#2. a. Red

JC Cartwright – posted on Sep 29

If the goal of the Climate Change lobby is to reduce the US CO2 emissions, then it will be for naught if CHINA is not reined in. China produces 12.7 BILLION TONS of CO2 vs. the United States at 4.9 Billion Tons per year and China is responsible for over 32% of all the worlds CO2 production.

Tell me, what level of reduction for CO2 production is acceptable? Give me the NUMBER, then tell me how can the United States significantly affect those numbers.

Then tell me honestly, will you or any follower on the side of changing all personal transportation to 100% EV. And if so, have you personally done so? If so, how far are you willing to travel across the United States with a 100% EV – are you assured of getting from say, Baton Rouge, LA to Chicago within 24 hours or even to Meridian, MS and back without having to spend hours doing a “fill up” charge.

The fact remains, the infrastructure for “Super Charger” stations is NOT there and will not be there anytime soon. There are 17,000 of them in the United States and 10,000 of them are in California the rest are scattered throughout the United States. Plenty of the slow ones though and are you willing to bet your trip on finding one of the super chargers available when you need it?

I like the idea and would embrace going EV IF we can fully support the change over – longer lasting batteries, more – MANY MORE – super chargers And last but most important – a huge upgrade for the GRID CAPACITY to support the HUGE demand for electricity to recharge all these batteries.

Then we need an economical way to recycle Lithium batteries, because after 500 or so full recharges, that battery is now depleted and must be exchanged for a NEW one.

The technology is simply not there yet and the capacity question MUST address the use of NUCLEAR Energy – the only steady source of electricity currently available 24/7/365.

Oh and make Lithium Batteries impervious to salt water intrusion and guaranteed to not catch fire. As an aside, I saw a Tesla catch fire at the Atlanta Airport at the baggage claim area last year – what a mess