Across Australia, state and federal governments are offering an array of subsidies, tax breaks and discounts on fees such as registration for electric vehicles. In WA, a rebate of $3,500 is available to buyers of eligible zero-emission cars, but some suggest this support should be extended to two-wheeled EVs.
Where do we get the electricity for EVs? What do we do with the battery when it’s no longer useful? How dirty is the slave labor mining for materials?
EV is not as good for the environment as hydrogen is. If we didn’t have govt handouts and tax breaks to push EV, the free market would recognize that hydrogen is cleaner and ppl would choose that.
Considering the materials in the battery itself are infinitely recycleable, you should just go back to your O&G masters and realize just how ignorant your talking points are.
Water electrolysis, fossil fuels, or biomass. We could have had a natural progression into water electrolysis, and carbon capture solutions, as we slowly built out EV infrastructure and cleaner ways to do it, etc.
Instead, we waste by building EV batteries, delivering power from coal, fossil fuels, etc.
Hybrid vehicles make sense for us right now. Much more than EV, in my opinion. I want EV though, eagerly waiting for right distance and quality.
So most of your sources for hydrogen involve using the same dirty energy sources that you criticize EVs for using.
And hydrogen vehicles use more of that energy for every mile driven for the life of the vehicle.
PHEVs can be low emissions if the battery is really large enough to cover your daily commute and you can charge it every day at home or work. At which point it’s really just a small battery EV. This isn’t a solution for anyone who can’t charge at home or work though.
Subsidize everything except fossil fuels and hydrogen.
Hydrogen is actually cleaner than fossil fuels and EV.
Lol
Where do we get the electricity for EVs? What do we do with the battery when it’s no longer useful? How dirty is the slave labor mining for materials?
EV is not as good for the environment as hydrogen is. If we didn’t have govt handouts and tax breaks to push EV, the free market would recognize that hydrogen is cleaner and ppl would choose that.
Well well well if it isn’t the same (debunked) argument from 8 years ago
Considering the materials in the battery itself are infinitely recycleable, you should just go back to your O&G masters and realize just how ignorant your talking points are.
Where does the hydrogen come from?
Water electrolysis, fossil fuels, or biomass. We could have had a natural progression into water electrolysis, and carbon capture solutions, as we slowly built out EV infrastructure and cleaner ways to do it, etc.
Instead, we waste by building EV batteries, delivering power from coal, fossil fuels, etc.
Hybrid vehicles make sense for us right now. Much more than EV, in my opinion. I want EV though, eagerly waiting for right distance and quality.
So most of your sources for hydrogen involve using the same dirty energy sources that you criticize EVs for using.
And hydrogen vehicles use more of that energy for every mile driven for the life of the vehicle.
PHEVs can be low emissions if the battery is really large enough to cover your daily commute and you can charge it every day at home or work. At which point it’s really just a small battery EV. This isn’t a solution for anyone who can’t charge at home or work though.