Well, I don't suppose most people commonly drive from one end of their country to the other. A quick Google found one source which suggests the average commuting distance in Norway is less than half that in the US. Will that do?
Nope. Your claim was that Norway achieved a high rate of EV use because 'early adopters' didn't generally drive long distances. The reality is a bit different.
In 2011 the Nissan Leaf had an EPA rated range of 117 km. In 2012 the Tesla Models S was rated at 426 km. That was the 'game changer' that caused Norwegian EV adoption to take off. Of course it also helped that Norway got in early with EV incentives, but they weren't the only ones. The US has has had a federal tax credit for EVs since 2008, as well as significant incentives and penalties to encourage auto makers to make EVs. But petrol was very cheap in the US, so fuel savings weren't so much of an incentive.
My *suspicion* was. Don't give it a big buildup. I'm not trying to rewrite history. I suspected the main factors were wealth and not driving so far as some other nations. If being wealthy enough to afford big incentives was the single predominant cause then I'm fine with that.
I think you're right about the wealth factor not least because it has also allowed Norway to invest heavily in their charging infrastructure so running an EV, even if you cannot easily charge at home, is comparatively easy.
In the few years when compact fluorescent bulbs were 'the future' he'd certainly have had a point. I have a nagging feeling more people would moan about how inadequate LED lamps are if it wasn't for the dramatic improvement over the awful, sickly light from compact fluorescents.
There was a time when the energy efficient options were definitely inferior; I remember saying that turning on the light made things seem darker.
My house, in fact, got brighter, because I would replace 60W incandescents with 100W equivalent CFL's, which which not only lasted longer and used less power but gave more light. Win-win-win.
Which is the same light any fluorescent tube puts out. The same light used in shops and offices everywhere. The difference is those lights are kept going most of the time, so the few seconds needed to reach full brightness isn't noticed.
I don't think they're inadequate, I think more people would complain they were if we hadn't had something much worse to compare. I do think they're not quite as good. They don't give the full spectrum of light that an incandescent does, they emit a selection of individual colours which our eyes blend into a version of white. The lamp looks white but using it to illuminate a coloured object needn't necessarily give quite a true colour compared to daylight.
I'd not claim that. Only that it's spectrum doesn't have big gaps in it. You can calibrate a monitor to show an even level of light across a broad gamut but that's not the same task as using that simulated white to illuminate objects of particular colours.
Connected Kerb is quite common round here. 7kw charging in places you're expected to be most or all of the day using your own charging cable. Pricewise it seems to be the same as, or a little more than, standard rate electricity at home.
