Carbon
Conspiracy ?
Some 50 years back , it used to take 25 years for an industry
to get obsolete
10 years back , this
period came down to 5
years
At the rate at which technology is advancing today , it seems an
industry can become obsolete , even before it is born !
Here is proof :
·
India has decided to completely change-over to Electric Vehicles (
EV ) by 2030
·
Today , we have over 200 million petrol /
diesel vehicles
·
Some 10 million more are getting added each year
·
That means , possibly some 300 million will get replaced by 2030 ( as EV )
·
Those 300 million EV will
need , at least , 18 lakh “ EV Battery
Charging Stations “ to come up , all over the country ( - a “ Re-born Industry “ ? )
Today , we
have , a total of 60,000
fuel retail pumps in India
On average ,
these take about 10
minutes to fill up a vehicle tank , but a EV battery charging station
would take 300 minutes
( 5 hours ) to charge a Li-ion battery
( ie : 30 times longer ! )
So , even if the vehicles are willing to queue up
for 5 hours , that would require 30 times more EV charging stations ! 18 lakhs !
Estimated current
investment in this industry = Rs 6.5 lakh*crore
Now , if we need 30
times more EV charging stations ( as compared to present ), that would
also mean that the investment required too , would go up 30 times !
That is Rs 195 lakh*crore !
·
But , even before the first hundred Battery Charging Stations have
come up , technology is getting ready to “ Obsolete “ the very concept of a battery-charging
station !
·
In May this year , ISRO demonstrated a modified OMNI van with a Solar Panel mounted roof-top , which would
continuously charge a ( relatively ) much smaller Lithium Ion battery , as long as that vehicle is exposed to the
Sunlight !
·
At night , this EV can be charged at home ( thru domestic electric
outlet )
If all of those 300 million EV were to
implement ISRO technology
, there would be NO NEED
for those 18 lakh Battery
Charging Stations !
A still-born industry ? You bet !
But a infrastructure saving of Rs 195 lakh*crore ! !
But then how come ,
·
despite such a REVOLUTIONARY BREAKTHROUGH , there is no further
mention in media of what progress has ISRO made to
commercialize this technology during the last 6 months ?
·
there is no response to my emails from ISRO / Minister for
Transport / Society for Indian Automotive Manufacturers ( SIAM ) / leading car
manufacturers …etc ?
·
there is no mention of this INNOVATION on ISRO’s own web site ?
I wonder , if there is some DILEMMA which is holding back the release of the “
EV CHANGE-OVER ROAD-MAP
“ , jointly prepared by the Transport Ministry and NITI Aayog – and which the Car Industry is
awaiting with bated breath ?
Are following vested interests wanting to “ kill “ ISRO technology , in
order to survive ?
·
existing Petrol / Diesel Pumps ( 95 % owned by HP / IOC etc )
·
importers of Li-ion Batteries ( large ones – which will not be
required ) ?
·
companies who have drawn up
investment plans for the manufacture of those large Li-ion Batteries ?
·
existing Car Manufacturers who have configured their EV offerings
around those large batteries ?
Those of you who wish to learn (
although, just a little ) about the ISRO technology, may want to look up :
Whatever the underlying reasons for this “ Deafening Silence “ , it is not late for ISRO to come forward to share its “ Design / Drawings / Documents “ with millions of MSME by enabling them to freely download the same from :
ISRO :
You do not
need anybody’s permission to “ Empower India “
14 Nov 2017
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