Chevy Volt Why does the US need to switch to electric vehicles?

[DwightSimpson]

This guy is a daydreamer ...

[the43k]

@DwightSimpson I'd rather be a daydreamer over a pessimist any day of the week. Its pathetic that somehow a great invention has become a political football.

[DwightSimpson]

@the43k I would love to believe. Like most things Obama is involved with, he OVER SELLS. You call it a great invention? The average income of a VOLT buyer is $170,000 a year. The people NOT buying a VOLT are the same people who don't spend $38,500 to go to an Obama fundraiser dinner.

[the43k]

Could you stop watching fox news for one second and think.The chevy volt was created, designed and prototype built when GWB was president.This has nothing to fucking do Obama! Yes, the car is in its infancy and cost too much money. Remember the VCR in the 80's, that cost 2K. Did you watch my video? The car runs on american power, Get it? No more saudi oil and maybe in the process would could keep the air and water clean. For the countries sake, pick a new topic to rail against.

[DwightSimpson]

@the43k That's all fine and good where it was designed and when. But yet, you can't deny Obama loves to take credit (or at least, he did). How did FOX news get into this equation? You have something against FOX News?

And yes, I remember the VCR of the 80's. They are obsolete today.

If in fact it is the invention you say it is, why is General Motors stopping production? If it is so great, private investors should be flocking to it rather than just the government.

[the43k]

GM, 5 week hold on production, due to less then expected sales.Surely not a great thing.The car is expensive, times r hard, and a certain fake news orgainzation rails against it hourly. Apparently, political gain is more important then American jobs and a car that runs on American energy. True, I have no respect for foxnews because it breeds ignorance. Sorry if u find that insulting, however, since you are watching youtube videos that claim Obama Killed Andrew Breitbart, I suspect I'm spot on.

[DwightSimpson]

@the43k I just googled "VOLT production" and got 135,000,000 results in 0.22 seconds. What you need to realize is that in an such emotional state of disarray, it is very easy to point the finger of blame at FOX News and use FOX as your scapegoat. For Pete's sake, look at the facts. The facts tell the whole story, and the American consumer is being educated by 135,000,000 sources other than FOX News.

Don't chop off the head of the messenger because you don't like the message.

[the43k]

@Dwight I conceded the point that sales are down due to high costs and hard times already, I did it on the video too. Its a great vehicle, that needs time to become more affordable. My point is that there is a blatant right wing desire that hopes this car fails. Its disgraceful and completely unwarranted. I understand you and I have totally different views on politics. But I find it sad, that our parties can't agree that an american made car that runs on american fuel is a bad idea.

[DwightSimpson]

@the43k Quite frankly, I think you are seeing ghosts... Your quote as follows: "My point is that there is a blatant right wing desire that hopes this car fails. Its disgraceful and completely unwarranted."

You make these allegations without specifics. What in the world make you think that the right wing wants this car to fail? In my mind, that is a very troublesome statement.

Obama has failed with GM from the start, by showing favoritism to union members over GM bond holders.

[the43k]

@DwightSimpson I'm seeing ghosts? You're watching Obama killed Andrew Brietbart videos. You are the epitome of a Rush Limbaugh listener. Obama saves GM and you look at it like he failed. Does Obama get credit for killing Bin Laden?

[the43k]

@Dwight I conceded the point that sales are down due to high costs and hard times already, I did it on the video too. Its a great vehicle, that needs time to become more affordable. My point is that there is a blatant right wing desire that hopes this car fails. Its disgraceful and completely unwarranted. I understand you and I have totally different views on politics. But I find it sad, that our parties can't agree that an american made car that runs on american fuel is a bad idea.

[bEtZeRo0]

What about the amount of radiation thats being extratted to the body?

Didnt think of that did yu, specialy the fact of the seats heating, thats a large amount of radiatiion to the body. This might Decrease air polution and the needs of petroleum, but it will increase cancer rates =[.. =P

Overall I like the car, mostly because it uses energy from the sun ^_^

[jay123health]

its a coal car

[the43k]

@jay123health Try watching the video before you place a comment. I charge the car via solar. NJ electrical grid is a large mix of a bunch of things including coal. Lastly, even if it was coal (which it isn't) and it was just as dirty as gas (which it isn't) it would be american made, which is better then buying oil from Saudi Arabia, even fox news would agree to that!

[Jbird7300]

I am a fellow Volt owner and love your video!  Nice work! Keep informing the public the truth!

[MIKON8ERISBACK]

The lithium ion battery packs ALWAYS, and I mean ALWAYS lose their ability to hold a charge shortly after 8 years. In addition, at the Toronto Canadian International Auto Show, I discovered that the charger for it needs to be professionally wired to a 240 volt breaker and consumes more than 2600 watts! That's like two large space heaters running on the same circuit in temperatures of 0 degrees Fahrenheit. The charging stations are found in very, very few gas stations today.

[timoz26]

@MIKON8ERISBACK I thoroughly support that idea. It seems to be the Achilles heel of the whole concept of electric, battery-powered cars. Certainly electric is part of the answer; but it's not a good answer - yet.

[theknockinbenz]

and try to convince me to get out of my cummins diesel? haha i actually ran over a volt this morning..

[theknockinbenz]

faggot..

[ian57812]

one of the best no brainer videos ever, we can do this. we can stop co2 and save

planet earth.

[sunsensational]

Great vid. This is my ultimate game plan. First, fully eliminate my electric bills with my solar panels. Next, convert my gas heat and appliances to solar. Lastly, get the Volt and eliminate the gasoline. Talk about energy independence and freedom...this would be it.

[leamyelectricinc1]

Thanks Ed, Great video.

[kirk189]

great video Thanks!

[oskhar0]

Very nice Video!

Good view on our problems and good solution!

Keep on going to save our planet and convince all the stupid earth killing Americans!

[Iamsigmonde]

How much did Obama Motors pay you for the advertisement?

[JoshuaFortWorth]

I really love the fact that you can drive the volt completely on solar power. I never thought of this possibility until the video showed this. "43K" Can you please post a video on how much it realisticly costs to hook up your house with solar as your video has shown and hook up for your electric car?

[ab3000x]

don't listen to the haters - fantastic car and video

[rehtardeudpossum]

so does the volt charge its batteries when you brake?

[jay123health]

i still say diesel is the way to go now we have Biodiesel from Algae which we make here in the states and its a good clean source for energy and smell good to and easy to produce i cant wait to buy a VW clean diesel to be honest diesel engines run for a long time and all are semi trucks run on diesel and are trains i even talk to a mechanic that works on diesel trucks even he said diesel is the way to go you should watch the MOVIE CALLED FUEL it is a excellent to watch

[Rangsantable]

Great

[MrEnergyCzar]

I too will be charging my volt with the sun from my solar panels....granted, most people will never be able to do this.... Peak Oil is the subject the masses don't want to hear about....

[StompingRabbits]

@MrEnergyCzar - Can that ridiculous liberal boondoggle sorry excuse for an automobile actually make the junk yard on a single 12 hour charge?

[MrEnergyCzar]

@StompingRabbits I don't care about the politics but I do know the volt helps employ americans and my volt over 8 years will probably save a soldier or two from oil war fighting or even death.

[PghGingerKid]

This car would be soooo much cheaper if they didn't have all that pampering technology crap on it. And just to point it out that their are a lot of Anti Renewable Energy Trolls on You Tube, Its like they get paid by oil, gas, and coal companies to go on peoples pages, and tell them their stupid idiot commies. If you don't think the technology will work, why watch the videos? Its not like your slandering these people with your moot points is going to change their minds.

[emforty2]

when we ALL have switch to electric cars I would bet the cost of electricity would go up !

will have to burn more coal or fossil fuel to generate electricity

the best way is to switch to a bigger ELECTRIC CAR

the RAIL CAR[ie electric trolley electric train]

tell me how an electric car is going to solve parking cost and gridlock in big cities ?

[MrJameshorn]

The fact of the matter is----> This car is NOT economical.

Do the math.

This car is for environmentalists only.

END OF STORY.

the consumer is already voting.

VOLT sales are FAR below production thresholds.

[TBman256]

why can't I share this? I press the share button but nothing happens :(

[ekuwa69]

I thought at 70mph the gasoline engine kicks in to move to the car?

[vlada881]

perpetuum mobile = santa claus = little red riding hood = mickey mouse 

[rainbowsalads]

im not confused at all, except at your attitude toward new technology that will grow and grow and become better and better and one day power our world.

sorry you wanted a war here, but I can't help you.

[vlada881]

@rainbowsalads I dont want anything. I told you the facts. If you dont like to investigate and bury your head in the sand , its fine by me? Im so sorry if i heart your fellings :) Did I?

[vlada881]

@rainbowsalads I have spoken with many experts on this subject. First of all you must know the basic principles of energy to talk about these things. Im not the one who is talking about 20-30 years fairy-tale future. Even if it happens it wont save the day.

[vlada881]

Its more complex than previous technology. Everything more complex needs more energy.

[vlada881]

A tokamak reactor requires strong magnetic fields, which in turn requires powerful electrical currents, which require superconductors. If coolant to the superconductors is lost, the large circulating currents will rapidly heat up the wires, melting them and wreaking havoc with the machine. The lithium buffer is a pool of molten lithium several meters across surrounding the reactor- it absorbs the neutrons, generating new tritium fuel and heating up the coolant to provide power.

[vlada881]

Below grade 0.02% Uranium Oxide more energy is required to produce and exploit the uranium fuel than can be generated from it. The claim that nuclear power does not generate greenhouse gases is only true if you look only at a narrow slice of nuclear power generation, not the complete cycle which includes producing the uranium, building nuclear power plants and managing radioactive waste from both mining and power plants for thousands of years.

[vlada881]

An accurate carbon footprint of nuclear power also needs to include the construction of nuclear power plants.This is a highly energy intensive process.Then there is the energy needed to manage waste from uranium mining and from the nuclear power plants themselves. Both of these stages of nuclear power generation generate high quantities of greenhouse gases.Mining uranium for nuclear power plants actually increases carbon emissions, especially when the ore is low-grade.

[vlada881]

EROI of nuclear is 9:1 and for oil is 15:1. 100 years ago energy return on energy invested was 100:1. Google it my friend. Learn something.

[jay123health]

you buy a car that fits your needs and why don't car makers have cars that run on magnets they have the technology for it .

[jay123health]

@ keeper 1st its a hybrid cause its batterie power and gasoline power too once the batterie runs out after 35 miles it switches to the gas motor so its a hybrid the definition of a hybrid is it runs on two power sources and we definitely got to to go to alternative fuel like electric power cars but the technology is there yet 20 years down the road for sure and who can afford a 40,000 chevy volt.

[vlada881]

Theres no doubt that oil will no longer support economic growth - it costs to much. I dont see anything replacing it with current rate of consumption and in 10 years time demmand will be 20% even more then its today. Its not that easy and if you dont have economic growth 2-3% every year then its pointless for any industry.

[Keeper1st]

@vlada881 Guess we should just all die then. You first.

[vlada881]

@Keeper1st Dont worry about me. I grow food in my garden. I dont use that much energy. 50% of the world population - people in urban areas should be worried - you know those who dont have idea where milk comes from who dont know how cows looks like. I dont give a fuck about industry - it will happen anyway.

[M2Lfilms]

@vlada881 Guess we should just give up huh? Do nothing as the non-renewable resources run out. Let's all pay $55 per gallon like in Europe & Germany. This car can run 25-50 miles on one charge, that's not the best but it's a hell of a start. Where are your solutions, how are you helping?

[vlada881]

@M2Lfilms Im not into fairy tales. Ok? It wont help if you tell people to continue repeating same mistakes from the begining of civilization. You need a whole new economic system that is not designed on the economic growth which is now impossible. Economic growth is based on debt, and its the only reason we arent in depression. All these systems are failed bc of the human greed, evil and wars. If didnt climbed so high we wont fall so deep. Theres is no answer. Its too late for that.

[vlada881]

Industry converts fossil fuel into electricity at 33% efficiency, wasting most of every unit of fuel we burn in cooling towers. If you dont have any other solution for energy source then whats the point of EV (you will make 100% more CO2).

[the43k]

@vlada881 Agreed, however localized renewables will greatly reduce transmission losses. First and foremost, This country has to intensely reduce demand. We waste so much energy, its disgraceful. Lastly, please include in your oil calculation- wars, environmental impact, disease related issues and the extraction, pumping, transportation, storage and refining.

[heartlessvietboy]

Is it localized or localizing?

[rainbowsalads]

@vlada881 a pure electric car is 600 percent more efficient. And nuclear 'fusion' power will be here in a 20 -30 years. near zero emission. thousand times more efficient than coal fire power plants. go figure : ) this hybrid stuff is just a stepping stone for a very slow transition, so oil companies can suck up and burn almost every last drop.

[vlada881]

@rainbowsalads First of all nuclear power has enormous costs for producing energy.Just to cool the reactor you have to use 50% of energy you produced.First 10-15 years every nuclear plant doesnt have any surpluss -just costs.You cant produce nuclear energy with stick and the stone.You have to build the structure, to invest in very sophisticated technology.After that you have 5 years to stay even with investment you made and after 35 year old plant you have to shut it down. EROI.Ive said this bf

[rainbowsalads]

@vlada881 do you actually know what nuclear fusion is ? WAIT ! Don't google or search, just think, do you know.? either 'no' , or you didn't read my comment properly.

I said 20-30 years time fusion will be here. near zero emmition then you attack me , blabbering on about fission power!

Fission is not Fusion.

[vlada881]

@rainbowsalads Do I need to repeat myself. Read it !

[vlada881]

@rainbowsalads ITER, the next large-scale fusion reactor, will use the same old concepts which have been known for thirty years- a deuterium-tritium plasma, a toroidal magnetic field for confinement, and electric/RF heating. ITER is expected to generate more power mostly because it’s larger and more expensive- $12 billion, according to current estimates. A full-scale commercial fusion power plant would have to be even larger.

[vlada881]

@rainbowsalads And if you want to replace the current energy demand you will soon run out with the nuclear fuel. Its finite resource. Do you got that?

[vlada881]

@rainbowsalads Or you are still confused whats Fission and what FUsion? :)

[rainbowsalads]

@vlada881

you didnt even know about fusion until today ! copying your words from the web site! " Life, the Universe, and Everything !! go figure.

please watch " can we make a star on earth" horizon documentary !! most importantly with an open mind and a kind heart,

Peace.

[rainbowsalads]

 acceleratingfuture do-t com.

[vlada881]

@rainbowsalads And the reason I do that is bc I dont like to waste my time explaning the facts that are already writen somewhere.

[rainbowsalads]

@vlada881 you have no foresight and the most powerful tool this world has ever seen= search engine.

you are stuck in the present with an incredible amount of information, but as soon as a brick wall appears you sit down and twiddle your thumbs. we've seen immense progression from the largest computer to the micro chip, yet you cannot see the possibilities here? We cannot burn fossil fuels forever, the only way out of this mess is to capture the sun more directly or create a star on earth.

[vlada881]

@rainbowsalads Present computer models are finished. Either go to nano or you wont have any production. Price of computer technology is based on inovations,process and inovators. Only 4% are costs of hardware. You dont see the point. The more you make complex society - the more fragile becomes. The infinite economic growth is not possible. Its the "second law of thermodynamics". At some point you need more and more resources just to maintain the status quo.

[rainbowsalads]

nuclear fusion powerstaions will take allot of energy to come into play , that is why i said near zero emmission

again you didnt read my words and jumped into a rant with a closed mind ,of course it will take energy , but eventually we will have a very clean energy system almost all of us can be proud of , with billions of electric cars cookers,heaters , lights computers almost everything all being powered by fusion star power here on earth . AWESOME! no fairy tale . we work toward it.

[vlada881]

@rainbowsalads Good luck, then.

[vlada881]

@rainbowsalads Unless you have real argument I suggest you to move on.

[rainbowsalads]

@vlada881 i first posted here to help you, because you were asking "why.." I tried to help you see there is a future for transport and energy, but you read my words too fast and created your own meanings as to what i was saying, I hope you get chance to see " can we make a star on earth " documentary. There is hope if we all work together. Peace.

[vlada881]

@rainbowsalads I understand what ru talking about but its not possbile. Thank you for your information.

[vlada881]

@rainbowsalads Haha. So I did hurt your feelings. By the way Germany is shutting down nuclear, Italy have referendum, Japan is in mess. Most of nuclear power plants are old between 30-40 years. Im into SF too. I just dont belive what I hear and see on TV.

[vlada881]

@rainbowsalads Uranium fuel for atomic power plants is in limited supply. Like coal, oil and gas, it will soon run out, leaving scores of giant reactors useless and abandoned.Fifty years ago, the nuclear power industry promised there would be a solution to the problem of high level radioactive waste. Today, we are no closer to managing these uniquely lethal materials than we were in 1957, when the first reactor opened. BTW-read all my comments I dont like to repeat myself.

[rainbowsalads]

@vlada881 NUCLEAR FUSION read my words.

[vlada881]

@rainbowsalads Like I said. Read all my comments. No, nuclear fusion will not provide magical “too cheap to meter” free energy. A nuclear fusion power plant has to be constructed, fueled, and run like any other power plant. It still requires millions of dollars worth of generating equipment, all of which has to be maintained, and hundreds of employees to run the thing. It still requires a coolant source, leading to thermal pollution.

[vlada881]

@rainbowsalads t still requires all the concrete, steel, and electronics you would need for a hydroelectric, coal, or nuclear plant. Fuel for a fusion power plant isn’t infinite, or even particularly easy to get. The primary fusion fuels are deuterium and lithium- deuterium is found in seawater, but it only has a concentration of 32 ppm (by mass).Fossil fuels are much less abundant than this- carbon only has a concentration of 200 ppm, the vast majority of which is in carb. rock.

[rainbowsalads]

@vlada881 75 percent of the energy you put in your car is lost to inefficiency  : O only one moving part in an electric motor. The list for why this transition is happening is so long, its really worth a google, i too love petrol cars, but now, I love the electric car as much, I can't wait to drive one. : )

[heartlessvietboy]

What Industry are you talking about? What is a cooling tower?

[vlada881]

@heartlessvietboy Read all my comments. I have said many things. I was talking about converting fossil fuels into electricity and how efficient is to produce eletricity from other sources of energy.

[vlada881]

@heartlessvietboy The most of power producing cycle in power plants needs cooling system (coal,nuclear,natural gas-fired steam power plants,it doesnt really matter).So,you need a surface condenser,multiple low-pressure and high-pressure feedwater heaters,deaerator and of course wet cooling towers.Theres a solution of dry cooling if the plant is in area with water shortage but in that case it requiers more increase in electricity costs. Thats why the first cooling model is more used.

[heartlessvietboy]

It's not a power plant. It's an electricity plant.

[vlada881]

@heartlessvietboy Yes it produce electricity. And your point is?

[armatus99]

@vlada881 well when talking about nuclear reactors you get about 30%, with coal plants you get about 50%, if you use a cogeneration plants this gets over 80%. so you are just talking about the least efficient power plants of them all.

and of course as the43k noted, renewable source make this a viable green solution.

and btw, we get in 1h all the energy from the sun we need planetwide in a whole year. replacing 87mio barrels is quite possible!

[vlada881]

@armatus99 I would like to see the source of the information you gave.

[armatus99]

@vlada881 my sources are eg "quaschning,regenerative energiesysteme" german book, the desertec white book, gasturbinen-bhkw. e.g. for the cogeneration numbers. i dont know how deep you have studied this, but these are fairly common known numbers. generally speaking you can harvest about 60% of windenergy, about 3W/m². the solar constant for earth is 1367W/m², but factoring in clouds and nights, you get about 160W/m².

[vlada881]

@armatus99 First of all the material used to make solar panels is in short supply or the supply has fluctuated. It takes a tremendous amount of energy to produce a solar panel. The panel itself may have required 11 years worth of its energy production just to make it. Not to mention rare earths and amounts of silver used for producing solar panels. Another big problem is energy storage of energy captured. If its not used right away then there are loses from 1-3% per day or even higher.

[armatus99]

@vlada881 of course,but a cell today lasts about 20 years,compare that to a cell from 1990. but dont forget there are other ways to use solar radiation, eg. parabol-thermal systems or concentrated solar towers with molten salt to store the heat. those can also be used to generate electricity.and with the aboundence of energy, 1% loss/d wouldnt be a problem.these hydrogen pressure tanks eg also lose about 1% a day.

there is innovation, but fossil fuels are still too cheap

[vlada881]

@armatus99 The whole beauty of fossil fuels that you dont have to produce anything. Its already there. Thats why we run the system on it. If you want to be a produced of energy you must live in a complete different world with much modest expectations.

[armatus99]

@vlada881 not yet, but your children will live in a world were uranium will be depleted. coal is expected to last about 200 years,dunno if they factored in the rise of china and india into that...fossils fuels are cheap (at least for americans^^) at the gas station, but they produce way more damage in terms of money...going green is inevitable, the sooner all of us realize that, the better.

[vlada881]

@armatus99 Tottaly agreed. But this estimates are always wrong. 200 years of coal 30 years of oil ect. Its always based on current consumption and demand is increasing by exponential function. It means that every year we use more energy than we used in all period behind. That was the case until 70s. Now we cant do it bc of nature limits. Infinte growth is nonsense. Sooner or later you must stop growing.

[vlada881]

@armatus99 Of course the sun has limitless power but only thing that matters is how much can we capture from it. The EROEI is very low so you need much more then you think to have the same net energy to compete with fossil fuels. For an example wave and tidal produces many times more energy than we can capture from it. Capture costs are too high. Theres no need to talk about possible energy unless you have real solution to make a difference. Wind and solar combined are producing less then 1%.

[LiteNRG1]

Its a better alternative to the lexus hs, which about the same price but the volt like a smart phone on wheel, there is a TON of features. thanks for the video, btw your house looks great. :)

[vlada881]

Also every battery will lose its capacity even if you dont use it. On the other side if its used heavily it must be replaced after one year or two. And if you don't drive it straight away some is "lost" every day. Typically between 1 and 5 percent per day from most batteries. So there's a hole in the fuel tank too!

[vlada881]

I must disappoint you but theres nothing green in this technology. Eletricity is produced somewhere with the same CO2 burn like in cars with internal combustion engine. Its cheap now when there are few 1000 eletric cars on the road. In the future when you have to produce 100 million electric vehicles the price of electricty will skyrocket. You cant replace 87 mil.b//day of oil with solar panels and wind turbines.

[the43k]

@vlada881 We can replace 87 million barrels per day of oil now. Agreed. However, as we change over to EV's we will have to change the grid to alternatives. That is a fact, cheap oil is over. Its a finite resource. I never suggested we could do nothing and be fine. We need to drastically convert to alternative renewable resources.

[vlada881]

@the43k Peak oil occured in may 2005. Cheap oil is the past for a long time. Theres nothing to discuss about that - its the "second law of thermodynamics" and nothing grows forever. I just dont understand how will you produce 1 bil. vehicles in the next 10 - 20 years and after that you must keep replacing them using the same oil like we do today. Asphalt is made from oil - you need roads I guess; also paint, rubber, etc.

[vlada881]

@the43k These bussines people also dont talk about some facts. When you charge a typical battery you have to put between 120 to 150 percent of what you removed back in to fully charge it depending on chemistries and temperatures. Chervolet Volt or any other EV is heavy ( CV is around 3520 lbs) and that means more energy going to waste. Also most deep cycle batteries are good for 300 to 500 cycles depending on type and usage. 500 X 60 miles = 30.000 miles at beast case scenario.

[vlada881]

@the43k Transformers are not 100 percent efficient either though. And there is another one (transformer) at the other end of the high tension line too to drop it down to a usable level for your home. And that high tension line also has losses that vary with distance / loading. Do you see any efficiency in that mr "Green" ?

[heartlessvietboy]

If you were to take all the oil we have drilled from Underneath Earth, it will cover the entire globe under 1 inch of oil. It's like oil splattered all over the Earth. That's not calculating the pressure damage. 

[Keeper1st]

@vlada881 Nonsense. Even with the dirtiest of electricity sources, the carbon output -- well-to-wheel / mine-to-wheel -- is 40 times less with an electric vehicle.

[vlada881]

@Keeper1st No you dont even know what im talking about. Read the rest of the comments.

[Keeper1st]

@vlada881 Yes, I do. It is you who is deluded. Nothing is 100 percent efficient, but an EV is ridiculously more efficient than a gasoline-powered car. There simply is no argument. Yes, you need oil to BUILD them -- NS,S! -- but you don't need to burn oil (or much) to RUN them. You're not wasting fossil fuels sitting in traffic going nowhere. The conversion of electricity even from coal is more efficient than running a gasoline engine. Stop listening to anti-EV propaganda and look up the numbers.

[vlada881]

@Keeper1st No, you are not. I just bring you the facts that its pointless to make EVs unless you cant find another source of energy. First read and investigate something and then talk about it. Im not anti - EV, I just cant understand that people will buy anything their business BS propaganda tells them. These are facts from engineers. Im not making this thing up. Search for yourself. If you dont  - its your problem.

[Keeper1st]

@vlada881 Then it's pointless to make anything. You seem to be deluded into thinking the only solution is one that uses nothing. It's impossible. We'll always need to consume SOMETHING. The idea is to consume LESS, and to find more choices of consumables.

[vlada881]

@Keeper1st To consume less - of course. Thats the hole point to make something less complex and more efficient. Do you see any efficiency here?! Im just telling you that EVs are less efficient that vehicles with internal combustion engine. Yes, its problem when you have less and less energy every year. Im not the one who cant change it. You cant produce, transform, transport and use energy without energy. The whole beauty of oil is that you didnt make it - you just extract it from the ground.

[Keeper1st]

@vlada881 ...and then refine it (how much energy wasted there, eh?), and pump it, and burn it, and... hey where did it all go? Now it's gone! oh well. Meanwhile, what's this wind turbine doing over here? What are these solar panels doing over here? What is this hydroelectric plant doing? What is this geo-thermal plant doing? I don't get it! They're not making oil! What are we ever gonna do?

[vlada881]

@Keeper1st In case when you make energy you will have much less energy surpluss when you compare it with fossil fuels or none (energy losers - more energy in then out or equal). Did you ever ask yourself why we are so addicted to oil in the first place?

[Keeper1st]

@vlada881 Easy. Because 100 years ago, it was the only thing we had that could be powerful enough to do what we needed. It's not true anymore except for heavy industry. It absolutely is not necessary to power your everyday automobile in today's world. And given the rate at which we're running out of it, only a fool would think we shouldn't try to reduce the amount we use (e.g., for heavy machinery, aircraft and such for which its potency is still required).

[vlada881]

@Keeper1st Nuclear energy will not support it - you need 10-15 years to build nuclear plant then 10 years more to stay even with all costs and then 10-15 years of profits if everything is ok (no malfunctions) until its 40 years old and its a junk - it must be shut down even earlier but they dont do that in most cases. Then you have ethanol (its energy loser), wind turbines and solar cant make even 1% of what fossil fules making (demand for at least 90mil.b/day in 2011, by 2020 it wil be 105-110)

[Keeper1st]

@vlada881 As I said, "Only a fool would think we shouldn't try to reduce the amount we use." And thus, Q.E.D. ...

[vlada881]

@Keeper1st Well its a good thing - its just not good enough.

[Keeper1st]

@vlada881 On that I agree. Of course the main problem is population. As I like to say, no matter how much we as individuals reduce our "carbon footprint", the increasing number of feet still covers more ground.

[vlada881]

@Keeper1st Yes. If human kind lived within its means, we wouldnt have any of these problems in the first place.

[M2Lfilms]

@vlada881 There are plants that produce green electricity in fact Chevron Produces Geothermal Energy. Iceland has converted over to geothermal, do some research. It can be done, people like you need to get out of the way of making it happen.

[vlada881]

@M2Lfilms BTW Im so sorry Ive got on your way. I wish you luck. Like on those commercials "Just do it" or "Yes we can" or "Good luck America - your on your own now" but i I had better idea and just bought a t-shirt "Im with stupid".

[M2Lfilms]

@vlada881 Good choice of t-shirt. Most stupid people buy those, they have a need to belittle others to make themselves feel better. It was once said that computers would revolutionize the world. The first ones to come out were expensive, bulky and inefficient. Guess no one bought those huh? Oh wait, we're on computers now... Computers gradually got better over time as more people supported them, just as Green Tech will. Spending energy on the problem instead of the solution is not intelligent.

[vlada881]

@M2Lfilms No it wont. Theres a big difference between technology and energy sources. We were using the same energy from WW2 to these days and it wont change anything. Keep dreaming on "green" energy". Like I already said theres nothing green in any of these technologies and if you dont understand whats the problem try to investigate something - dont just rant all day long. 

[M2Lfilms]

@vlada881 So Iceland didn't build 7 plus Geothermal plants that provide 80% of the heat to their homes and 25% of all electricity needs? You seem to be the one that is misinformed. Your probable doing it on purpose, so I'm done communicating with you. Be apart of the solution or stay out of the way of the ones that are solving things.

[vlada881]

@M2Lfilms I wish you all best in finding it.

[vlada881]

@M2Lfilms Its all yours my firend. Its all yours.

[FreshPotatoMafia]

this is an awesome video

[FreshPotatoMafia]

last time i checked a solar panel hasn't caused a war.

[vlada881]

@FreshPotatoMafia but it wont cause economic growth either.

[FreshPotatoMafia]

@vlada881 Actually it will, green jobs are plentiful.

[jay123health]

its hybrid cause its half electric and half gas power they just set it up a lil different so you use the batterie power first and its not the first of its kind i say buy VW TDI much better and you dont have to buy a batterie if defected or goes bad after so many miles you drive

[Keeper1st]

@jay123health Not really a hybrid because it isn't really gasoline powered. The gasoline motor maintains the electric charge; the car is always electric powered. A TDI? You're still buying gasoline, then. What's the point? I guess you should stick to land-line telephones because what if the batteries go bad in your cell phone o noes! The batteries in electric cars will last about as long as most people keep a car anyway. And they're almost entirely recyclable and completely replaceable.

[scottf200]

Excellent video. I'm charging "off peak" (midnight) and have used ~0.5 gallons of gas in the past 1200 miles on my Volt. Car is fun to drive (SPORTs mode) and is smooooth.

[vlada881]

Wheres the electricity come from?

[Keeper1st]

@vlada881 Wherever you can get it from -- in his case, solar. Even if your electricity comes from a coal-burning electric plant, it's still 40 times cleaner than using gasoline given all the power required in drilling and refining and pumping, compared to the coal mining and shipping. And it's considerably less expensive to boot. Win-win.

[vlada881]

@Keeper1st Solar and wind energy supply is much below 1% of the world consumption.You need silver to create solar panels and energy to produce energy.There are 7 gal. of oil in every tire you made,plastics, heating metals,rare earths.Car battery power will fall after a few years and you need to charge it for at least 10 hours.Not to mention how much expensive is to made them in the first place.Many people are talking about hydrogen.Its not the energy source.It can only be used for energyStorage

[Keeper1st]

@vlada881 Where do you get 10 hours from? There are quick-charging stations that can recharge cars like the Volt, the Leaf and the iMiev -- even the Model S -- in 15 to 20 minutes. Yes, you need rare metals to create the batteries and the solar panels... but once you have those materials, they're good forever -- unlike fossil fuels which are burned and never usable again. Many people are talking about hydrogen. Talking. Can't actually DO anything about it, because it isn't feasible here and now.

[vlada881]

@Keeper1st Charge time - it depends how much you will drive. No it cant be fully charged for 20 min. Charge time: 26 hours at 110V/12 amp outlet. 4.5 hours at 240V/32 amp. 3 hours at 240V/48 amp. Electric range: 40 miles. Total range: “Hundreds of miles.“Charge time: 10 hours at 120V, 4 hours at 240V. Do you get what Im talking about. You cant produce energy out of nothing. Energy is anywhere. It depends how much it costs. EROI (energe return on energy invested).

[Keeper1st]

@vlada881 ...and since EVERY owner of an EV will have the 240V charging station and charge their car at home while they sleep, your point is...? Oh yeah, nothing but stupid anti-EV propaganda. The quick-charge stations will get a car up to 80 percent charge or more, for those full EVs like a Tesla (which can achieve as much as 300 miles on a full charge). They already exist in the UK. The U.S. is far behind, as usual.

[vlada881]

@Keeper1st Nope you dont understand the problem we are facing here.

[ChueHang17]

Why not just get a Nissan which is pure electric which is what your channel is all about.

[the43k]

@ChueHang17 Because when I have to drive to NYC or PA once every month or so, I don't want to be stuck on the side of the road. Comparing a chevy volt to a leaf is like comparing a twin seater airplane to a stealth fighter. BTW, I'm all for the nissan leaf. But it not even in the volts league.

[ChueHang17]

@the43k If you do long distance commute every once in a while then it's understandable why the Volt would be the best choice here that if you plan to use only one car. But if you do mostly city driving and have an extra gas saving car for long distance usages, the Leaf would be the best choice here.

But then again you're right, comparing a Plug-in Hybrid to a Pure Electric is like an apple to an orange. They're also not in the same league because they're almost $10,000 dollars apart.

[the43k]

@ChueHang17 Understood. That is why I said I support the leaf. I'm for all EV technology and have no skin in the game. If you always do under the leaf EV distance, its perfect. I would still proclaim that the volt has a far superior technological design and build. Give the leaf 1 year in the field and see how your opinion changes. I bet it has major problems with battery life and range anxiety.

[487livespot]

awesome vid and channel. im in school right now finishing up my HVAC degree. looking to get a house of my own and do some of the cool renewable energy upgrades. keep up the good work.

[floobertuber]

Nothin' wrong with nuclear, if you just modernize the plants we use. Just about all current nuclear in North America is, sadly, 40-year old technology.

We have a lot of unused base-load power capacity in the US, that goes to waste at night, when many cars like the Volt, Leaf, electric Focus, etc., could be charging. GO EVs!!!

[TBman256]

this is probably a dumb question, but does the dvd player stay on while you're driving? Because that sounds like a dangerous distraction.

[floobertuber]

@TBman256

No, the DVD deck is "audio only" unless the car is in Park.

[TBman256]

@floobertuber thanks