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To: ctdonath2

I think a lot of the ev plan is wishful.

Not saying it can’t happen, but will our power grid be made robust enough for them?

The ChiComs are building lots of coal power plants for this.


31 posted on 03/13/2022 7:07:03 PM PDT by nascarnation (Let's Go Brandon!)
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To: nascarnation

Wasn’t all that long ago we didn’t have a gas station on every other corner. People actually had to plan trips to ensure they could reach the next gas station. Roads didn’t go everywhere they do now. Rest stops had picnic tables and charcoal grills because there wasn’t a cheap restaurant everywhere, families actually had to cook roadside.

The EV charging network is growing. Wasn’t long ago that, between short-range batteries and rare chargers, you couldn’t drive cross-country; now pretty much everywhere is in range with a bit of planning at https://www.tesla.com/trips . Electric companies would love a reason to upgrade power networks and sourcing. There’s lots of room on the grid now, and nothing stopping it from being improved. Home solar is (yes) actually starting to come in range of reasonable for augmenting personal use & transport. If the Left really wants to get us off fossil fuels, they can’t say no to large-scale development of renewables and nuclear.

Weird how many here think the electrical grid is a static entity.


35 posted on 03/14/2022 3:24:14 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (Statistics don't matter when they happen to you.)
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