The stupidity of govt planners or EV Battery shortage by 2025

[SixFoot]

A 5,000 mAh graphene composite battery (about the equivalent of a normal Li+ cell phone battery) will fully charge in 17 minutes. Also for sale on Amazon.

[fallenturtle]

@TheRedComet

As for who should run it, private enterprise with government financial backing and regulations in place. You don’t want the state being the only ones running reactors. That’s a significant reason why Chernobyl turned out like it did.

I think Chernobyl is less an issue of it being government run as much as it was which government ran it. I think it should be government run but there needs to be full transparency and citizen oversight.

[TheRedComet]

I think it should be a combination of both.

With nuclear power you can’t exclusively trust businessmen or bureaucrats. Both will cut corners unless they hold each other accountable.

And our government isn’t immune to the issues the Soviets had. Every government has an inherent desire to save face and avoid humiliation. They’ll cut costs just as bad as the private sector will.

[fallenturtle]

@TheRedComet

And our government isn’t immune to the issues the Soviets had. Every government has an inherent desire to save face and avoid humiliation. They’ll cut costs just as bad as the private sector will.

I agree which is why transparency is important. I would want the private side, if involved, to at least be non-profit.

[RTchoke]

@TheRedComet

A significant part of the cost is the changing of regulations during reactor construction and the entity defending itself from frivolous lawsuits by eco terrorists in suits.

As for who should run it, private enterprise with government financial backing and regulations in place. You don’t want the state being the only ones running reactors. That’s a significant reason why Chernobyl turned out like it did.

The state knew about the faulty control Rod design for ten years; a near accident at Leningrad station was covered up. Not only that, but the state in any government has a habit of simply assigning and promoting bureaucrats who aren’t accountable.

You need both private and public enterprise to run a nuclear fleet efficiently and safely. It’s a different animal than other types of power. But when done correctly, it’s safer than other power generation types and it’s more efficient and it’s much cleaner.

We called that the ■■■■ Up and Move Up plan.

Govt is sooooooo good at that.

[Supreme_War_Pig]

@Cratic3947

The climate change cult that’s leading the country right now is completely out of touch with reality. But, they don’t care because they work for the govt. Truth is irrelevant. Virtue signaling is how they get ahead. Not increasing Americans standard of living. Their plans are to make everything electric. But there is one problem.

The looming Lithium shortage.

Global EV battery industry will be “sold out” by 2025: BofA

The really odd part is that lithium mining is far from “Eco friendly”. Yet, this is how they are going to save the planet.

2025? Gosh, if we only had some time to deal with it🙁

[Supreme_War_Pig]

@fallenturtle

@TheRedComet

As for who should run it, private enterprise with government financial backing and regulations in place. You don’t want the state being the only ones running reactors. That’s a significant reason why Chernobyl turned out like it did.

I think Chernobyl is less an issue of it being government run as much as it was which government ran it. I think it should be government run but there needs to be full transparency and citizen oversight.

Also, the reactor had fundamental design flaws

[TheRedComet]

Flaws that were identified in 1975 but were then covered up. Had they simply told all the plant workers about the issues, it probably could have been avoided.

The central problem was the control rod design. It was stupidly designed. Combine the graphite (which increased reactivity) tips with a positive void coefficient issue and it’s a shock that a RBMK didn’t explode earlier. Thing was a disaster waiting to happen.

[fallenturtle]

@Supreme_War_Pig

@fallenturtle

@TheRedComet

As for who should run it, private enterprise with government financial backing and regulations in place. You don’t want the state being the only ones running reactors. That’s a significant reason why Chernobyl turned out like it did.

I think Chernobyl is less an issue of it being government run as much as it was which government ran it. I think it should be government run but there needs to be full transparency and citizen oversight.

Also, the reactor had fundamental design flaws

Right, I was speaking more to the governement/coverup angle.

[Supreme_War_Pig]

@fallenturtle

@Supreme_War_Pig

@fallenturtle

@TheRedComet

As for who should run it, private enterprise with government financial backing and regulations in place. You don’t want the state being the only ones running reactors. That’s a significant reason why Chernobyl turned out like it did.

I think Chernobyl is less an issue of it being government run as much as it was which government ran it. I think it should be government run but there needs to be full transparency and citizen oversight.

Also, the reactor had fundamental design flaws

Right, I was speaking more to the governement/coverup angle.

Yeah, I jumped in mid thread. My bad😉

[Bosun]

Wait a minute I was looking forward to my new Ford 150 EV. Liberals are screwing everything up. Gas bills will quadtriple and people will have to stay home

[Camp]

It is stupid to put energy delivery eggs in one basket.

Celebrate diversity…buy combustion.

[gooddad409]

@TheRedComet

Same thing happens with ICE cars, too.

Have to disagree. They go much farther without stopping and gas stations are every where.

[gooddad409]

@Camp

It is stupid to put energy delivery eggs in one basket.

Celebrate diversity…buy combustion.

That’s true look at all the power problems in Cal.because of trying to go mostly to wind and solar.

No blackouts around here.

[Cratic3947]

@SixFoot

Graphene composite batteries are already for sale on the market.

20,000 milliamp hours, charges in under 2 hours. It’s already here. It can only get better from here.

Amazon.com

That’s for power a phone etc. not a car. LMAO!!!

[SixFoot]

@Cratic3947

@SixFoot

Graphene composite batteries are already for sale on the market.

20,000 milliamp hours, charges in under 2 hours. It’s already here. It can only get better from here.

Amazon.com

That’s for power a phone etc. not a car. LMAO!!!

And it very much exists. The tech is taking off in a big way.

[Cratic3947]

@SixFoot

@Smyrna

Now consider the increased demand for electricity that will be required to recharge all of these cars…where’s it going to come from?

I vote for tripling our nuclear reactors and quadrupling hydroelectric plants.

Yes, we should. Sadly, nukes have a bad rep because govt forced them into being used before they were ready for prime time. Just like now with solar panels.

[Cratic3947]

@SixFoot

@Cratic3947

@SixFoot

Graphene composite batteries are already for sale on the market.

20,000 milliamp hours, charges in under 2 hours. It’s already here. It can only get better from here.

Amazon.com

That’s for power a phone etc. not a car. LMAO!!!

And it very much exists. The tech is taking off in a big way.

It exists, but it’s not near powerful enough to power cars …

[SixFoot]

It will be, within the next few years.

Electric cars: a new graphene battery charging in 15 seconds | SmartGreen Post...

Skeleton Technologies, the global leader in graphene-based ultracapacitor energy storage, has partnered with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, one of the largest research and educational institutions in Germany, to complete the development of the SuperBattery, a groundbreaking graphene battery with a 15-second charging time.

This extra fast charging time coupled with charging cycles counted in hundreds of thousands make the SuperBattery a perfect solution for the three main issues affecting electric vehicles: slow charging times, battery degradation, and range anxiety.

[Smyrna]

I heard about that and if true, that’s incredible. I also just heard about “blue fuel” that gets incredible mileage with little to no pollution.

Blue Fuel Energy