The Dirty Truth about Combustion Engine Vehicles | An 'Open Source' Animation

hello and welcome to a slightly unusual episode of fully charged but i think really really interesting so last year i was contacted by a lovely chap called mark linthicum who lives in the united states of america about an animation project he was working on it was to do with electric cars and i was intrigued so when i saw the rough version of that i just thought it was brilliant he asked me to do a voiceover for it which i was very willing to do and then it went through many different iterations finally it's ready to be released and we're very proud to host it on the fully charged show um now mark did all the research for this he wrote the script he developed the animation he did everything my involvement was super minimal i just recorded the voiceover but i do think he's done a really really good job now this is an open source project that means that anyone can post it but you need to ask mark for his permission and the link to where you can ask his permission is in the description box beneath this video because i think it needs to be distributed far and wide i mean have it in your back pocket particularly for friends and relatives who come up with the classic diesel is cleaner than electricity that's burned making made by burning all those boring old chestnuts that we get thrown at us it's always worth having this uh you know to refer to just to send them a link to this so that's it please do enjoy don't forget our great eb giveaway subscribe and enter for the chance to win one of several electrifying prizes including one of four electric cars [Music] so the argument goes electric vehicles don't pollute but the electricity powering the electric vehicles does pollute some even say it pollutes even more than a gasoline or petrol burning car if we're going to look beyond the ev itself to the energy that powers it shouldn't we do the same for the fossil fueled combustion car so what goes into producing the fuel that you burn in your car every day [Music] gasoline or petrol starts as oil on average 5900 feet below the surface of the earth a great deal of oil is extracted using what is called a pump jack pump jacks don't run by themselves in most cases they use electricity it takes on average 9960 kilowatt hours of electricity every month to drive one pump jack to put that in context that is enough electricity to power a tesla model 3 for 34 860 miles in the united states there are an estimated 435 000 oil wells using pump jacks estimated electricity use for these wells is over 4 300 gigawatt hours a month that is a lot of electricity and that is just to get the oil out of the ground if we used other electricity to power electric vehicles directly it would be enough to power over 15 million electric vehicles for a month that's just us oil wells on land what about deep sea drilling the most common way of powering an offshore oil rig is with a diesel generator an average oil rig generator uses 20 to 30 metric tons of diesel per day the electrical equivalent to this is 300 000 kilowatt hours there are an estimated 1470 offshore oil rigs in the world using over 1.3 billion kilowatt hours of energy a month all this oil pumping combined would be enough to power 19.5 million electric vehicles per month this is just from the energy used to pump the oil out of the ground in the u.s and offshore so not only does the fuel pollute when we burn it in our cars we are also using a huge amount of electricity just to pump the oil that makes the fuel combining the pollution from the tailpipe emissions with the emissions generated to pump the oil out of the ground is not a pretty picture and pumping oil is not clean millions of gallons are spilled into the ocean every year causing havoc for fish and other wildlife then that oil needs to be transported most of the oil is pumped through pipelines there are over 337 000 miles of pipeline in the world carrying most of the 100 million barrels a day we consume these pipelines use pump stations that use even more energy oil is also shipped the oceans are unregulated as regards emissions so ships use the cheapest dirtiest fuel possible to keep costs down making them one of the largest pollution sources on the planet shipping is responsible for an estimated 1 billion tons of co2 per year and 10 of that is shipping oil because these tanker ships pollute so much many countries do not allow them to operate near their coastline so they have to be towed into port where the oil is transferred to a refinery refining oil takes a huge amount of energy and generates even more pollution refining is done by heating oil up to 800 degrees fahrenheit or 420 degrees centigrade heating million barrels of oil a day to these temperatures requires an enormous amount of energy heating this oil generates so much pollution refineries create a serious health hazard anywhere they operate refineries are the number one pollution source in many major cities around the world it is so bad that people living near these refineries have a marked increase of lung disease once the oil has been refined it is transported to fuel stations in diesel trucks creating even more pollution then this fuel is burned in cars and trucks right in our cities where we live and breathe these cars and trucks have internal combustion engines that are extremely inefficient seventy percent of the energy from burning fossil fuels is wasted as heat while only 30 goes to turn your wheels so after we use all that electricity pumping oil out of the ground refining it transporting it we then waste 70 percent when we burn it fossil fuel production is an incredibly dirty inefficient process from start to finish when we contrast all this to powering an electric vehicle the difference is very stark electricity does not need to be pumped from thousands of feet underground transported with trucks or trains or pumped along pipelines it does not need to be shipped overseas it does not need to be refined and it is not polluting where we live and breathe even if electricity is produced from burning coal the power plant is far away from population centers transferred over power lines keeping any direct pollution away from the population and if the ev is powered with clean energy it is clean from start to finish in the united states 47 of electricity comes from sources that emit no co2 in europe it is even better at 56 percent and the percentage of clean energy is growing every year as coal and gas plants are being replaced by renewable energy sources so what about the lithium used in ev batteries lithium is a metal that is mined in the deserts of australia china argentina and chile besides being a key ingredient in batteries lithium is also ingested as a medicine for bipolar disorder much has been made about the environmental impact of lithium mining but this is all a little bit overblown australia is the largest producer of lithium in the world if there were any major environmental problems with this mining some australians would be talking about it but what is australia really talking about when it comes to pollution oil refining yes all refining is creating a much bigger environmental risk than all the lithium mining going on anywhere in the country australia is not a very densely populated country they consume one percent of the world's oil supply and only refine one quarter of the oil they consume but they mine 50 percent of the world's lithium so a country that only refines a quarter of one percent of the world's oil and mines 50 of the world's lithium the biggest contributor to pollution and risk to human health in australia is oil refineries that does not even take into consideration the drilling pumping transporting and burning of this oil this is just refining it the more you look into it the argument that battery production is somehow as bad as the cycle of fossil fuels is ridiculous all the lithium mining in the world to date has not done anything like as much damage to the environment as just one major oil spill so what about the batteries what happens to ev batteries when they get old and are discarded when no longer practical in an electric vehicle the batteries can be used as energy storage to power a home or business giving them a second life and when they're no longer any good for this they are recycled broken down to recover the valuable metals in these batteries to be used in the next generation of electric vehicles [Music] it looks a bit silly to use so much electricity to pump oil out of the ground create tons of pollution transporting and refining it to finally waste 70 percent of it burning it in our cars when we could simply use that electricity directly to power electric vehicles eliminating the pollution from refining and burning oil in inefficient internal combustion engines it is obvious when you look at the big picture oil production is a dirty wasteful process especially when compared to the alternative powering evs with renewable electricity aha look at that that doesn't look too good now it looks a little better i think i'm gonna try this one out okay yeah oh nice inside wow oh sorry wow this thing's fast what can you do one of the last obstacles preventing many people from going electric besides misinformation is people who live in apartments and condominiums with shared parking many of these residents have no way to install a car charger if you are a lawmaker sit on a city council or a local council if you serve on the board of a housing association if you own rental property you can do something to help vote to install car charges or indeed install them yourselves in car parks or on the street so people who live in apartments can have a place to charge their electric vehicle there are companies that even offer ways for you to make a profit from these charges support the taxing of fossil fuels and using the subsidies to support the shift to electric vehicles with the right incentives and political will change can happen very quickly in norway they have made a huge shift to electric vehicles in a very short time electric vehicle sales in norway have reached over 50 of all vehicles sold support the installation of solar panels wherever possible going solar is now cheaper than buying electricity from the grid and starts paying for itself from day one and if you are fortunate enough to own your own home get an ev and install solar panels you will save thousands on fuel and electricity and have the peace of mind knowing that you are not contributing to the horribly dirty oil and gas industry share this video post it to forums like reddit nextdoor facebook and others to help spread the word lastly this is an open source video you are free to translate this video into another language for reposting contact us to download a version you can add a translated voice over and text to the day when our cities are clean of sulfur dioxide carbon monoxide and other toxic chemicals and particulates emitted from tailpipes and oil refineries can happen we have the technology to do this now supporting this transition to electric transportation will bring this day closer to fruition we hope you enjoyed this video thanks for watching and stay clean [Music] you

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Length: 14min 2sec (842 seconds)

Published: Tue Mar 02 2021