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The whole statement of ZERO IS THE BIGGEST JOKE
@dea01ify
6 ай бұрын
And the biggest con too.
@thedave7760
5 ай бұрын
the UK is aiming for at least 80% EV ownership in about 10 years time. Currently there are 33.6 million cars in the UK, so that translates to about 27 million EVs. Not all will be able to take advantage of home charging, but if we're very generous and assume 50% (13.5 million) can, and they all use the "standard" home 7kW charger, that's an overnight power demand of 7000W x 13,500,000 = 94.5 GW. The ENTIRE UK installed generating capacity is currently 101GW, i.e. 94% of available capacity will be used for a number of hours (7 - 10) JUST to charge 50% of the EV CAR fleet alone, let alone the charging needs of Commercial vehicles, buses, etc. Incidentally, if the remaining 50% decide to use the new generations of 250kW SuperChargers, at the same time, they will "consume" over 30% of the GLOBAL generating capacity - 3.4 Terawatts out of a Global capacity of 11 TW. Remember, that's just HALF the projected EV Car fleet ONLY in a smaller Country.
@user-xg7fy3eg1m
5 ай бұрын
@@dea01ify это не просто афёра,это конец нашему миру((((((((((
@bobd7384
5 ай бұрын
ZERO is exactly what their IQ is when purchasing this crap.
@garreysellars5525
5 ай бұрын
@@Goodnessandlove we all know but general uneducated greenwashed un researched think they are saving the planet when Planes are the biggest problem
Imagine dying in an EV ambulance blaze. ..
@aliendroneservices6621
6 ай бұрын
"There are an estimated 6,500 accidents involving ambulances each year. 35% of crashes resulted in injury or fatality to at least 1 occupant of a vehicle involved. When injuries occur, there are, on average, three unique injuries per accident. On average, *_29 fatal ambulance accidents produce 33 fatalities each year."_*
@eldontyrellcorp
6 ай бұрын
They didn't talk yet about the electric emergency helicopters !! I'm pretty sure it will be the next move :)
@V0YAG3R
6 ай бұрын
@@aliendroneservices6621And communism and islam are religions of peace.
@marcuspitts2482
6 ай бұрын
Imagine dieing because the ambulance 🚑 couldn't get to you because it was needing a charge!
@wayneyoung146
6 ай бұрын
You’ll have your own incinerator 😂
EV ambulances... clown-world 🤡
@johnmu7034
6 ай бұрын
As an ex paramedic who worked in a rural area, we often would drive about 200km , sometimes urgently, to the nearest big hospital. imagine driving all that way, and having to wait there for a charge to get home.
@tombradshaw5164
6 ай бұрын
Yes, it's a totally ridiculous scenario. The EV nonsense should be outlawed.@@johnmu7034
@my3dviews
6 ай бұрын
They are even talking about EV army tanks and personnel carriers. Imagine sending a message to the enemy telling them to stop firing, while you charge your tank. 😂
@simon6071
5 ай бұрын
The fact that all the top political leaders who compel people to use EVs under the excuse of prevent global warming/climate change have official vehicles powered by diesel or gasoline shows that they know about the shortcomings of EVs but they compel people to use the impractical EVs anyway. The hypocrisy of these political leaders is deplorable.
@simon6071
5 ай бұрын
It's a fact that all top political leaders who compel people to use EVs under the excuse of preventing global warming or climate change have only gasoline or diesel powered vehicles as their official vehicles. It means they know about and don't like the shortcomings of EVs but they compel people to use them anyway. The hypocrisy of these leaders is deplorable.
Driving a heat sensitive lithium bomb towards a fire! No thanks!
@Audioremedy0785
6 ай бұрын
Because they typically park them in the fires they are trying to extinguish.
@salnaturile8653
5 ай бұрын
@@Audioremedy0785- don't think you realise how bush-fires work, how fast they can travel or how quickly they change direction! Of course they wouldnt deliberately park them where the fire was. Facetious comment.
@Audioremedy0785
5 ай бұрын
@@salnaturile8653 an EV fire truck would obviously protect its battery and would be no more of a fire risk than an ICE one full of combustible fuel. A video that implies a fire truck wouldn’t be able to get to an incident until it charges is facetious and completely non sensical.
@salnaturile8653
5 ай бұрын
@@Audioremedy0785 - you can flick a lit match into a pool of diesel and it will extinguish itself. Huge difference.
@Audioremedy0785
5 ай бұрын
@@salnaturile8653 what would happen if you flicked a lit match at a battery with a protective casing. Same thing.
Imagine taking an EV fire truck into a huge bush fire scenario. No you could never have EV's with fire trucks it would essentially be a death sentence for fire fighters
@user-yf6kh3ss3p
6 ай бұрын
fires are enough to worry we do not need to add the weakness of electric vehicles.
@andrewthompsonuk1
5 ай бұрын
That's exactly what I was going to say. There are many stories of fire engines getting very hot and it takes far less heat to start a runaway than it does to melt a bit of plastic..
@andrewthompsonuk1
5 ай бұрын
A fire engine needs to be able to pump water for a very long time. Diesel is the only realistic way to do it.
@yoHOBODAN
5 ай бұрын
well shit then that destroys the netzero climate change Biden fix
@glennayers8073
5 ай бұрын
100% we have to remember that common-sense is not very common any more and you can send monkeys to the moon but you can not educate idiots .
The EV scam is tanking. Fast. People are catching on to this lunacy.
@Audioremedy0785
6 ай бұрын
In what way? Biggest selling car of the year last year? Massive Q1 for Tesla? The only place that EVs are failing is in the minds of people who don’t like them.
@stephenvelden295
5 ай бұрын
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@g8ymw
5 ай бұрын
@@Audioremedy0785 Tell all the story, not a little half. What were the second and third largest selling cars ? How many of those Teslas were bought by private buyers as opposed to fleet buyers? I presume you are talking about 2023? What happened in the later quarters? Car transporter ship catching fire off the Dutch coast Insurance started to skyrocket for milk floats (Some firms refusing to insure them) Germany ends EV subsidies Britain puts back EV mandate by 5 years Luton Airport carpark fire with footage showing an obvuious battery in thermal runaway (Despite the authorities being quick off the mark to blame a diesel) Two instances of Hyundai Ioniq 5 having very minor crash damage, a repair bill of 60k dollars Canadian
@Audioremedy0785
5 ай бұрын
@@g8ymw but that is the whole story. If you are going to say that something is bad, no one likes them and demand is falling, you look like an idiot when they are selling more than any other option and growing in sales year on year. The fleet buyer angle is irrelevant too. They could buy other cars if they wanted to. Weird how Mguy rarely mentions how popular Tesla’s are.
@stevelloyd5785
5 ай бұрын
@@Audioremedy0785 Until Hertz an Sixt said 'no thanks'. Oh don't forget most governments are ending their incentives AND Ford, GM and others are pulling out of the game because they can't sell the damned things. So fail all around it seems.
From a Fire fighting Truck, to a true Fire "Making" Truck. Imagine one of them in our eucalyptus oil filled bush!
@my3dviews
6 ай бұрын
Reminds me of the book and movie, Fahrenheit 451. Where the firemen would start fires instead of putting them out. 🔥🔥🔥🚒🚒
@stevelloyd5785
5 ай бұрын
@@my3dviews Sometimes that's a necessary thing, even the Aboriginies in Australia understood that for thousands of years, until white people told them not to. Then they built homes amonst the beautiful trees. Bushfire season anyone?
@happyjoyjoy6976
5 ай бұрын
blame the greenies for the bushfires, oh yeah and the sky pirates @@stevelloyd5785
@jlphtc
5 ай бұрын
Didn't cement Australia put on a good show already ,with an electric shitbox on a bridge in Victoria. Pity it wasn't in a tunnel for a really good show. On the other hand if you take your EV firetruck to a bushfire and it itself decides to combust before the actual fire is near , could you class it as back burning?
@erik_dk842
5 ай бұрын
Straight from _Fahrenheit 451_
I am an emergeny physician in Germany and I work alongside our EMS in the field as a so-called "Notarzt". For some years now I made jokes about a future with EV ambulances in which we need to abuse patients pacemakers to be able to reach the hospital or emptying the defibrillator to recharge the traction batteries. :D To be serious: You would need at least 40% more ambulances with a full loadout to compensate for EV ambulances charging. An ambulance (with ICE) with full equipment costs up to 450k €. EV ambulances may work in larger cities, but in rural areas this would not work. Edit: EV fire trucks need a diesel generator for powering the water pumps. The pumps would empty the batteries in 30 minutes or less.
@johnmcmullan9741
5 ай бұрын
Yeah, but imagine all the suffering, health problems and deaths caused by Germany's ICEV manufacturers defending their economic ideology at any cost to society. They express the ethics of heroin dealers.
@allangibson8494
5 ай бұрын
And the biggest delay on ambulances at the moment is delays at the hospitals to unload… that can take HOURS due to understaffing.
@markiangooley
5 ай бұрын
Notarzt is a beautiful tidy way to say “emergency physician.” English-speakers make fun of big, clumsy compound words in German but German does things better sometimes.
@klartext2225
5 ай бұрын
Es werden Menschen wegen dieses Wahnsinns sterben. So einfach.
@phprofYT
5 ай бұрын
@@markiangooley Only the best in German engineering. How's the power grid holding up?
I was a firefighter for 22 years, and pumped many fires. On large fires we had to bring fuel trucks to the scene and refuel the trucks while they were pumping the fire. Just how are fire engines going to be recharged while pumping fires?
@EvilChuckie
6 ай бұрын
did it have quiet eco-friendly chime so as to not disturb the 'green tranquility"?
@andyman8630
6 ай бұрын
mobile/towed diesel generators powering the pumps directly is the only way
@davidstephens1092
6 ай бұрын
@@andyman8630 Maybe they could bring back the old human powered pumps they used on the horse drawn fire fighting units, as were sometimes seen in old Western movies. But back to reality, Just remember that if they are towing a mobile diesel generator it will add to the load and reduce the two hour driving time, unless of course they run the generator while they are driving, to charge the EV. batteries. Then it is likely that this will result in the GCVM being exceeded and more batteries added along with larger electric motors. But some bright spark will decide that if they cut the crew down to a driver only and reduce the onboard water to 10 ltrs. and 5 mtrs of hose it will be ok.
@andyman8630
5 ай бұрын
@@davidstephens1092 kinda convoluted, but i lie kit!! edit: the man-powered bilge pumps on the HMS Victory could remove more than 6,000 litres (1350 gallons) per minute or 100 litres (10 buckets) per second!
@pqrstzxerty1296
5 ай бұрын
@@EvilChuckienuke powered batteries
An EV owner once said to me "It takes you 7 min to fill up your car, it only takes me 45 seconds to plug mine in." I asked him "After 7 min I can drive 350 miles, after 45 seconds how far can you drive?" Just crickets...
@YouTubeDeletesComments
6 ай бұрын
What.The.F........
@liberty0758
6 ай бұрын
Quite possibly the dumbest argument I've ever read regarding EVs vs normal cars. Holy balls...
@dea01ify
6 ай бұрын
WARNING: Moron Alert!!! 😅😅
@malcolmwhite6588
5 ай бұрын
@iscadean3607what’s an HAC?
@trevorhall6061
5 ай бұрын
So you think EVs are good do you?
I live in a rural area of New South Wales and our emergency services can cover a very large area of up to 60km in any direction and at all hours. "We're sorry your loved one died because our ambulance didn't have enough charge to get them back to hospital for life saving surgery, we do apologise." The government response.
@Bryan-Hensley
6 ай бұрын
Imagine a firetruck pumper at an all day industrial fire.
@andyman8630
6 ай бұрын
huh? guvt never ever ever ever apologises!
@aussieaussieaussie9
6 ай бұрын
@andyman8630 that's just my wishful thinking
@andyman8630
5 ай бұрын
@@aussieaussieaussie9 oi oi oi !!!!!
@allangibson8494
5 ай бұрын
That happens anyway because there aren’t enough ambulances full stop. That isn’t an EV “thing”.
Now thats something we are bound to see, a fleet of ICE firetrucks arriving to put out a BEV firetruck
@stephenfennell
5 ай бұрын
Brilliant one! If fire brigades don't manage to fight the EV madness off, your scenario is bound to happen before long.
@ronschlorff7089
5 ай бұрын
Pay big money to see that one!! :D LOL
Recall the Volvo electric fire truck delivered by ev semi from Brisbane to Canberra. Only took them 3 days for a 15hr drive.
As a Camadian, Brampton is one of the few places here in Canada many of us wouldn't mind seeing burn down, which may explain why they ordered electric fire trucks,
Where do you recharge one of these ridiculous vehicles when it is attending its purposes. The MADNESS CONTINUES.
@Banditt42
6 ай бұрын
You don't, that's why it has a diesel engine.
@andyman8630
6 ай бұрын
well d'oh! you plug it into the garage charger of the building that's burning!
@Audioremedy0785
6 ай бұрын
Why would you need to recharge it…? It will be leaving the station fully charged.
@sirjohng1
5 ай бұрын
@@Audioremedy0785 I assume you are joking. Travelling and pumping thousands of gallons of water to restrain an EV fire for instance and the battery runs out? Four hours to charge it or a shorter time just to return to the Station? Using what as a charger? Meanwhile the fire rages on eh? And that ambulance, sorry patient the battery is down, you are going to die. Right.
@machintrucGaming
5 ай бұрын
Pretty sure most truck in my town sit idle. EMS has way more calls than fire...
I remember a year or so ago Berlin got its first electric fire truck. It crashed within days when another road user didn't hear it coming.
@atticstattic
6 ай бұрын
It had its lights and sirens on.
@andyman8630
6 ай бұрын
it's the most abundant element in the Universe, and we get it from water, which is also very abundant
@mrfishsticks266
6 ай бұрын
@@atticstatticNo, Whoever controls the siren knows that there is a mode that only works its lights, without sound
@g8ymw
5 ай бұрын
@@andyman8630 Bloody energy intensive process to extract that hydrogen as is the other process, hydrogen from hydrocarbon.
@atticstattic
5 ай бұрын
@@mrfishsticks266 That's not what was reported
Crazy. If it personally affected the decision makers, i.e., their kids, maybe they would have a different view on EV ambulances. Glenn from Ozz
@dea01ify
6 ай бұрын
Wouldn't that be the definition of irony?
I'm only a dumb plumber, but is it not obvious that the decision-makers are financially benefiting from the EV push, when other fuels are being ignored.
Maybe a 2 hour run time works in the city. In the country that will absolutely cost lives.
@TarsonTalon
6 ай бұрын
@@Goodnessandlove The house would be gone, but the forest would still be burning. Imagine running out charge when you got there, and then you're just adding to the fire as it engulfs your vehicle. I am so tired of the city folk faux superiority complex, it's cringe. We country folk LIVE in the environment, while you people erect concrete jungles. How can you possibly claim to understand the environment more than we do? Me thinks it's just a big scam just to force us into the cities just so we can be as miserable as you are. Yes, there are things we can do to improve our relationship with the environment, but funding grifters ain't it.
@Audioremedy0785
6 ай бұрын
In the uk, fire stations are around 8 miles apart. If it can drive for 2 hours then that’s more than enough!
@davidstephens1092
5 ай бұрын
@@Goodnessandlove I see your point but to be fair to Treshar, in rural areas the address can often be 30mins out of town and sometimes backup ( additional crews ) can be required and these may be 30mins on the other side of town. Hydrants don't exist in rural areas, so the crew may need to go to go and refill their onboard water, 10 or 15 minutes each way. Meanwhile the property owners aree there trying to save their livestock and every thing they own from going up in flames as a bush fire approaches. So after a one hr journey to fire and two 20 minute refill trips what does the fire crew do?
@shaunnightfire8269
5 ай бұрын
2 hour run time from 100% to 0% charge doing minimal work on a warm day. Half or less than that in very cold or very hot days doing any real work while keeping a 20% reserve in order to make it back to the charge station.
@shaunnightfire8269
5 ай бұрын
@@Audioremedy0785Just stop dude. All these EV numbers are absolute best case scenario. NOBODY is falling for this crap anymore.
Emergency vehicles do not just respond to a call but they also have to do something once they get there. Police vehicles may be on the scene of an emergency for hours with their lights flashing, then have to quickly respond to some other call. Ambulances may also have to fight through traffic to the scene of an emergency and be there for hours while victims are extracted from some catastrophic disaster, all the while having the lights going and the interior climate maintained and any electronic medical devices powered. Firetrucks have the same issue as well as having to run water pumps, extension ladders and hydraulic pumps for outriggers and lifts as well as powerful spot lights. I have personally seen occasions when diesel powered Firetrucks were running out of fuel during long duration operations such as industrial fires or hurricane damaged situations. The interesting thing is, fuel trucks were brought to the scenes and refueled the Firetrucks without needing to pause operations. During power outages diesel engines and generators still work. What do you do with EV emergency vehicles during a power outage which can endure for several days?
@elinor6525
5 ай бұрын
Spot on!
When responding to a raging fire, everyone's most important burning question is: "Is that a net-zero fire truck?" Every minute an EV fire truck may be late getting on scene due to charging is a few tons worth of indirect emissions in the form of more random stuff set on fire and burning unchecked that much longer. This is much worse than a diesel fire truck burning a gallon of engine oil per month.
@waynehewett4017
5 ай бұрын
The Fire doesn't give a shit on how many tonnes of co2 it obmitts does it ?
@machintrucGaming
5 ай бұрын
If your fire truck needs to go out more than once in a while you've got an arsonist on the loose
@Critical_Stinking
5 ай бұрын
@@machintrucGamingmy dad was a fireman. City centre. He was out multiple times a shift for 30 years.
@teardowndan5364
5 ай бұрын
@@waynehewett4017 Emissions isn't only CO2. Don't forget all of the random crap from burning electronics, batteries, plastics, chemicals that go into pressure-treated lumber, flame retardant additives that go in most synthetic materials, etc. Lots of that stuff in the smoke is orders of magnitude more dangerous to health and safety than CO2.
@teardowndan5364
5 ай бұрын
@@Goodnessandlove Who gives a hoot about the fire truck's tail pipe emissions when there is a heap or burning stuff of unknown toxicity to put out that is likely more than 100X worse than any tail pipe emissions a 10 years old diesel fire truck may have?
Electric fire truck has enough charge to reach the location of the fire and return to the station afterwards to recharge. It arrives but does nothing because if they run the pumps for the hoses there won’t be enough charge left to get back to the station for tea and medals.
Maybe these fire trucks could tow around a diesel generator to power the pumps that build up the high water pressure and the turntables that turn and lift the ladders, or the hydraulic lines that power the heavy duty cutting equipment. Because without that I'd reckon that "two hour driving time" will be cut down to around 15 minutes.
@waynehewett4017
5 ай бұрын
The way is going you just drive the ev firetruck out of the shed then have to drive it back inside again because the battery flat again after 11 hours of charging Clearly theses ev cult idiots don't care how many people's lives are at risk with theses useless pieces of crap Especially in emergency situations like floods fires ,earthquakes , bizzards or storms Especially when the power is normally the first which is knocked out And we all know how well evs handle cold weather
@carholic-sz3qv
5 ай бұрын
yeah exactly! the truck and all systems are all electric driven and the diesel or LPG generator supplies the electricity needed with an onboard small battery pack for buffer... much much better solution.
Imagine what would happen if a disaster occurred-storm, hurricane, freezing rain, etc.-resulting in power outages, fires, and numerous injuries. How are emergency services using BEVs going to respond in such a situation?
@daleviker5884
5 ай бұрын
Not a problem, there will still be petrol powered emergency vehicles and pleasure vehicles. Assuming you are one of the WEF elite, you've got nothing to worry about.
My late mother recalled seeing one of the last horse-drawn ambulances in her childhood. If things proceed at the present rate perhaps I shall see some more. 4:46
@daleviker5884
5 ай бұрын
If we do return to horse drawn ambulances then I bags Black Caviar and Winx pulling mine.
Omg yeah this is absolutely nuts. As if I needed any more reasons not to visit today's UK.
Currently in the UK an emergency ambulance has four additional batteries as well as the vehicle battery. These are needed to power the additional lights, sirens, tail lift, charging of equipment, heating/air conditioning etc. Even with this additional power the vehicles are still put on charge when not in use. How the heck will an EV ambulance cope? It would need to tow it's own generator (diesel I assume). Absolutely crazy.
And you're right Simon. Diesel fire trucks sometimes are required to run the engine for long periods of time at call out fires to operate the pumping equipment at the said fire. I cannot believe a solely EV fire truck would be capable of fulfilling this purpose. Oh thats right, they will also be fitted with BMW auxiliary back up engines. I wonder how much consideration has been given to the first responders who have to operate these modern world vehicles? Duuuh!
How does an electric fire truck run the drive motors and also power the high pressure pump to put the fire out .
@bob456fk6
5 ай бұрын
A firefighter said they use a diesel motor to do the heavy pumping. Hmm...maybe they could connect a diesel motor to some wheels with drive shafts and gears...hmmm. Just an idea.
@Bobo-ox7fj
5 ай бұрын
@@bob456fk6 Well, at least they can hook the diesel motor in to the batteries so they can charge while they drive. I'm surprised nobody has considered this concept yet - after all, it is 1872.
People are saying we are approaching peak stupidity, but I’ve got faith, I think they are still just warming up.
There is plenty of time to charge NHS ambulances whilst they are sitting for hours waiting for the hospital to find a corridor in which to leave the incoming patient.
I am an EMT my ambulance service bought a BMW electric car for a rapid response vehicle. With all the comms gear and lights etc it had onboard it would last about 8 hours before it needed recharging. This was shame as we did 12 hour shifts and it could not be recharged in time for the next shift.
Well the firefighters will be safer with an electric firetruck because it would not be on the road much because of the need to recharge it. As for the electric ambulances it would have to be a hard call of how fast to go to get back to the hospital to how fast the battery depletes?
an EV firetruck cannot put out a battery thermal runaway fire! even submerging them doesn't put out the fire
I am a NYC Fireman and sometimes we run to 4 or 5 locations before returning to the firehouse,and what if we have to operate tower ladders Engine pumps and everything else on the rig that uses electric! Are fireman getting stuck up in the air potentially over a fire,This is getting really nuts!
ACT has recently included a Rosenbaur electric fire appliance...at least their response distances might be short enough to avoid battery run out; although on scene fire trucks usually have all systems running, so battery usage would be quite high even while stationary.
They are tackling climate change just think of the carbon that is reduced by all those people that aren't saved
@bentullett6068
6 ай бұрын
Well the UK are doing the opposite it seems by importing 90% of the third world that don't exactly constraint on breeding.
All these bureaucrats that sign the green contracts will get enough kickback money to retire and buy a nice 70’ power yacht with twin 1200hp diesels.
A fire truck that starts on fire if you look at it the wrong way. It's like a parody of Farenheit 451
Ohhh this is madness. I was on Emerg Ambulances covering North & Central London for 14 years ( many years ago) it was a busy main station & we never stopped, often never having a break for lunch (which we got a monetary subs for) We struggled to find time to even clean the ambulance! It was call after call...so imagine how busy they must be nowadays! When will they have time to charge them? I hear that the new EV ambulances can't even take relatives in the back with patient because of extra weight? Imagine being a patient in the back if it catches fire? It's madness
We dislodged a wiring harness off from underneath our land cruiser off road 4x4 light tanker last week. Normal bushfire ground conditions, rough dozer track, stumps etc. I''d HATE to be out there with a vulnerable battery pack underneath, some of the ground we drive over is rough, not to mention an hour's drive on potholed gravel just to GET to the fire!
Here in Ireland the Green Party is part of our coalition government. Interestingly enough despite that our government are pushing really hard to get into EV cars, not a single member of the government drive one themselves. I wonder why?
As a volunteer firefighter in my community, I remember an incident years ago where they had a fuel transfer pipe from the River Port where fuel was pumped to land based storage tanks and then distributed locally by fuel trucks. One of those lines from the port to the tanks ruptured and though they were able to stop the fuel flow, when they came to repair the pipes we had to have multiple trucks on site for over 24 hours straight, in the middle of the winter, with their engines running, not only for heat for the firefighters on duty but also to be ready to immediately start pumping water to the site if the welding caused a fire. I sat in the cab of one of those fire trucks waiting in case of fire for over 24 hours. Our fuel tank was big enough to handle that but we even had food delivered to us while we were waiting. Luckily we didn't have any problem but an EV fire truck could not do that.
Google keeps deleting comments. No cursing. Just talking about the topic at hand and how silly it is. I’ve tried five times now. Your channels being watched.
When seconds count, we're only hours away!
It's going to be really funny when the fire brigade have to call 999 to call for a fire truck because the fire station is on fire.
@TomN47
5 ай бұрын
This actually happened in my home town some years ago. The fire was caused by a faulty battery charger on a diesel fire appliance. The entire station burned down!
Thank you for the information, Simon. Cheers mate. 🇨🇦🇦🇺👍
“Blaze of glory”. Describes the entire EV madness!
Sorry it's 30 below and our emergency vehicles won't work. Can your emergency wait till spring?
I’m hoping to see the inaugural transatlantic flight of an electric airliner with all the pro EV loonies aboard.
Here in Denmark we have "Automated external defibrillators" on every second street-corner. I'm so happy they are being charged by the huge Bird-blenders enriching the country-side everywhere in Denmark. They are absolutely lovely pieces of sustainable architecture, enhancing the view of Nature tremendously!!
OMG! I was just talking the other day about electric fire trucks to one of my friends. I said, can you imagine a fire truck come to your house that's on fire because your neighbors EV caught fire to close to your house. I said how long can the batteries pump thousands of gallons of water! Nothing pumps water better than a diesel engine. You are 100% right, They're out of their bloody mines. As long as you have water and diesel the truck could run for days if needed.
How heavy will they be ? What kind of bridge will support them ?
@sahhull
6 ай бұрын
Bridges carry multiple 40ton trucks.
@andyman8630
6 ай бұрын
@@Goodnessandlove you mean a few thousand kgs right? a Tesla battery weighs about 800kgs - a firetruck battery would weight more than 3 times that
@andyman8630
5 ай бұрын
@@Goodnessandlove i did! 4 times as much! my bad!
EV Fire Trucks... That could take the old saying "fighting fire with fire" to a whole new level.
Lawsuits, lawsuits and lawsuits. Honestly though, what a truly absurd thing to be worried about tailpipe emissions while an entire house is billowing smoke into the air.
Given that Ambulances in my city spend more time as temporary patient cubicles, parked up outside A&E, then they do attending emergencies, they'll have plenty of time to be on charge. And with all the constant roadworks and ridiculous traffic volume, they'll need all the charge they can get to do just one call-out.
2 hours for service on a charge wow, that's amazing in comparison to the 14 hour run time on diesel, with all its auxillary services running....
What if, instead of having power lines to the house, we could have powerful batteries delivered to the door every day. Just like the milkman brought milk in bottles every day in the old days? Then we avoid cables with voltage drops and current losses. We also avoid utility masts / poles / cables / transformers / etc and get better use of the current? The batteries can be the size of rubbish bins and have wheels so it is easy to move them to the "power cabinet" / car. I am thinking of applying for a patent on this idea.
@pnichols6500
6 ай бұрын
I hope you are just mocking them because delivering millions of batteries every day, that have to all be charged and that weight 1000 lbs each and the size of garbage bins would be an idea that only someone that thinks electric firetrucks are a good idea would come up with.
@TarsonTalon
6 ай бұрын
I hope you're joking. The amount of environment-destroying mining that would take, coupled with the lack of public understanding that misused batteries can explode, just sounds like a recipe for disaster.
@Bryan-Hensley
5 ай бұрын
So you are taking about using a vehicle, damaging public roads, and paying people to haul power??? Really??? SMH
One solution for the NHS would be for the NHS to buy extra ambulances to compensate for those tied up at charging points (40% extra according to one of the comments below). Apart from the direct cost of these, they would also have to buy extra parking/charging locations (and presumably a shuttle fleet to move crews between hospitals and these sites, since there isn't much spare space to build a car park at your typical hospital). It gets worse.
Even if the service vehicle is always hooked up to a charger to be "ready". It's still a delay to unplug the thing. Not to mention the waste of power to constantly have a charger hooked up to fight the battery decay of being idle. It also stops things like Ambulances from being parked around the city for fast response times. Instead they would be always in the charging bays. I know for instance in my area they always park near a local Taco bell, not to eat but just to be 10 miles distant from their point of origin.
Your sanity is so refreshing.
@jjZ41962
6 ай бұрын
Insanity you mean?
@TheRealDrJoey
6 ай бұрын
@@jjZ41962 No, I mean what I said. Your comment is imbecilic.
@Audioremedy0785
5 ай бұрын
The sanity of a man who makes a video every hour about EVs being on fire even though there is a 0.00125% chance of it happening. Imagine praising someone’s sanity who was preaching we shouldn’t fly planes because they fall out the sky.
@TheRealDrJoey
5 ай бұрын
@@Audioremedy0785 Gee, there's no fooling you.
@Audioremedy0785
5 ай бұрын
@@TheRealDrJoey in years gone by, people who were worried about stuff like that happening would be locked in padded cells. Now we give them a KZread channel and praise their different way of thinking.
No emergency vehicle should be electric
Of course, once a fire engine arrives on scene, it'll need loads of power to run the pump for however long it takes (especially if it's tackling an EV fire!) Ambulances need power too once they're at the incident. You couldn't make this stuff up. And if you did, no bugger would believe you! Another great video. Cheers!
I am waiting for EAVs (electric air vehicles) used for commercial transportation. Not because of schadenfreude, but because it will publicly expose the fact that anything battery-powered cannot be 100% (or even close to 100%) reliable.
But just think of the extra time the ambulance staff will have to perfect their TikTok dance routine... so it's not all bad news!
Same problem for EVs police vehicles in France !!
@daleviker5884
5 ай бұрын
I was driving in Bordeaux a couple of months ago and went past a car burning out of control on the other side of the freeway. Thanks to your post I finally understand what the problem must have been. 🙂
@vandamonium1731
5 ай бұрын
i saw a ev police car in kent last week on charge at the services and a bloke pulled pulled up in a porsche and the copper started staring, the driver of the porsche said to the copper 'i can do 300 miles at 120mph if you can catch me you can ban me, the copper started laughing and wished him a safe journey
This insanity must stop..
Well Simon I have been saying for a very long time now that EV ambulances, fire trucks, police cars, SES vehicles, military vehicles, and many other essential services vehicles is just a delusional madness. I am a retired RN and know how dire a situation is when for example someone is suffering a heart attack and ambulances attending to such emergencies are required to be driven very hard and this is simply going to drain the battery in no time flat (excuse the pun). Now I don't know about anyone else but I would be really ticked off if one of these wretched vehicles ran out of power half way to a hospital!! There are many more instances one can think of where an EV rescue vehicle running out of power would result in unacceptable further injuries or even fatalities.
HOW did so many people become so dumb so fast..?
the fire EV fire truck will be putting out its own fire
@andyman8630
6 ай бұрын
except it can't
Turning on the 3000cc "clean" diesel engine to power the EV truck's services is like selling 3 million barrels of oil a day throughout Europe to buy wind turbines and be a green country (like Norway).
Right, MG Guy. Imagine a fire truck showing up to put out a fire, then it catches fire. Then it diverts attention to its own fire. And the homeowner says, "Hey! What about my house?"
I completely agree with you on nearly all points. The paradoxon is that there are some areas where EV make sense. I recently arrived at Lisbon Airport to be taxied by an old stinking Diesel bus. These don't cover any serious distances and should be replaced with secure EV. Actually an Austria fire engine company produces electrically driven fire engines for airports. They require less servicing hence they sell well without subsidies. But as you have pointed out, most sensible solutions evolve without government interference. EV won't ever replace combustion engines when it comes to medium to long distance trips. The absolute pinnacle of EV madness is subsidising development of electric aeroplanes.
During a major situation like an earthquake or hurricane the power may be out for days on end. This means a HUGE generating plant plus fuel storage tanks at EACH FIRE STATION! Compared to a much smaller diesel fuel tank. Not to mention the turn around time charging VS filling with diesel.
I once lived there. I am glad I moved years ago. SMOKE😂😂 and mirrors indeed!!
Did these people see whats happening with electric buses? More madness.
I quite agree a stupid idea. I live in the UK and on previous occasions it’s taken 1 hour to get to me. This happened last January 2023. Fortunately I fell over after the ambulance had been called but I was told it had taken them an hour to get to me. I was only on the kitchen floor about 10 to 15minutes but the floor was cold and my arm bent behind me so I was unable to move
I really enjoyed the Fisker "for a clean future" commercial that played before this video. I think the algorithm needs to rethink its rhythm.
Was recently talking to a couple of police drivers in the UK - they're deeply opposed to this idiocy - their 'management' want them in EVs too.
First thing came to my mind was powering the pumps. They must plan on using the diesel for that, they'd drain the batteries in no time.😊
Brilliant idea! Half way to an emergency ''damn our battery is flat, or on fire'' 🤣🤣
The same goes up for this situation as for the military vehicle. Let's say there is a big emergency and a war is at hand, the first thing that is shot down is the infrastructure. So communications, water supply and energy. Now try to charge firetrucks and ambulances with no power at hand? I guess the powerbanks and hand operated chargers can do it, in a week or so. It's not thinking at all and the people giving their full and unconditional approval for this. Let's put it this way, it's zero emission with zero thinking.
It is not about putting out fires or saving lives. It is about political posturing. No price is too great.
Imagine the fire truck showing up and catching fire into a 2000° inferno while they're trying to put out your house fire.
EV Fire Trucks... 🤦♂ The average fire truck, in the US, carries 500-1,500 gallons (~1,900 -5,700 liters) of water. That is a LOT of weight, and takes a great deal of energy to move - they have the same diesel engines used in semi trucks and buses because it is a considerable amount of weight that must be carried in the tank alone. Add in the weight of seats, hoses, nozzles, and all the other tools of the trade, including extrication tools, ventilation fans, outriggers for taller ladder truck stabilization... Then there's the issue of pumping said water at 1,000-2,000 gallons per MINUTE (if running at full, unrestricted output, most often when connected as a pump from external water source) through hoses hundreds of feet long. RIDICULOUS. FOOLISH. Idea that looks great on paper, and is great for shifting money around to the people we want to shift money to, but unfathomably stupid. It is not practical to use EV emergency vehicles, these vehicles need to respond at a moment's notice - in all weather, and sometimes within minutes of returning from another call. The cost of a standard diesel fire truck or ambulance is mind-boggling, I can only imagine the cost of the EV versions. How much tank reduction to compensate for battery pack? How much passenger/EMT space must be sacrificed for the pack? How big does that battery pack have to be, to move that large and heavy of a vehicle; and how will it be able to handle hilly terrain versus diesel? SO MANY REASONS why this could go down in flames - literally or figuratively.
Putting aside the safety of the insanely brave fire fighters for a minute but how long will the pump run after the thing has driven to the fire❓ And after a lengthy fire fight will it be able to drive back to the station to charge❓ What a Clown 🤡 World 💩 show‼️
Im surprised they didnt mention the cup holders
I heard that one Hospital in either uk or Aust had a wait time of 50, yes 50 hours fir a hospital
As an EV car takes up to 70,000 miles to pay of its carbon debt , how the hell can a fire truck with huge batteries do that as I imagine there mileage is relatively low,.
Even if they bought more eambuances to compensate for the 5000 fewer call outs per day, where are they going to get all those extra paramedics from and at what cost? Might be green, but it is nonsensical.
The EV ambulance wouldn't be needing to recharge once per day. It would be requiring to recharge numerous times over the day meaning that it would be spending more time charging up than actually going out to save lives and help people. Expect more people to visit deaths door and enter through it. Then there's the fact that if there's is damage done to where the batteries are kept, there is not only the risk of the ambulance becoming a combustible, but now you have a vehicle that is out of commission and in most cases, needing to be replaced and as each of these vehicles will not be cost effective, you can expect your rates, taxes and premiums to go on a steep incline.
To be fair, ambulances in the UK regularly have to wait hours in a queue on arrival at a hospital, because the system can't cope with volumes of new patients! Make sense then, to have the recharging points sited along the entrance road to Casualty/ER, where they'll be spending most of their time!
Where I live ambulance rush back and forward several times a day and the closest hospital is 20 minutes of car away. In summer there's lots of big paragliding events and you can triple those emergency sorties. How many ambulances will each team of paramedics need to be ready at all times while the other 3 are charging?
Well,,,,, as a long time resident of Brampton, Ontario Canada am I pleased with my tax dollars being used in purchases like this? Not bloody likely! What stupidity.
The proprietary nature of the electronics in these niche EV firetrucks & ambulances makes them unrepairable when the OEM goes out of business.
Wait till they have to put the firetruck to keep from burning down the fire house.
Presumably the BMW engine is needed to power the water pump at the fire as well as recharge the battery to get back to the station. And in winter when the battery is practically dead?
Looking forward to you meeting up with Lee.
The city of Edmonton Alberta has 60 electric buses worth 82 million that are all useless. They want to sue but the US company is bankrupt. And now Ottawa wants to do it, WTF?
it's not like NHS responding to any emergency phone calls anyway... nothing is gonna change there!