Many proponents of nuclear energy ignore the economics and try to dismiss them. Uranium is limited – estimated that if the world was all nuclearl, only 4 years of current supply. The cost to extract lower % uranium becomes prohibitive.
Taking an ICE car nad swapping out a motor is the same as saying a butterfly is a caterpillar with wings. It is a computer on wheels.
Faster horse fallacy or why experts get it wrong with disruptive technologies was coined by Tony Seba why smart people in smart organisations fail to recognise disruption
Sodium-ion battery chemistry has been keenly anticipated as alternative chemistry to lithium ion batteries in EV. Sehold have been first to market.
Synthetic biofuels using bacteria to create the biofuel from sugar and CO2 holds promise of creation of fuel with equivalent energy to jet fu
Compressed air battery using large underground vaults are being developed to provide long duration storage.
Flow batteries are a valid option for community and grid based storage. The advantages of low life, simple expansion works. Vanadium, iron, or zinc bromine based flow batteries will not be used in vehicles but deliver great grid and micro grid storage battery solutions.
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Tesla could become the next “petrol” company with over $30 billion of revenue by opening up its supercharger network to all EV cars. The latest deal with Govt opens up billions in grants to provide 500,000 chargers across the USA
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Fossil fuel excess profits of $134b in 2022 are on the back of war and human suffering from climate change. If a carbon price was levied on these oil and gas giants then these losses reflect the cost to citizens and consumers rather than being passed to shareholders
Tesla vision part 3 is to be announced on March 1st, 2023 at Investor Day. How will this differ from Part 1 or Part 2. What is the “Path to a Fully Sustainable World”
Hydrogen fuel cell cars are still promoted but they will be dead within 2 years due to emissions as bad as petrol cars, poor infrastructure and rapid improving charging and range with battery electric cars.
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Cars are a major contributor to Japans economy with 5.5m or 24% of employees, and contribute 14% of all exports. Toyota’s no-ev strategy could mean Japan loses 14% of its GDP and $700 billion of exports as other EV makers overtake Toyota globally.
It is becoming clear that batteries will drive the electrification of transport. Batteries are demonstrating that hydrogen and synthetic fuels are losing ground to the 22% learning curve of batteries. Biofuels may be the only transition fuel for long range aircraft.
Grid-scale batteries are an integral requirement to firm renewable energy, stabililise the grid with battery, wind and solar now the cheapest electricity.
EV adoption is increasing and Bloomberg NEF has data showing nearly 50% of buses sold in 2022 were electric. Motorcycles are even higher.
The Tesla Semi large truck will be at least 84% cheaper for fuel costs than equivalent large diesel trucks. Combined with more torque, regenerative braking increased purchase costs suggest less than a 2 year payback.
Using a long lasting LFP battery in combination with an anode free battery with shorter lifespan is the approach taken by Our Next Energy. Like a petrol battery hybrid, the combination provides 1000 km of range, and long life.
Tesla has led innovation into grid, industrial and home storage with their range of batteries. The lines are blurred with home batteries now providing grid virtual power plant services.
Batteries made from CO2 compression and expansion have moved from lab to deployment. Offering low cost, longer term storage utilising standard equipment.
Governments try to pick winners and provide subsidies. The subsidies for fossil fuel industry is enormous and is over $5.9 trillion or more than 6.8% globally. In Australia direct and indirect subsidies are over $44 billion and 3.2% of GDP
