Alternatively, Tanya may be able to spin it as rescuing victims of communism. Like with what happens with Cuba refugees. I think people were receptive to East German refugees as well? Seems like communism tends to be considered a more palatable reason for accepting refugees.
Tonyloco said:
And as discussed earlier atomic reactors allow for cheaper electricity, less dependency on coal and oil, and this would lead to trains, buses trolleys and other electrical using vehicles rather than just go for oil or diesel. (I do think electric cars are too far away yet, anything smaller than a trolley or a bus should be too much on an issue.
That's why I feel a good goal is to try and get electric cars that can get accepted by the masses around the time the Oil crisis happens, which will be in the 70s. That gives a couple of decades to develop. If something good can be readied for this point, then there would be a favorable reception. The oil crisis is THE point where Tanya can push to get off oil. Looks like the Nickel–metal hydride battery came out around this time, so maybe that is what could be used.
After that, forget about it until the lithium batteries show up, which will be another 2 decades, and it would take a lot of work to get the price to a reasonable level.
In the meantime, the best way to go electric it using the electric wire grid. Mainly trolleys, but it can be expanded for other city vehicles, suche as street sweepers, garbage trucks, and so on. Commercial vehicles can follow, like semi trucks, and taxis could be a test grounds for how well private trolley cars could work.
Currently, the main issue I am finding with the trolley car is connecting back to the electric grid. You need to come to a full stop at dedicated locations that have little flaps around the wires. The flaps help guide the poles as they are raised up. That can take a good 30 second to a minute, which could lead to traffic jams, if everyone is trying to connect. There isn't a lot of time to drive on existing charges either, since battery life is low. Maybe a small gas tank is needed as well?
Can magic help? Most people don't have any magic, right? Not even a small amount? If there was enough to just use a touch of telekenisis to help hook to the grid, that would make this MASSIVELY easier. Another idea is having manned stations so that technicians can help hook drivers people up reliably, but I'm not sure how many of those you need to make the system workable.
The other issue I've found is that being on the grid is a rail system, which has a switch system. I'm not 100% sure how it works, but I think the vehicles can cause the switch, rather than you sending out some sort of signal to the wire. It would be better if the change happens with the pole connection, cause if it happens with the wire, too many cars at once might cause a misfire and the pole doesn't turn in the direction that the car wants to go.
Tonyloco said:
where the rest of the world would be happy with the oil revolution Tanya would be the kind of person to keep developing things like batteries who where basically unchanged for decades, and yes we know that some industries made sure that happened, that certain technologies didn't advanced in order to keep theirs strong.
In the 40s, batteries are not that great. Alkaline batteries were invented in 1955 but, from what I am reading, they don't seem very good for recharging.
There are 4 main types.
-Lead Acid is the standard car battery.
-Nickel-Cadmium (NiCd) can be quickly charged, but also quickly dies. I assume this the type that would be most usable for the trolley vehicles right now.
-Nickel–metal hydride are probably the batteries they used when they were looking for alternatives to gas in the 70, since this popped up around that point.
-Lithium-ion are the best rechargables, and those didn't hit the market until 1991, and they remain expensive today, although the price is rapidly going down. Other than that, batteries don't improve much.
Extending battery life is more about lowering power requirements than increasing capacity. I don't think you can get off gas until you have the lithium, if you rely on high capacity, which is why I'm talking about using the trolley car system instead.
RogueInquisitor said:
As much as nuclear power is great, a power grid needs other types of generation too. Nuclear is great for base load, but sucks at load-following, which is where oil, coal, and gas really shine.
How much load following do you need? I read that hydro power works for that as well. It's possible to have a good 10%+ of electricity be hydro powered, with a bit of geothermal.
ActionJHW said:
It was mentioned that Tanya set up a panel of best practices and set up mechanization programs before the war. It is also worth mentioning that the reduction of the wheat tariffs mainly hurts the Junker aristocrats that now have to actually compete and thus are forced to become more efficient or go out of business. The average germanian benefits from cheaper grain and some might even approve of hurting the aristocratic elements,
She also has a TON of starving people she can feed using that wheat. First, she gave it to Not!Japan, and now she is handing it over to Bharat. Who knows who else she can ship it to. Is Not!Madagascar okay with its food supply? How about those new republics, that have recently undergone a famine? Cause Tanya can ship wheat to all those places as well. The amount of money she gets from the car sales means that she can give all that wheat away to other countries, in order to get good will, and not be hurting for doing so.
