The End of The Nuclear Age?

Aldurin · 06-11-2011, 11:10 PM

And the issue with switching to electricity is that not only does there need to be energy production research (hydropower is a great idea, and nuclear is better than fossil fuels as long as it isn't on Japanese standards), but with making electricity-powered vehicles viable (which would eliminate a heavy section of our oil needs) we would need more advancements in batteries and electric motors (freight trucks, trains and airplanes need a lot of power, especially when on a hill/taking off).

Even if that technology should come out, it will likely be expensive as hell and/or have a shorter lifespan than the cars people are already driving.

And then the transition issue gets worse because these cars will likely be lightweight and maintain the current smartcar standard of crushing like a tin can in the event of impacting a regular vehicle, so people will be put off by safety issues caused by the fact that everyone isn't driving these vehicles.

Convincing a company to start manufacturing electric cars despite all of this will make it a huge struggle to shrug off just the transportation section of oil dependence.

06-11-2011, 11:10 PM	#9
Aldurin Lakitu Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4,648	And the issue with switching to electricity is that not only does there need to be energy production research (hydropower is a great idea, and nuclear is better than fossil fuels as long as it isn't on Japanese standards), but with making electricity-powered vehicles viable (which would eliminate a heavy section of our oil needs) we would need more advancements in batteries and electric motors (freight trucks, trains and airplanes need a lot of power, especially when on a hill/taking off). Even if that technology should come out, it will likely be expensive as hell and/or have a shorter lifespan than the cars people are already driving. And then the transition issue gets worse because these cars will likely be lightweight and maintain the current smartcar standard of crushing like a tin can in the event of impacting a regular vehicle, so people will be put off by safety issues caused by the fact that everyone isn't driving these vehicles. Convincing a company to start manufacturing electric cars despite all of this will make it a huge struggle to shrug off just the transportation section of oil dependence.