I am sick and tired of of people who proclaim anti-renewable nonsense as fact and get away with it.
I think @mattwridley misunderstands @borisjohnson's green agenda on all 10 points but allow me to focus on the points regarding electric vehicles that are my academic specialty. https://t.co/jk2LkEUc5T
It takes a lot more emissions to make an electric car than a petrol one because of the battery. https://t.co/BdJxAOaQvr
— Matt Ridley (@mattwridley) November 25, 2020
Let's look at the facts.
Here's the blog from my good friend @M_Steinbuch showing what hundreds of @Tesla drivers measure. And to the right what Tesla reports. Over 300k miles is closer to the truth. No idea where he gets this 100k nonsense.
Oxford! Then it must be true, doesn't it?
Well, maybe it's relevant Kalghatgi is from the 'Clean Combustion Research Center', is paid by Saudi Aramco, and that he (like Ridley) is related to @thegwpfcom.
Bottom line: Gautam knows a lot about combustion engines and oil, but very little about batteries or the electricity grid.
For a list of and debate about 17 recent sources see my publication here: https://t.co/sgu1FooeJo
https://t.co/WgICL1C21v
The graph shows the reality that Ridley wants to bamboozle us/himself away from. (I even chose battery production in China.)
Firstly, smart meters are only in use when you car is connected to a charger so they don't drain your car battery AT ALL.
For a primer on the joys of smart charging see here:
https://t.co/HCkPFRh271
And if I had time I could show you the same for the other anti-renewable nonsense presented as fact.