[RFI] [External] Re: Wireless Power Transfer with electric vehicles

[Leonard Halvorsen]

One issue I have never seen addressed is the consideration of how much
energy is used to BUILD the components of the systems (solar arrays,
wireless chargers, etc.), and the associated pollution (read that: global
warming) resulting from that construction/production. Resources/Minerals
must be mined; then processed; then used in the production of the devices
in question. All of this takes energy. Probably more energy (including
fossil fuel energy) than would have been used if we spent that energy
(joules) directly on the work (watts, ft-lbs, calories, BTUs, etc.) to be
done (driving a car, heating/cooling your home, et-al). You are
saving/buying nothing if that EXTRA energy you use OVER the direct use of
the original expenditure EXCEEDS what you save at the end with the new
devices/systems/etc. Remember: Some of that extra expended (wasted) energy
is coming down your antenna feedline as noise.

73

Leo
WA2AMW

-----Original Message-----
> From: RFI <rfi-bounces+w1rfi=arrl.org at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Rob
> Atkinson
> Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2021 6:48 PM
> To: rfi <rfi at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [RFI] Wireless Power Transfer with electric vehicles
>
> The people who buy electric cars to Save The World are blissfully ignorant
> of all the pollution associated with making and recycling batteries.  They
> will also be blissfully ignorant of the fact that wireless charging energy
> transfer is about 50% efficient compared to a direct cable connection.
> Some won't care--they only want to virtue signal with their cars and have
> plenty of money to waste.  But maybe enough will avoid this idiocy IF they
> find out how expensive it will be.
>
> 73
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
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