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Remember the program in school to encourage students to read?
RIF, (Reading is Fundamental)
They don't teach this anymore and it shows...
RIF, (Reading is Fundamental)
They don't teach this anymore and it shows...
So, most of China's electricity comes from coal fired power plants. Seems to me this is just adding an extra step.
Maybe they should have named the ship Greenwashing 01...
COSCO Shipping, a Chinese government-owned company, has introduced the biggest river-to-sea electric container ship ever, named the Green Water 01. This massive vessel, weighing over 10,000 tons, is fully electric.
The Green Water 01, a COSCO Shipping electric container ship, measures 119.8 meters in length, 23.6 meters in width, and 9 meters in depth. It has a design draft of 5.5 meters and can reach a maximum speed of 19.4 km/h (12 mph). This vessel sets various records in the marine industry, including its length, width, container capacity, deadweight tonnage (over 10,000 tons), and battery capacity (exceeding 50,000 kWh).
The electric container ship runs on a big battery with more than 50,000 kWh of power. Depending on how long the ship will be at sea, COSCO can adjust the number of battery modules it uses. For instance, they can add extra 20-foot battery boxes, each providing 1,600 kWh of electricity, to extend the ship's range.
The ship's captain, Wang Jun, mentioned to CCTV that when the Green Water 01 is fitted with 24 battery boxes, it can complete trips using 80,000 kWh of energy. This is about the same as burning 15 tons of fuel for a similar journey in a regular container ship.
COSCO Shipping mentioned that the Green Water 01 can save 3,900 kg (8,600 pounds) of fuel for every 100 nautical miles it travels, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 12.4 tons. After its successful launch, the Green Water 01 has started weekly service between Shanghai and Nanjing.
Maybe they should have named the ship Greenwashing 01...
COSCO Shipping, a Chinese government-owned company, has introduced the biggest river-to-sea electric container ship ever, named the Green Water 01. This massive vessel, weighing over 10,000 tons, is fully electric.
The Green Water 01, a COSCO Shipping electric container ship, measures 119.8 meters in length, 23.6 meters in width, and 9 meters in depth. It has a design draft of 5.5 meters and can reach a maximum speed of 19.4 km/h (12 mph). This vessel sets various records in the marine industry, including its length, width, container capacity, deadweight tonnage (over 10,000 tons), and battery capacity (exceeding 50,000 kWh).
The electric container ship runs on a big battery with more than 50,000 kWh of power. Depending on how long the ship will be at sea, COSCO can adjust the number of battery modules it uses. For instance, they can add extra 20-foot battery boxes, each providing 1,600 kWh of electricity, to extend the ship's range.
The ship's captain, Wang Jun, mentioned to CCTV that when the Green Water 01 is fitted with 24 battery boxes, it can complete trips using 80,000 kWh of energy. This is about the same as burning 15 tons of fuel for a similar journey in a regular container ship.
COSCO Shipping mentioned that the Green Water 01 can save 3,900 kg (8,600 pounds) of fuel for every 100 nautical miles it travels, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 12.4 tons. After its successful launch, the Green Water 01 has started weekly service between Shanghai and Nanjing.
A PERFECT example of utter ignorance and stupidity. How was the electricity generated?!?? (I know you've already answered that.) But the average John Q Public doesn't even THINK to ask that same question. They are literally operating under the delusion that the electricity came out of thin air.
No, it comes out of the wall!!
It actually goes deeper than that.
I recently read an article that said if you factor in ALL the energy used, an electric car measures up thus:
It takes about the same energy to make an ICE car as an electric, minus the battery.
But, when you count what it takes to mine the ore, refine the metal, and manufacture the battery, you're looking at 7 years before the electric makes up for it's carbon footprint and achieves "net zero". But that doesn't take where the electricity comes from that charges the car into account. Unless you have your own solar panels that are used to charge the car, only 21% of US electricity is from renewables. So do you ever really catch all the way up?
So, this raises some interesting questions.
1. Does the average new electric car buyer keep a car for 7+ years to bask in the aura of "net zero"? Most don't. If they can afford the price of a Tesla, they can afford another new one after 4-5 years. No net zero. But appearances are more important than substance.
2. Most electric cars have a 10 year warranty on the battery. If the battery shits the bed before then, it's replaced under warranty, but your net zero odometer gets reset to zero. If it fails after 10 years, the cost of replacement is more than the value of the car, so who would pay to replace it?
3. If the car is involved in an accident, even a minor one, insurance companies have been totaling the car to cut their losses involving damaged battery issues. Again, no net zero for you.
So let's recap.
For a dyed in the wool mean green environmentalist to actually achieve the often talked about "net zero", they would have to:
1. Buy an electric car and keep it for more than 7 years.
2. Hope the battery lasts and deal with the 2-3% of battery capacity loss per year. So 14-21% less battery at the 7 year mark.
3. Have their own solar panels to charge the car. Add the carbon footprint of making the panels and associated electronics to the cars 7 year net zero figure. If you charge from the grid, you are kidding yourself about net zero.
4. Never get in an accident that totals the car.
5. Best case scenario is that our hypothetical typical greenie will achieve net zero at about the 10 year mark.
6. Somehow this does not seem like the fast track to saving the planet that Greta envisions.
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Is this like the LDS paradox?
The one on the left supports the one on the right. The one on the right will throw the one on the left off a roof. One of those symbiotic relationships...
Some randoms...
Happy "Mother's" Day from Mike Obama!
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Elon posted this on twutter--he's new product testing, I guess...
I didn't know what to make of this one and what the Jew connection was...
Happy "Mother's" Day from Mike Obama!
Steve Buscemi got randomly punched in NYC the other day. The thug got away. This will be the last thing the thug sees when they catch him...
Elon posted this on twutter--he's new product testing, I guess...
I didn't know what to make of this one and what the Jew connection was...