Archived Tesla's Semi-Truck Would Require Energy Of 4,000 Homes To Recharge (zerohedge.com)
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Archived Tesla's Semi-Truck Would Require Energy Of 4,000 Homes To Recharge (zerohedge.com)
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[–] Germ22 ago
Wind power is not a good alternative. Every wind turbine needs some sort of back up power plant for when there is to much or to little wind. and conventional power plants can't just turn on and off, even at low idle, a fuel burning powerplant burns almost the same amount of fuel as if under full power.
Also wind turbines don't produce enough energy in their life time to make enough power to refine the metals needed for their production. The tower itself is something like 200 tons of steel. It's been a while since i did the research on it, but i think a modern wind turbine needs to run for 50 years to produce enough energy to make up the energy it took to built. But their life span is usually only rated at around 25 years.
hydro dams are great.
Nuclear power plants in my opinion are the best way foreward. No need to use uranium as fuel, there are other options.
[–] Womb_Raider ago
Oh wow, thanks for the education. I thought wind power was more successful than this. Is it worthwhile at all, based on this? Sounds like it isn't except maybe in perfect conditions
[–] Germ22 ago
Some offshore power plants might be ok. but there are not many locations where it is feasible to build those either. And even then you need some sort of back up power. Hydro dams are the only power source that can be turned on and off at will, but it would be a waste of effort to build a huge dam just to not have it running all the time.