Renewable Revolution

Electric Motorhome Powered By Solar Panels & A Battery
September 24th, 2017 by Cynthia Shahan

SNIPPET 1:

Move over, tiny house, and take notes. German-based motorhome manufacturer Dethleffs recent e.home, an electric motorhome concept, is solar-paneled, clean battery-powered, comfortable, and bright. How about that for a sustainably sensible option for the camping family or the retired couple with wanderlust and a conscience. It’s a beauty. The e.home is covered in 334 square feet of solar panels and has an estimated range of about 103 miles when fully equipped.

Until this choice, motorhome camping travelers were limited to tents or dependant on fossil fuels in choosing a motorhome. Well, this is still just a concept, but Dethleffs is looking to change that.






SNIPPET 2:

“The Dethleffs e.home also maximizes efficiency by using phase-change materials to absorb heat and release it throughout the day as ambient temperatures fluctuate. Infrared panels throughout the inside of the vehicle also provide a comfortable, warm atmosphere.”

So, take your time and travel the greener way. It is doable and offers lots of walking or hiking while you charge — or leisurely artist pursuits inside. Catch up on all the books you want to read. “The battery pack lasts for approximately 1,500 charges — about 250,000 kilometers (155,000 miles ) — before needing replacement. The e-home supports both level 2 and DC fast-charging, and the solar panels provide 3 kilowatts of supplementary battery-charging electricity.”

Every vehicle on the road needs to be electric or hybrid electric to lessen air pollution (pollution which causes deaths , illnesses, etc.) And there are more reasons to protect our planet’s environment, as well. Large vehicles such as motorhomes, semi trucks, yachts, electric buses, tugboats, and trains need to move over to clean electricity as much as (or more than) other vehicles, to help the planet breathe.



Full article:


https://cleantechnica.com/2017/09/24/electric-motorhome-powered-solar-panels-battery-pack/

Agelbert NOTE: Check out all the links when you have the time. There is a wealth of information there about the practical feasability of totally eliminating the use of fossil fuels for internal combustion engine powered transportation. We will still need lubricants, but since they are not burned, we can use them sustainably in our macines. That may be the only viable future function of oil refinery production IF our future is one where human civilization survives.

"The fossil fuel industry swallows up $5.3 trillion a year worldwide in hidden costs to keep burning fossil fuels, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
 
This money, the IMF noted, is in addition to the $492 billion in direct subsidies offered by governments around the world through write-offs and write-downs and land-use loopholes.

In a sane world these subsidies would be invested to free us from the deadly effects of carbon emissions caused by fossil fuels, but we do not live in a sane world. "  -- Chris Hedges

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