Did I need to indicate that I wasn't a mathematician? I'm not. I'm just trying to figure out if it is possible or not. If you have some better thoughts, please add them in. Your course of thought doesn't take everything into consideration, imho. There may be large obstacles to overcome, that's all I am saying.
So probably what will happen then is gas stations will probably just take out gas pumps and install 3x more EV filling stations.. Since it takes roughly 3x the amount of time to do an EV fill. Otherwise I can't see how the land will be available to put the filling stations on.
As far as I have read, batteries have not really increased much in capacity density over the last ten years. But yes I am talking out of my ass right now and I'm not inclined to google on it at the moment.
Well, IT project management isn't don't by technology people anywhere I have worked... and 'Cloud'... I'm not really sure how anyone gets advanced skills in 'Cloud'.. everything I have read on it seems to be set up for very low skilled people and there is a hard cap to the kind of pay you will get through that kind of work.
Route 40 through Oklahoma state sees around 11,000 cars a day. Oklahoma is 300 miles wide, so generally speaking if the US went all EV, then all 11,000 vehicles would need to stop at some point along the 40 and recharge for 15 minutes. To keep things simple, say there are no peak traffic times and everyone is equally spread out in the time that they arrive to any given station. Obviously there is only 24 hours in a day that these cars will be able to recharge so one station can charge 1440/15 = 96 cars a day at maximum efficiency, meaning no one ever goes in side to buy something and takes longer which will never happen. Oklahoma will need 11,000/96 = 116 charging spots just for that one highway. I think we can agree that, between peak driving times and people leaving their cars for some time, they would be lucky to have a station operating at half efficiency... that is, it is only actually charging a car 1/2 the time. So this makes 232 spots for one highway in Oklahoma. Of course there are many other busy highways in oklahoma as well as major centers, so the number of charging stations that Oklahoma would actually need for 100% conversion is easly, easily four times that. So let's say Oklahoma alone would need around 1000 charging stations for total adoption. Are charging stations standard, or are Tesla charging stations only good for Tesla vehicles? This will affect efficiency as well and it could fall well below 50%.... people are not going to want to get to a charging station and have to wait for more than one person.
The link you sent has 280 stations for all of Europe... Europe likely sees more vehicle traffic than Oklahoma does. Maybe there are large problems with my math but I can't see there being 1000-2000 charging stations per state any time soon.
The thing is.. I'm not really clear on what IS a job skill that is in demand.. I could spend the next year learning everything about Java, but when my training is done if there are no Java jobs that are better than the job I had before then I have done myself a disservice. Plus people should be able to live to work not work to live. If I have to spend all my personal time learning things for the next job then there isn't much point being in technology at all.
Also there is the fact that he already takes advantage of H1-B rather than, you know, actually demonstrate his commitment to the cause. I don't vote for people who talk the talk but don't walk the walk.
Actually I question whether it could be built... think about it... EVERYONE on the highway needing to stop and recharge for 1/2 hour ever 300 miles. I haven't figured it out but it comes to a LOT of required charging stations spread throughout the country.
Let's be clear here. I'm talking about the ability to either go on a vacation or not. I only get so many days off and extending the length of the drive time-wise rapidly reduces where I can practically travel. A 2 day car ride now becomes a 4 day and you're traveling for over a week.
Really? Because from what I'm reading, the overall carbon footprint of electric vehicles is only a shade better than gas powered vehicles if you consider their manufacturing. For that you expect me to sacrifice my right to make the purchase that is right for my family? Electric cars get a small bonus if they are actually better for the environment, but while my family feels the more of the strains of surviving in a capitalist system year over year, we're not going to make a purchase unless it makes sense in a capitalist system, thanks. When it is time for my family to purchase a new vehicle, we only get one purchase and I take many factors into consideration when I make that purchase. I do want to do what is good for the environment, but if you expect people to abandon all sense of practicality when they're spending close to half a year's salary on average.
Of course not. Has anyone said otherwise except on you strawman argument?
That's what the article is about. Productivity gains on a workforce level, like electricity.
It obviously is not and that's why basically Amazon got Wal-Mart to bankruptcy. What it is true is that Wal-mart added such an efficiency boost that it made it leader on its business niche, just as Amazon today did the same. For that very reason is obvious that Amazon's productivity is lightyears above that of Wal-mart's, just like Wal-mart was above their competitors.
Well I'm sure Bezos thanks for for placing that much faith in Amazon, you didn't listen to what I said. Companies cannot change for ever. Walmart was the logistics leader of their time. Amazon is the logistic leader now. If Walmart did not change the world during the time that they lead on technology, then how can you expect Amazon to now be the great company that leads mankind to fruitfulness?
Can you comment on how Wal-mart has contributed to the productivity of mankind as a whole?
And you seem to know everything about everything else. A simple no would have sufficed.
Ok, I'll claim ignorant ass. Even still, having to stop every 300 miles.. Getting the kids out, getting the kids in, telling them no a hundred times.. that's going to get tiresome. I'll be fine though if what you say is true and they approach the time-efficiency of a gasoline engine. Maybe they compare now? To be fair, I don't know the miles on an average passenger car tank. It has been a long time since I have done a road trip.
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So you're saying most of these people would have paid for the conversion to charge at home, thus shorter trips would be charging there.
Did I need to indicate that I wasn't a mathematician? I'm not. I'm just trying to figure out if it is possible or not. If you have some better thoughts, please add them in. Your course of thought doesn't take everything into consideration, imho. There may be large obstacles to overcome, that's all I am saying.
So probably what will happen then is gas stations will probably just take out gas pumps and install 3x more EV filling stations.. Since it takes roughly 3x the amount of time to do an EV fill. Otherwise I can't see how the land will be available to put the filling stations on.
There is a big difference between investing yourself and working your life away.
Let's just say I have a lot of trouble.
As far as I have read, batteries have not really increased much in capacity density over the last ten years. But yes I am talking out of my ass right now and I'm not inclined to google on it at the moment.
Well, IT project management isn't don't by technology people anywhere I have worked... and 'Cloud'... I'm not really sure how anyone gets advanced skills in 'Cloud'.. everything I have read on it seems to be set up for very low skilled people and there is a hard cap to the kind of pay you will get through that kind of work.
Route 40 through Oklahoma state sees around 11,000 cars a day. Oklahoma is 300 miles wide, so generally speaking if the US went all EV, then all 11,000 vehicles would need to stop at some point along the 40 and recharge for 15 minutes. To keep things simple, say there are no peak traffic times and everyone is equally spread out in the time that they arrive to any given station. Obviously there is only 24 hours in a day that these cars will be able to recharge so one station can charge 1440/15 = 96 cars a day at maximum efficiency, meaning no one ever goes in side to buy something and takes longer which will never happen. Oklahoma will need 11,000/96 = 116 charging spots just for that one highway. I think we can agree that, between peak driving times and people leaving their cars for some time, they would be lucky to have a station operating at half efficiency... that is, it is only actually charging a car 1/2 the time. So this makes 232 spots for one highway in Oklahoma. Of course there are many other busy highways in oklahoma as well as major centers, so the number of charging stations that Oklahoma would actually need for 100% conversion is easly, easily four times that. So let's say Oklahoma alone would need around 1000 charging stations for total adoption. Are charging stations standard, or are Tesla charging stations only good for Tesla vehicles? This will affect efficiency as well and it could fall well below 50%.... people are not going to want to get to a charging station and have to wait for more than one person.
The link you sent has 280 stations for all of Europe... Europe likely sees more vehicle traffic than Oklahoma does. Maybe there are large problems with my math but I can't see there being 1000-2000 charging stations per state any time soon.
The thing is.. I'm not really clear on what IS a job skill that is in demand.. I could spend the next year learning everything about Java, but when my training is done if there are no Java jobs that are better than the job I had before then I have done myself a disservice. Plus people should be able to live to work not work to live. If I have to spend all my personal time learning things for the next job then there isn't much point being in technology at all.
Also there is the fact that he already takes advantage of H1-B rather than, you know, actually demonstrate his commitment to the cause. I don't vote for people who talk the talk but don't walk the walk.
They can't seem to make a smartphone that can last a full day... so I'll believe that when I see it.
Once they can read, they are also more productive, and can earn more than $2 per day.
So Gates should be teaching the Chinese working at the Foxconn factories to read??
Actually I question whether it could be built... think about it... EVERYONE on the highway needing to stop and recharge for 1/2 hour ever 300 miles. I haven't figured it out but it comes to a LOT of required charging stations spread throughout the country.
You can use it to buy bread in the morning, but they wouldn't recommend riding it anywhere near an open flame.
Now that Pocahontas has been done to death, I fully expect the sequels to be: Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Cinderella... but with blue people.
Let's be clear here. I'm talking about the ability to either go on a vacation or not. I only get so many days off and extending the length of the drive time-wise rapidly reduces where I can practically travel. A 2 day car ride now becomes a 4 day and you're traveling for over a week.
Obviously everyone has it wrong. This was just a very, very large firecracker.
Really? Because from what I'm reading, the overall carbon footprint of electric vehicles is only a shade better than gas powered vehicles if you consider their manufacturing. For that you expect me to sacrifice my right to make the purchase that is right for my family? Electric cars get a small bonus if they are actually better for the environment, but while my family feels the more of the strains of surviving in a capitalist system year over year, we're not going to make a purchase unless it makes sense in a capitalist system, thanks. When it is time for my family to purchase a new vehicle, we only get one purchase and I take many factors into consideration when I make that purchase. I do want to do what is good for the environment, but if you expect people to abandon all sense of practicality when they're spending close to half a year's salary on average.
Yes and for all my efforts I don't know if I'll have a job from one year to the next.
To be fair to these people, I'm starting to wonder why I work when I could collect welfare instead.
Isn't this pretty much the economic system in the Hunger Games?
Of course not. Has anyone said otherwise except on you strawman argument?
That's what the article is about. Productivity gains on a workforce level, like electricity.
It obviously is not and that's why basically Amazon got Wal-Mart to bankruptcy. What it is true is that Wal-mart added such an efficiency boost that it made it leader on its business niche, just as Amazon today did the same. For that very reason is obvious that Amazon's productivity is lightyears above that of Wal-mart's, just like Wal-mart was above their competitors.
Well I'm sure Bezos thanks for for placing that much faith in Amazon, you didn't listen to what I said. Companies cannot change for ever. Walmart was the logistics leader of their time. Amazon is the logistic leader now. If Walmart did not change the world during the time that they lead on technology, then how can you expect Amazon to now be the great company that leads mankind to fruitfulness?
Can you comment on how Wal-mart has contributed to the productivity of mankind as a whole?
And you seem to know everything about everything else. A simple no would have sufficed.
Ok, I'll claim ignorant ass. Even still, having to stop every 300 miles.. Getting the kids out, getting the kids in, telling them no a hundred times.. that's going to get tiresome. I'll be fine though if what you say is true and they approach the time-efficiency of a gasoline engine. Maybe they compare now? To be fair, I don't know the miles on an average passenger car tank. It has been a long time since I have done a road trip.
Well, you give capitalism much more credit than I do. That's totally ok.. I just hope you're right.
Keep in mind, if you live in a cold climate it is more likely to be closer to 60 miles.