By Dmitry Pelegov I’m a Russian scientist writing a large book about the past, present, and future of electric vehicles. I’m supposed to avoid discussing the present days, but I hope it would be nothing
I’m a Russian scientist writing a large book about the past, present, and future of electric vehicles. I’m supposed to avoid discussing the present days, but I hope it would be nothing criminal if I would remember the past and dream about the future.
What happened next? World War I. The first word, “World,” characterizes the global scale of the war. Huge armies took part in this bloody conflict. But the point is that World War I was “.” — as Daniel Yergin wrote. The convenience of oil as a fuel enabled huge armies with enormous war machines. In other words, oil and the internal combustion engine increased the productivity of war, the number of enemies killed per unit time.
During the second half of the 20th century, oil ruled the world order, but its power started to weaken. Air pollution became a real problem. Electric grids spread over the globe. And, something very important, electricity generation became highly diversified. Coal, natural gas, nuclear, hydro, and other renewable sources were being used to create electricity. What is the main problem with oil? Pollution? Okay.
And now let me ask the main question of my article. What if Musk and Ghosn are right and the limited range is not a problem? And even more, what if the limited range is not a problem but a? Imagine a world of all-electric cars and electric railroads, a world of distributed electricity generation. Nobody can control electricity on such a large scale, because everybody can produce it. Can we maintain our freedom to travel? Yes.
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