blwnsmoke Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-ev-startup-unveiled-fully-174648900.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92merc Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 I love quotes like these... " Neuron EV claims it "sets new standards in clean energy vehicles" by designing TORQ to abolish greenhouse gas emissions ..." Uhhh, where is the electricity coming from? Nuclear is great, until Fukushima. Solar better. Wind has it's issues. But the wording of "abolish" just strikes me as bad. In reality, you're just transferring from one type of pollution to another. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomcat68 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 That also looks like it is more likely to get stuck under an overpass than a normal tractor. Why is it so tall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 2 hours ago, atomcat68 said: That also looks like it is more likely to get stuck under an overpass than a normal tractor. Why is it so tall? I think it’s the same size as the trailer and other aerodynamic cabs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 17 hours ago, 92merc said: I love quotes like these... " Neuron EV claims it "sets new standards in clean energy vehicles" by designing TORQ to abolish greenhouse gas emissions ..." Uhhh, where is the electricity coming from? Nuclear is great, until Fukushima. Solar better. Wind has it's issues. But the wording of "abolish" just strikes me as bad. In reality, you're just transferring from one type of pollution to another. All good points, but a modern "fossil fuel" (natural gas or coal) electric production plant can be regulated to produce less emissions than the 1,000's of ICE vehicles that would be taken off the road and replaced by EV's, so the net effect would be less pollution. Easier and more effective to control and regulate one point of pollution that is stationary than 1000's of points pollution that are moving around and revving up and down or idling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordmantpw Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 7 minutes ago, twintornados said: All good points, but a modern "fossil fuel" (natural gas or coal) electric production plant can be regulated to produce less emissions than the 1,000's of ICE vehicles that would be taken off the road and replaced by EV's, so the net effect would be less pollution. Easier and more effective to control and regulate one point of pollution that is stationary than 1000's of points pollution that are moving around and revving up and down or idling. ^^^^ This Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92merc Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 2 hours ago, twintornados said: ..., so the net effect would be less pollution.... I do agree. But saying they are "abolishing" pollution is a stretch. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY93SHO Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Abolish means "put an end to". I don't ever see pollution being ended, just reduced. The greenest person on the planet still pollutes in some way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 6 minutes ago, MY93SHO said: The greenest person on the planet still pollutes in some way. Even Al Gore? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzymoomoo Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 1 hour ago, akirby said: Even Al Gore? How many times has that dude gotten on a private jet this year alone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
92merc Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 2 hours ago, MY93SHO said: I don't ever see pollution being ended, just reduced. The greenest person on the planet still pollutes in some way. Someday perhaps, when we reach a Star Trek utopian universe. But we're a few Klingon wars away from achieving that goal... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MY93SHO Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 45 minutes ago, 92merc said: Someday perhaps, when we reach a Star Trek utopian universe. But we're a few Klingon wars away from achieving that goal... Yep. There's 8 billion people on this planet. Not saying we should say f@#k it and trash the place. Even though we kind of are. You don't want your grandkids pissing on your grave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twintornados Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 2 hours ago, 92merc said: Someday perhaps, when we reach a Star Trek utopian universe. But we're a few Klingon wars away from achieving that goal... As long as spores don't count as a form of pollution... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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