Extinction Revolution , Carney , de Galhau ..Supercar RIP ?
Discussion
Two ongoing PH Supercar threads (Chris Harris's Column & Automotive Climate ) touch upon the longevity of the Supercar , and more specifically the internal combustion supercar .
This week's Extinction Revolution has a direct impact on how Supercars are perceived .
When the governors of the BOE and French Central Bank join in , is the death knell finally rung ?
Interesting that there is so little comment in the media about how energy intensive it is to actually build and maintain solar and wind farms , and how energy intensive it is to to mine , process , manufacture and distribute the constituents of the battery cells that power electric cars .
Also the relatively short life-span of these batteries , and the high financial and environmental cost of recycling these batteries is not much discussed
Supercars contribute a tiny , tiny fraction of the total CO2 released into the atmosphere each day , but are the perfect poster boy ( or rather whipping boy ) for a very genuine problem with no easy answer
Would love to hear your thoughts .
This week's Extinction Revolution has a direct impact on how Supercars are perceived .
When the governors of the BOE and French Central Bank join in , is the death knell finally rung ?
Interesting that there is so little comment in the media about how energy intensive it is to actually build and maintain solar and wind farms , and how energy intensive it is to to mine , process , manufacture and distribute the constituents of the battery cells that power electric cars .
Also the relatively short life-span of these batteries , and the high financial and environmental cost of recycling these batteries is not much discussed
Supercars contribute a tiny , tiny fraction of the total CO2 released into the atmosphere each day , but are the perfect poster boy ( or rather whipping boy ) for a very genuine problem with no easy answer
Would love to hear your thoughts .
carspath said:
This week's Extinction Revolution has a direct impact on how Supercars are perceived .
Not really impacting anybody not living in central London. Don’t think most people give a toss about the protest other than to think ‘typical entitled middle class Libral morons trying to tell everybody how they are right, we are wrong, etc, etc’. School hols over next week anyway so’ll they’ll all soon be back to their jobs. Anyway, rant over, suns out and i’m of out for a blast in one of V8’s
carspath said:
This week's Extinction Revolution has a direct impact on how Supercars are perceived .
As if. Utterly bonkers to think some loons disrupting central london calling for no foreign holidays/no meat eating actually is going to make anyone think differently about any kind of car.it is mildly irritating if one works in London, but frankly my toys never venture into central London, far too high risk, I use my Panda for urban jaunts - sadly supercars here in London have a justifiably poor rep thanks to the show offs who drive them in London in a generally anti-social manner. and I really have zero interest in being 'papped' or whatever by some wannabe you-tubing plonker. if anything kills off the desire of supercar ownership by a genuine car enthusiast, it will be the image currently being moulded on social media by a few knob heads.
Motorists are easy targets - they don't complain (much) and there is a lot revenue to be had by jacking up fuel and road-tax prices for millions of users - numbers game. Also, Governments are then seen to be doing something....
Whether Climate Change is really man-made phenomenon or it is part of the cyclic phases of Mother Nature, is another story....
Whether Climate Change is really man-made phenomenon or it is part of the cyclic phases of Mother Nature, is another story....
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