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To: PLMerite

Read posts 12 and 13.

The grid isn’t ready for large scale EV use.


221 posted on 09/21/2022 3:21:20 PM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
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To: dynoman

“The grid isn’t ready for large scale EV use.”

I absolutely agree with that. But that might be part of the plan.


226 posted on 09/21/2022 3:27:34 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: dynoman

“The grid isn’t ready for large scale EV use.”

Yeah no sh!t, but what good is the grid without the generating capacity?

According to the BTS (https://www.bts.gov/content/us-passenger-miles) in 2019 the US logged 3.77 Trillion light vehicle miles. If one quarter of those miles were to be from EVs, at 27kWHr/100 mi that would require a continuous source of over 29,000 MW of power.

A decent sized nuke unit is 1000 MW.


278 posted on 09/21/2022 8:06:42 PM PDT by Btlg
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