Thread: Eugenie Sage

It gets worse. In the news last night the politicians stated that they wanted everyone in electric cars so we can do our bit for the enviroment....Sure I will do my bit. Where do they want the 7 new dams to generate enough power to keep the cars charged? Or are they going Nuke?


Approximate calculations show that to replace the 400,000 cars in NZ with a car such as the Nissan Leaf the power consumption alone will be SEVEN times what the Clyde dam is capable of generating at maximum capacity non stop. How is that "environmentally sound"? I keep hearing them say the electic cars dare free to run (Or near free). Why do they need a 15am wall socket for a 3hr charge? That is the same as two 1800 watt heaters at max usage or 72x 50w light bulbs all at the same time - or 144x LCD tvs all on at the same time. Lets push that out....400,000 cars will use the same power every night as nearly 58 million TVs. And there is less than 5 million of us here.