Powering America With Clean Energy

Kevin’s video hoopla reminds me of all the fantastic articles that used to appear in “Popular Science” magazine. None of which ever became a reality!

But hey, it sold magazines just as those videos sell the “green” idea!

Kevin just ate the blue pill!

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From link:

The pledge, which is not legally binding, is an agreement to “work toward reaching 100 percent zero-emission new car and van sales in leading markets by 2035 or earlier,” which could include sales of both traditional electric vehicles or hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles.

That sounds like the Paris Accord which is FAR from binding and productive.

You mean like the articles that stated that we would one day have horseless buggies and jet aircraft that would one day fly us around at 500 MPH? Or the one that said we would one day land a man on the moon and return him safely to the earth? Or maybe you mean the one that stated we would one day have handheld computers?

Or was it the one about how we would one day have Electric cars that would propel us from 0 to 60 in less than 3 seconds? LOL
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I agree Larry, but things are moving, and if we don’t get with it and invest in it, inovate it, and build it, China will eat our lunch, which currently, they are doing when it comes to this type of tech. We can’t let them win this tech race.

It’s the future and most everyone knows it.

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They’ve been ‘eating our lunch’ in many things, over many decades. Yet we still buy their cheaper products… :thinking:

I agree, but EVs are newer tech, and National security and some 10 million jobs are IMO the biggest reasons to get ahead of China in this area.

It’s a long watch, 25 minutes, but will have you thinking twice about cheap Chinese cars flooding our market and the implications that would follow.

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So they’re mining lithium in Wyoming now. :+1:

Nice. :grinning:

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Why bother? It’s a “no win” situation!

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In light of Bob’s post above, I thought it might be fun to look back at some of the Popular Science covers of the 70s and 80s. Popular Science Covers #750-799

Some of these are a hoot!


Oh and who doesn’t want a Plastic House!

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Here another Popular science myth. LOL