Essay by Eric Worrall
They plan to bring a portable wind turbine to charge the vehicle when sunlight is unavailable.
Climate change: Couple set for Pole-to-Pole electric car challenge
Ben Philip – BBC Scotland
Mon, 20 March 2023 at 10:07 am AEST·A husband and wife from Aberdeen aim to drive from the Arctic to Antarctica in an electric car.
Chris and Julie Ramsey will set off to travel 17,000 miles (27,000km) from the Magnetic North to South Pole this week.
Their vehicle will be powered for much of the trip by solar and wind energy.
The couple will navigate into Canada, then head south through the United States and into warmer temperatures in South America over the space of 10 challenging months.
They will travel through Mexico, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile and Argentina.
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“There will be a wind turbine and full double solar on this device which will be towed along, harnessing the renewable energy sources – the wind and the sun – to power the car.
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Read more: https://au.news.yahoo.com/climate-change-couple-set-pole-000736611.html
Recharging time might be an issue. They used a Nissan Leaf on at least one previous drive. A portable wind turbine produces maybe a few hundred watts, maybe a kilowatt for a larger device, but a Nissan Leaf with the big battery has around 59KWh capacity. Even a partial charge would take a long time.
Apparently this isn’t their first long distance EV drive, so they probably know what kind of route they need to map, and have a fair idea of charge times. Perhaps taking their time is not a problem – it’s not like a daily commute or business trip. In any case, as EV owners they are probably already used to taking long breaks while their vehicle re-charges.
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They could also go pole to pole with an ox-cart, I suppose, but what’s the point? However they do it, it’s not going to be something other than a hybrid, over-dramatized event.
One of many thoroughly useless endeavors now a fad, of sorts, that many observers find admirable.
IMO it’s mostly just part of the need to play make believe that some people feel.
Of all the things that are possible for can do folks this is a big fail selection.
I don’t think pulling a trailer with a wind turbine is going to decrease battery drain caused by pulling it. They will have to stop and wait for the battery to charge. Also, it is advisable they plan on only being in the cold areas in the summer or they will be turned into frozen food.
The unadulterated glee on their smug faces in the picture above makes clear their complete lack of self awareness and critical thinking. This is emblematic of the entire virtue-signalling green socialist movement. Very soon we may open an educational portrait gallery of before and after – photos just like this of the green acolytes as they set out on their “world-saving” crusade, paired with photos of demoralized, shunned and impoverished former Prophets of doom chastened by their own stupidity.
From the North pole? Reminds me of this Top Gear episode… Would be a real challenge to do that in an EV.
https://youtu.be/WNkvASxfEWQ
Well regarding the load it’s all systems go for them to use an F150 Lightning now that Ford have clarified the battery fire problem for us all-
Ford F-150 Lightning Recall Reveals Root Cause Of Fire That Stopped Production (msn.com)
Just don’t let the windmill charge it up too much.
It would be faster to hitchhike
So, after the divorce, do they both have to finish the drive?
just missing the march 23 start deadline….