Life goes on - Winter 2016

[taitgarry00 (Garry Tait)]

@dbaillie

Ev are a philosophical change. We have been buying FF all our life and letting the waste energy generated at the well head, refinery, and distribution end go unnoticed except as price. We only notice EVs limits and costs because we are having to build the infrastructure from scratch in the 21st century where costs are more obvious, labour is expensive and regulation prevents the kind of reckless development that brought the car FF industry about.

That kind of sums up what I am saying about the personal vehicle concept. It grew out of a found bonanza of fossil fuel energy. To come up with the true energy footprint of that by alternate means will require a far greater cost and energy generating effort. Really I think wood, either charcoal or woodgas are the next practical answer on the energy scale, and it’s already a significant cost step. Natural gas, and above all reducing curb weight are the important beginning steps. Without addressing the over all energy footprint of the vehicle concept the cost going forward will become unsustainable.