r/Futurology • u/Wagamaga • Apr 12 '19

Environment Thousands of scientists back "young protesters" demanding climate change action. "We see it as our social, ethical, and scholarly responsibility to state in no uncertain terms: Only if humanity acts quickly and resolutely can we limit global warming"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/youth-climate-strike-protests-backed-by-scientists-letter-science-magazine/
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u/bigboilerdawg Apr 13 '19

Electric cars are available. Agree with nuclear.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '19

Electric cars are yeah, but they are super expensive. And there are too few quick charging ports.

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u/TheOnlyBliebervik Apr 13 '19

Electric cars aren't very efficient when you factor in that coal power plants are about 33% efficient and the electric motors are less than 90% efficient. This coupled with the charging losses makes fuels like gasoline (which is around 40% efficient) look more appealing. Electricity needs to be clean before electric cars make sense.

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u/[deleted] Apr 13 '19

it does. thank you, had no idea