I'm saying that if you fill at a charging station, and a wind turbine is a the north of you, 50 houses are in between you and the turbine, every single house and their AC, heated pools, refrigerators, etc cuts into what gets to you, until you need more than the intended original amount.That's not even talking about bad lines or loss in conversion stuff, just that the five gallon fill-up equivalent for EV is more like 10 gallons because you're sharing all that energy. And as more people go on using energy, they are competing with the drivers for electricity. Hmmmm, why is my electricity bill so high this month? Maybe because every fucking driver is on the same grid as every homeowner?
And as I explained, you can't. The literal physical laws of reality prevent this. Why? Because when you combust gasoline, it releases energy. You can't choose what kind of energy it releases or in what percentage.
You can though. Efficiency is lost because of heat transfer. Less conduction of heat, more kinetic energy transfer to work. You can build pistons out of copper(high conduction, low melt point) or tunsten, for example. Energy is still lost, but an internal combustion engine made of wood parts (hahahahahaha!!!) has significantly more energy lost and lasts significantly less time (by that, I mean, it burns immediately) than a engine of decent materials. ICE can still be tinkered with. If you want something really fucked over by the laws of physics, it's actually EVs. No matter what type of kettle you have, the energy needed to bring it to a boil is the same. Well, the EV has the same energy, and not only isn't it enough to charge within 15 minutes, but it puts increased strain on other energy uses. They can only work on energy storage capacity and range, not on the physical reality of same energy for same task. EVs cannot become more efficient. But you can use less conductive and more durable metals, have more oil viscosity, etc. Energy still gets lost, yes. You can change piston design. Energy is still lost, yes. But at some point, 60% becomes 40% becomes 15% becomes the physical limit. This is shown in mpg ratings.
Vehicles in the 1920s had an average fuel efficiency of 14 miles per gallon, while by the 2020s, the average for light-duty vehicles is approximately 25.3 miles per gallon. This indicates a significant improvement in fuel efficiency over the century.
In fact, much of this was thanks to the EPA.
https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/50-years-epas-automotive-trends-reportSince 1975, vehicle miles per gallon in the United States has improved from 13.1 mpg to 27.1 mpg in 2023.
And some cars get even more than that!
The best gas mileage car for 2026 is the Toyota Prius, with an EPA-estimated 57 mpg in mixed driving conditions.
But the auto industry doesn't want the average car to be too fuel efficient, or this would undermine their vested interest with the oil industry.
Engineering is about making the physic laws work, and in fact engines are more efficient than they were 30 years ago. The so-called environmental lobbies just ignore this and pretend their still-havent-worked-out-the-bugs EVs are ready to go.
Fun fact. EVs are not a new invention.
They have been around since the 1800s. They sucked then. They suck a little less now. But being stranded is still a major issue. With a car, you can carry a gas can, and be back in business. Feasibility of dragging a plug? Zero. And it takes hours to recharge, so you're stuck at a charging station. Until you have cars using a power pack instead of a plug, you're stuck with a portability problem and a charge time problem.
In the California fires? Hop in your car, drive away. A flood? Hop in your car, drive away. Oh shucks though, we turned off the electricity because it was unsafe during this fire and flood, so all of you people with EVs are doomed. If the 10 hour recharge and low range and portability wasn't enough.
Btw, this is New Coke. A company designing a product so terrible that people will want the old back. There is no way anyone would build batteries that heavy that are that energy inefficient. Not if they were seriously wanting EV to replace ICE. This is companies selling a con, and hoping enough people will buy before it gets exposed.
It's all too obvious that the gas lobby created this trend because cars are becoming more efficient, and they want to rarify gas consumption for more profit. "Oh, EVs are more common now, we only need to build gas stations every twenty miles instead of every 5 miles!" Yeah, great savings if you can get them. Spent 1/4 build gas stations and charge 4 times as much because "demand is down." No it's not, you just made hype, and people are nudged to buy the new tech. Only they don't trust the new tech because it still doesn't work!
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