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To: Hodar

There are large number of homes and apartments in this country that only have 60 amp service. While you’re charging your EV you will be able to use your electric stove. In many areas the electric grid is already fully utilized. Someday I’ll get around to converting gasoline consumption to electrical consumption and come up with a forecast of how much electric grid will need to carry if you to achieve your goal of everyone driving EVs. That number, I’m sure, will be some multiple times the current capacity of the grid. Oh and solar panels on individual homes don’t work to supply the need. Lots of data out there on that.


47 posted on 01/30/2022 7:35:07 AM PST by mad_as_he$$
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To: mad_as_he$$

Consider, electrical power is “on demand”. That is why there are extremely expensive “surge stations” all over the country. What is generated is distributed across the nation.

What is not consumed, is lost.

Then again, lithium batteries are liking to take care of that problem too. When we have excess power; we now have reliable, cost effective and long term reliability tech to do this

Whether it’s solar, nuclear, wind, coal, or other fossil derived power. It can be stored. And that is just a part of what is changing. It’s not all just about electrical boats, vehicles, planes, motorcycles or wheelchairs. Life is changing


55 posted on 01/30/2022 11:44:40 AM PST by Hodar (A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.- Burroughs)
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