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Old 05-14-2018, 02:46 PM   #1693 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by oil pan 4 View Post
This latest lithium shortage and the 2010ish nickel price surge shows that battery powered everything is likey impossible and that battery powering a good portion of the vehicles produced today is not even close to being possible.
That doesn't even begin to tackle grid storage.
The necessity of invention is a mutha!
We've lost at least 30-years of development and production to the likes of the Global Climate Coalition.
With a BSFC in the neighborhood of 0.15 for EVs,there's no future for internal combustion.Sure,the Hydrocarbon Liberation Front is gonna scream and wail,and they'll be gnashing of the teeth,but pistons are going the way of the Dodo Bird.
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