Interesting, I'd heard that cargo ships were mostly direct drive diesel engines and cruise ships were diesel electric power. I guess that doesn't really have any bearing on whether they use bunker fuel
Recently I got the ferry to England and the smoke belching out of the ferry made me think it was on fire. I honestly wonder if they would be less polluting if they burnt turf
True, unfortunately we're a bit far from big ships yet. They'll probably have to use hydrogen for anything with more than 100km range
But, we're getting closer every day
I used to work in the industry :) , it was mostly bunker fuel used by the cruise liners as well, yachts and the like used mgo which was more akin to diesel !
Interesting fact, the bunker fuel is so bad that it doesn't flow, it's like tar in consistency. They need to preheat the fuel before it'll even combust
Now it's worth saying that bunker fuel tends to be favoured by cargo ships. They sort of plod along at the same speed and so they can use bunker fuel efficiently
Well, when I said efficient, I mean cheap, not as in good fuel efficiency
Ships that operate at more variable speeds like ferries and cruise ships often use low grade diesel or gas
Or electricity, which looks to be gaining popularity among the short range routes
quick one on the VRT relief - so it's currently in place for vehicles with an OMSP of less than 50k
So my dad is looking at an EV - price is about 53k before the SEAI grant - but the dealer is applying the VRT relief too.
Is the OMSP post grant so? Something isn't adding up that the VRT relief is still applied. It's great but cant make sense of it
small point of clarification its not diesel its bunker fuel, up until recently it would have been Intermediate fuel oil (380), its now mandated to be low sulphur, but the stuff is literally sludge, you can only imagine how polluting it is,
there is a push towards LNG in the industry
from wiki:
"Because of the low quality of bunker fuel, when burnt it is especially harmful to the health of humans, causing serious illnesses and deaths. Prior to the IMO's 2020 sulfur cap, shipping industry air pollution was estimated to cause around 400,000 premature deaths each year, from lung cancer and cardiovascular disease, as well as 14 million childhood asthma cases each year.[4]
Even after the introduction of cleaner fuel rules in 2020, shipping air pollution is still estimated to account for around 250,000 deaths each year, and around 6.4 million childhood asthma cases each year.
The hardest hit countries by air pollution from ships are China, Japan, the UK, Indonesia, and Germany. In 2015, shipping air pollution killed an estimated 20,520 people in China, 4,019 people in Japan, and 3,192 people in the UK.[5]
According to an ICCT study, countries located on major shipping lanes are particularly exposed, and can see shipping account for a high percentage of overall deaths from transport sector air pollution. In Taiwan, shipping accounts for 70% of all transport-attributable air pollution deaths in 2015, followed by Morocco at 51%, Malaysia and Japan both at 41%, Vietnam at 39%, and the UK at 38%.[6]
As well as commercial shipping, cruise ships also emit large amounts of air pollution, damaging people's health. The ships of the single largest cruise company, Carnival Corporation & plc, emit ten times more sulfur dioxide than all of Europe's cars combined.[7]"
Big ship (especially Cruise ships) diesel usage is almost unbelievable it's so high, up to quarter of a million MT a day
How Much Fuel Does a Cruise Ship Use? (marineinsight.com)
Lots of EV news getting published recently
Looks like Volvo are giving customers the option of AC or DC V2L on the EX90
11kW V2L in either AC or DC mode. I'm guessing the 11kW in AC is 3 phase, so in reality it's 3.6kW for most applications. Still plenty for most uses IMO
Could be a winning formula I think, looking forward to seeing more
In other news, get ready for the fines...
I imagine several EU states will veto this plan, but the EU parliament definitely seems to have the idea that charging networks are critical to EV rollout
And finally, boat...
I know it's a rendering, but somehow they've managed to make a car ferry look cool. Interesting that the ferry will be remote piloted with the crew as backup.
I'm guessing the range will only be a few kilometres, but if it manages to take a few wasteful diesels off the water then it's good news to me
Research by the Research Institute for Disabled Consumers (UK) in relation to the charging process and accessability published earlir this years confirms there is a lot of shortcomings at present not being addressed.
True, but there also needs to be industry support as well, particularly around DC chargers which I think are more critical.
I would say that many chargers were not tested for accessibility during design. Even the screens look like they're too high to be used by someone in a wheelchair
So there needs to be some accessible design standards applied here.
I would even say that inductive charging could be an answer here, since it doesn't require any cables
I'd only use that charger in disabled bay if I was in an emergency and I could stay with the car and hand it over to blue badge holder if they arrived and wanted to charge at the same time. In the spirit of what it's intended for. I wouldn't walk away and go about my business.
The blue moon in the sky would match the blue badge nicely as it pulled up.
I think disabled ev charging spaces absolutely have a place
It would be shameful for us to leave them to the very end, life is hard enough being disabled without our new energy transition making the mistakes of the past.
I would go a step further and say these ac spots should be tethered with a supported cable from above that can be used from wheelchair height.
I think @ELM327 raises a good point. Its a pet peeve of mine to see folk taking up accessible car bays when not entitled to do so.
I've seen several different examples of dual marking of car bays (i.e. Accessible and EV) and think this can only result in confusion (everyday EV owners genuinely thinking its ok to charge) and abuse by those EV owners who dont give toss and will happily take up an accessible bay if it saves them walking an extra 20 seconds.
I'm the same. I'd do without rather than use it. Again I'm not sure of the legalities but it would be bad form to use it, unless you parked where the jeep was and sat in your vehicle incase someone disabled did need it!!
From a society perspective this needs to be supported, I would not park there to charge
I would say you wouldn't be operating in the spirit of the rules even if you're not exactly breaking them
Again, I question the usefulness of the spot in that picture. IIRC that car park is more used for some overnight parking so I guess it's useful for anyone in the apartments that doesn't have a home charger.
Basically useless for anyone visiting though. I assume parking is free if you have a disabled sticker on your car?
I'm few times a week in that car park and never seen it in use. It is 7kW and ran by a company with a single socket in Ireland.
I think one of the chargepoint tethered units like CP6000 is more suitable if disabled drivers are the target.
This is the spot. I'm not sure of the legalities of parking where the little jeep is and running your cable from there.
You're not doing anything wrong though. If you park adjacent to the spot and plug in. theres no law against charging in a non EV bay
I wonder if we're coming at it from the wrong viewpoint, it could be said the space is primarily a disabled parking bay and a charging bay second
I like that Aldi are trying, but I agree that the main issue is that chargers are a scarce resource.
I mean they could put 8 HPC spaces in the car park, and just ensure that there's enough space around all the parking bays for a wheelchair users.
Maybe put some signage up on a couple of chargers indicating people should let a blue badge holder go first, and possibly have a call button so that a driver with mobility issues could ask a staff member to help them plug in
Tbh, if I had mobility issues I'd question the usefulness of a 7kW AC charger at a shop. They're barely useful for most people anyway
When someone who has to treat moving around as a limited resource, I'm not sure grabbing 10kWh or so from a weekly shop is going to be worth the hassle
I suspect you’d be ticketed by DLR parking enforcement if you did that. The space is for EV charging for disabled people only.
I just think with such a scare resource (with a blue badge holder in the family) of the wheelchair spots shouldnt be further constrained with having some only for while charging too. The subset of blue badge holders with EVs is quite small. We're one! So it's actually to our benefit to have these spots as if policed correctly they will likely always be free. but that's not the point.
Yes. There is an EV charging point in the council car park opposite dundrum shopping centre. It is also at the disabled spot. However you could park to the side or in front of it and your cable should comfortably reach it. I've never done this but I've seen the charger and how it's placed.
Well their hearts in the right place, and there's been a few people on this forum asking about EVs that can be modified for wheelchair users
If if we're eventually going to all be driving electric, then it's a bridge that will need to be crossed at some point
There does need to be a bit more thinking applied though. AC chargers like the ones pictured are probably straightforward enough, but imagine someone with a walker and arthritic hands trying to plug in a heavy cable from a HPC.
You'd want some kind of crane mechanism like Kempower to hold the weight of the cable
From the "No discussion" thread, but I wanted to discuss.
Does no one see the futility of ev chargers in handicapped spots? No one can use them unless you are both handicapped and in an EV. Spaces like this are where a 10m icebreaker cable would be useful!
New charger locations (notification only, no discussion see #1) - Page 9 — boards.ie - Now Ye're Talkin'
All these battery " breakthroughs " are typically companies and universities looking for funding. Many of these batteries may be unsuitable for use in cars and for example may be more suited to homes . There has been constant improvement and even if a breakthrough happens it won't make existing EVs obsolete nor make them unviable.
I tend to ignore them and I assume battery prices will go down and capacity improve and hopefully the rarer materials can be used less and less.
Sound like a gimmick where after the demo period the cars will be removed. No mention of how or where cars will be charged. Does the car sit there or can you drive away in it? I don't think the car can charge and provide power without unplugging adapter and plugging in a different cable. It seems a waste of a whole car if it can't charge at accomodation and if it can't be driven.
“But what’s really thrilling is that a fleet of electric Hyundai IONIQ 5 cars will be powering the whole set-up, harnessing electricity through their vehicle-to-load (V2L) feature, which powers other appliances through adaptors.”
The clickbaits pop up every few weeks across SM, the next breakthrough!
My take is that it isnt a breakthrough as such, but rather a generational development of existing technology.
The real break through will be when solid state batteries, such as that being developed by ProLogium, can be produced economically at scale.
