2016-03-13

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Technology Connections

From the Chevy Volt, to the Nissan Leaf, to the Tesla Model S, electric cars seem to be the way of the future. Join me as we explore a typical wind farm and discuss the potential for wind energy and electric cars. While today's electric grid propels these bastions of modern engineering with a fair bit of fossil fuel, it's clear that electric cars are pretty green and will only continue to get greener.

Electric Cars vs Conventional Vehicles:

http://www.environment.ucla.edu/media/files/BatteryElectricVehicleLCA2012-rh-ptd.pdf

Sources:

https://www.census.gov/hhes/commuting/files/2012/Paper-Poster_Megacommuting%20in%20the%20US.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_power_in_the_United_States

https://www.quora.com/The-wind-doesn%E2%80%99t-blow-all-the-time-Doesn%E2%80%99t-this-make-wind-power-ineffective

(percentage of capacity generated is claimed here higher than I quoted)

You'll have to excuse the wind noise in the video. It was rather windy. At the wind farm.