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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
Back in the Beetle days it was very usual in Brazil to rebuild imports over a VW platform, mostly French ones such as a Simca 8 that an uncle of mine got in 2007 already rebuilt by some previous owner.
Sometimes I look at some old beaters for sale and start to think about which other engine could be better than overhauling its stock one.
I have already watched videos and seen pictures of old beaters retrofitted with some small motorcycle engine.
Well, it wouldn't surprise me if people start using random stationary engines for the very same purpose, as these don't seem to fade away so soon for applications such as gensets.
Considering that raw biogas released to the atmosphere becomes more harmful than carbon dioxide released after the combustion, I still believe the ICE might retain a more relevant role on the carbon stabilization than it's usually reported. |
I was only thinking in the context of the United States. What you said makes a lot of sense to me. People in more disadvantaged situations around the world would certainly do things like that (more so than the US). Some people are so good at fixing things that I'm certain that cars like that will be around forever basically. Most of the world is in poverty. Places like most of Africa won't even be able to have discussions about EVs for a very long time. There are very widespread problems such as disease and poverty all over the world.
For instance, I have lived in New Zealand for some time. There are so many people completely dependent on the government. The other people are struggling with crippling rent prices. Supposedly they are considered a developed country, but there are so many living paycheck to paycheck.
And the government there couldn't afford to build any infrastructure to support EVs because of their socialist programs.