Posted on 02/06/2020 5:23:31 PM PST by karpov
Plans to put ten million electric vehicles on the road within ten years and rip gas central heating from every home are unveiled today.
Energy regulator Ofgem has outlined how the nation will have to change the way it travels and heats homes to meet the Governments target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
The radical scheme to greenwire Britain will be built around plans for a four-fold increase in electricity from wind farms around the coast. But the proposals will largely be paid for by families and businesses, adding billions of pounds to bills over the next 30 years.
It is suggested that building and running the infrastructure to support the roll-out of electric vehicles could be £2billion a year, equivalent to £30 on every household bill.
And switching away from natural gas heating and hot water for homes and businesses will require spending as much as £20billion a year by 2050.
And it is proposing that owners of electric cars charge them through the night when power is cheap and then sell it back to the national grid at a higher price at peak periods.
As a result, the embedded power stored in the cars batteries will reduce the need to build new gas-fired power stations.
Ofgem said: Increased uptake of electric vehicles creates a rare opportunity for a win-win-win for society, through lower carbon emissions, improved air quality and a more robust and low-cost energy system. But this will only be achieved if drivers are supported to charge their vehicles typically at off-peak times.
Support for drivers using their electric vehicles in novel ways will also be needed, for example by vehicle-to-grid technology to share energy from car batteries back to the electricity grid when it is needed.
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As a result, the embedded power stored in the cars batteries will reduce the need to build new gas-fired power stations.
Here's a question to ask Britain's "Best and Brightest..." Those peak hours would be during the day, when many people have gone to work, or are using their vehicles for personal or commercial business. If they're using those vehicles, or if they're parked in parking lots while their owners are working, and they discharge the batteries to see it back to the grid, a) "What will that do to the GDP, as those vehicles can no longer be used for business." And b) "How will those people get home after work?"
It seems to me that it's been far too long since politicians publicly experienced tar and feathering. Especially the 44 dems in the US congress who are sponsoring the "New Way Forward" act. Tucker Carlson While this has nothing to do with the current article, it's an example of what the left are trying to do as part of a "one-world" order, where their ilk rule.
Mark
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