This is what Idan Abodi, the head of the energy sector at the Ministry of Transportation, said in a discussion at the sub-committee for the promotion of renewable energy technologies. MK subcommittee chairman Yael Cohen-Faran said: "The transportation sector is responsible for about 25% of greenhouse gas emissions. The time has come to overcome the failure of 'Better Place' and move forward. The government should set clear goals for the transition to electric-powered transportation in Israel"
The subcommittee of the Science and Technology Committee for the Promotion of Renewable Energy Technologies chaired by MK Yael Cohen-Faran (the Zionist camp) held a discussion on Monday with the aim of promoting the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in Israel in vehicles and gas rigs.
Cohen-Farran said at the beginning of the discussion: "The use of a vehicle with an internal combustion engine is extremely bad - 25% of all greenhouse gas emissions are from transportation, and therefore there is no doubt that, as happens in many places in the world, the electric vehicle revolution is something that must also happen in Israel. Our smallness in the State of Israel does not allow us to procrastinate on the issue. The time has come to overcome the failure of 'Better Place' and move forward. The government should set clear goals for the transition to electric-powered transportation in Israel."
Dr. Ila Eliyahu from the Knesset Research and Information Center presented A picture of the situation in Israel and a comparative view On tools to encourage the use of electric vehicles. In the document written at the request of MK Cohen-Farran, it is stated that the electric vehicle market in the world is on the rise, but on the other hand, in Israel, as of mid-February 2018, there are only 700 private electric vehicles, 2,500 plug-in hybrid vehicles, and 58,000 hybrid vehicles. , and the public charging infrastructure is extremely partial. The document states that different countries take different measures - regulatory, economic and other - to encourage the penetration of electric vehicles for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The document reads: "In Israel, the state offers various incentives to promote electric vehicles in Israel: reduced purchase tax on the purchase of electric vehicles; Reducing the value of the use of electric vehicles; benefits in purchasing hybrid taxis; Grants are planned for companies that will deploy public charging stations; grants to public transportation companies to purchase electric buses; Support for electric car sharing and electric pool car projects. - However, the data on the number of electric vehicles in Israel show that these measures did not lead to a significant penetration of electric vehicles into Israel, and it seems that there are still significant barriers to the entry of electric vehicles into the Israeli market. Thus, there is no sufficient charging infrastructure in Israel, there are not enough actions and incentives to increase public awareness on the subject; And there is not enough involvement of the local authorities in promoting the issue, contrary to the world."
Idan Eboudi, head of the energy department at the Ministry of Transportation and Road Safety said at the discussion: "We are working towards the introduction of electric propulsion in transportation in Israel. Already today in the transport tenders we demand from the companies that 50% of the routes will be electric buses. We make sure that the bus terminals will already have a suitable infrastructure for a charging station. We predict that in 2030, the state of public transportation in Israel as a whole will be such that 50% of it will only be in electric drive vehicles and then we will achieve a million ton reduction per year in greenhouse gas emissions."
Dr. Bracha Halaf, Chief Scientist from the Ministry of Energy: "The minister's vision is that by 2030 there will no longer be imports of vehicles with internal combustion and there will be no polluting fuels at all. We are working on creating a plan that will fulfill the vision and are working on preparing a tender to support the deployment of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. We embarked on a study that tests all over the world what the support model is, and we are also in the middle of an internet study that tests people's attitudes regarding electric vehicles."
Bjorn Otgard, CEO of EVBox for charging stations around the world, gave the committee a detailed presentation on the revolution of electric vehicles in the world and demonstrated how it can be implemented in Israel as soon as possible: "9 out of 10 people today breathe polluted air because of vehicles. The electric vehicles in the world of technology today can ensure a reduction in the public's problem of the charging range - within 20 minutes of charging it will be possible to travel from Jerusalem to Eilat."
In the second part of the discussion, the subcommittee for the promotion of renewable energy technology discussed the effect of gas production rigs on greenhouse gas emissions. The representatives of the environmental organizations wondered in front of the officials in the government offices why the gas production rig should be near the coast and cause environmental damage and demanded to act in order to move the planned rig away from above the Leviathan reservoir. Tzur Galin, head of the air quality division at the Ministry of Environmental Protection, said: "You can't grab the stick from both sides. In the location of the rig above the reservoir there is a risk of sea pollution." י
The chairman of the committee is MK Cohen-Farran She concluded the discussion with a request to the government ministries to show empathy for the resistance of the residents, which is increasing in the coming months. "It is true that their claims undermine all the things that were closed on the part of the government in the story, but there are great public concerns about how the rig is still being built and whether there is an emission permit. We need to refer to the public power, sit down with them and provide them with answers, and if necessary, it is allowed to have additional thinking on the whole issue," said Cohen-Faran.
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Not true. The question is whether the vehicle carries the energy source
A diesel-electric locomotive, like the Israel Railways today, carries electric motors
And also diesel engines and generators, of course the ambassador of the excess weight
(compared to a normal electric locomotive) creates waste, what else does an electric locomotive
Normal returns power to the electrical system when braking.
Another thing is that while the electricity system runs on gas and sources
Renewable (wind, sun) and maintained to a high standard and with chimneys
Moving the smoke away from the street are cars, buses and locomotives
Diesel and gasoline engines pollute the air that every passer-by breathes
In the street within touching distance.
Asaf,
You are right in principle. A holistic move is needed to reduce the amount of emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases and switching to an electric vehicle alone will not necessarily have an effect and may even be harmful, if the power plants do not work to reduce the pollution they produce.
Using electricity to drive cars "transfers the pollution" from the vehicles to the power plants and allows pollution to be reduced in two ways:
1) Reducing local pollution ("at nose level") and noise pollution
2) Reducing the general pollution by correctly choosing the desired power plants, starting with the use of natural gas instead of coal and petroleum products, switching to nuclear energy which, despite its reputation, is relatively safe and non-polluting, and ending with renewable energies such as wind and solar.
For more details and exchange of ideas you (and everyone) are welcome to contact me by email.
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An electric vehicle pollutes more than an internal combustion vehicle, electricity generation pollutes more than the vehicle, the production of lithium E-ion batteries is the most polluting, and there is still no solution for recycling E-ion batteries, so the whole idea is: move the air pollution from the cities to the outskirts, where the coal-fired power plants are located.
There is no doubt that electric cars cause less air pollution - local,
But the experts will come up and explain the general economy (for those who are not physicists/chemists)
After all, generating electricity using fossil fuel causes pollution,
(not from unsustainable sources like sun or wind)
Simple logic means that the farther you get from the energy source,
As long as the use for propulsion is secondary or tertiary
There is a loss of energy and therefore more fuel (electricity) is needed,
That means generating electricity to drive cars will require more fossil fuel
Than direct use of fuel to drive the cars.
Logically, it is true that there will be less local pollution
But in a general calculation, more pollution will be created (by the power plants),
not like that ?