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Diesel Engines in Cars to be banned in Europe. !

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dnix71:
Asia uses mopeds/motorcycles more than cars. Those and bicycles are the way to go. Battery powered transport is a rich person's toy, and not efficient, either, when you consider the power generation and infrastructure to support them.

Even in the socialist paradise of Cuba, the state and private persons use petrol instead of solar.

https://www.quora.com/Why-doesnt-the-whole-world-use-solar-power-1   There is a long answer here about using solar and why it is technically impossible (not enough silver/money/storage/just plain sunshine).

As a third major issue, we are facing replacement. Imagine you install one billion solar panels, with a lifetime of 40 years (very high). This means, over the course of those forty years, every single one of them must be replaced. That means you have to replace almost 70.000 solar panels every single day for the remaining time of civilization. Keep in mind, however, that one billion solar panels is not nearly enough for a medium sized country, because of the capacity factor mentioned above.

MattM:
The race for renewables has always been a rich person's game.  The truth is we keep extending use as more generation capacity becomes available.  At what point do we consider it energy growth rather than simply as a renewable?

JW:
I remember when my dad and I were talking about this years ago, I brought up that algae is a resource to make up diesel his reply to me was, if that were true thats would be doing it now..

I have seen many commercials that are promoting that are on television here by the big oil, but it can be micro managed anyway...

JW

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