Totally agree that this newer technology doesn't make sense for anyone who doesn't live their life almost entirely in a city here in Australia. Our distances are just too far. I am curiously watching to see what happens over the coming years with this tech. I wonder what it will look like 5 years from now? Maybe something totally new and different will show up that suits us much better in Australia.
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It's just not there yet right?
I agree with the watch and wait approach. Also, as I just commented to someone else, I wonder if something completely different that renders EV and PHEV redundant comes along? I'm not saying it will, but Doc had some pretty good ideas right?
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Brad (@new.things) has been wondering the same thing.
We're not in a hurry to replace our vehicles (and don't love collecting cars like some other people 😂) but at some point we're going to have to buy something new and a fossil fuel guzzling monster is probably going to be frowned upon (even more heavily) in the years to come.
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It's an interesting concept to think about, a leapfrog scenario I mean. It's happened many times in history when something is being worked on, even implemented, that is rendered ineffective or obsolete almost immediately or prior to it running its course. I don't like of what that could be, probably not the flux capacitor, but what if, you know?
Yes, some buy a lot of cars huh? Guilty. I know the number, but don't like to say it lest people think I'm bonkers in a bad way, which I probably am! My Landcruiser is the way to go for me, and when I replace it that vehicle will be another diesel, probably a pickup truck, but my next town car is probably hybrid, like my company car, but better.
Yeah, I remember my Dad being sure that minidisks were going to be the new way we listened to music and then it was replaced with... CD's? Something. I'm sure we could think of heaps of examples.
With cars I think Brad was thinking hydrogen. I'm not much of a mechanically minded human (not my natural kind of intelligence) but it seems to make sense to him. I'm just like:
"Can't we use human power (to get us to exercise more) or use that ridiculous amount of sunlight we have landing on this massive contintent every day to power us to get from A to B?! Like, surely!"
Ah, I don't mean to guilt you. We're all human. We all like different, particular, sometimes perculiar human things. I think that's part of the fun of being here. And heck, like I can talk: we drove our 4WD more than 400km last Saturday essentially just to collect another 5km parkrun location. So... you know, humanness.
We have hydrogen buses here in Adelaide, they work fine. A pity the public transport system is a shambles though.
I was thinking human power might work...I'm going to get me a palanquin and some willing volunteers to carry it. #wayofthefuture