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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

Hence its supply would not be cheap, renewable nor sustainable in the long term. Every time there is a conversion of energy from one form to another there are efficiency losses – a concept known as ‘energy vector transition’. The Conversation [link] accessed 4/6/2020.

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The Quest for a DNA Data Drive

Cars That Think

SOURCE: GARTNER Fortunately, we have access to an information storage technology that is cheap, readily available, and stable at room temperature for millennia: DNA , the material of genes. The world is not on track to produce enough of today’s storage technologies to fill that gap. Storing information in DNA is not a complicated concept.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Furthermore, changing the battery pack on say a Toyota Prius often costs a fortune, at least in most European countries, so such cars better be VERY cheap, but they’re not. And with EV maintenance you are less exposed to being ripped off buy the ICE car repairman. — Jeff U 6.

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