the exhaust. The difference now is they are likely telling the owner with check engine lights all aglow. Doesn't mean the owners will do anything about it. Many states don't have emission inspections. And shop rates are running $150/hr nowadays. So there's that.
If we look around at how important the used vehicle segment is for people, I can't see how the EV market can compete....
Sometimes I think about buying a newer car. Then I look at how reliable mine is and think, man I'm not risking coughing up cash for something that if it breaks will be pricey. The last thing I did for PM was change the plugs which were due @ 100,000 miles. The rears were a bit of a pain (front wheel drive) but that's been it. Changed the belt just because I was there. Very simple.
