Posted on 05/29/2023 9:22:15 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
California has mandated that all new homes built are to be all-electric, and starting in 2030, all new home appliances will be electric. I expect that Washington will soon follow California's lead of all-electric homes and appliances. In addition, Washington has mandated that fifty percent of new automobiles are to be electric. Sacramento and Washington Democrats possess the power to enact these mandates but cannot, with a pen stroke, rebuild America's electrical grid.
American families have met their energy needs for over a hundred years with electricity, gas, and gasoline. Now families are being forced to depend solely on electric utilities to turn on their lights, cook meals, heat their homes, and fuel their automobiles. That is a true dream for climate activists but a nightmare in today's world of rolling blackouts.
What happens when a natural disaster destroys a region's electrical infrastructure? Restoring electricity to a community can take weeks to months. During this time, families will be left cold and hungry in a dark house and unable to drive to safety.
There is more to an all-electric home than just more electrical outlets. A typical twelve-hundred–sq. ft. home with gas heat, stove, and water heater needs a 100-amp electrical service. That same home but with electric heat, stove, and water heater will need a 200-amp service. An level-two electrical vehicle charging station (there are levels: one is too slow, two is just right for most drivers, and three is too much) will need an additional 50 to 100 amps — therefore, a 200- to 300-amp service.
The cost increase for a new twelve-hundred-square-foot home with a 200-amp in lieu of a 100-amp electrical service would be approximately $6,500, and eliminating the gas piping would save approximately $2,500. However, modifying a mixed-energy home to an all-electric would cost approximately $15,000.
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That’s not a bug, that’s a feature.
Democrats can enact laws that require all-electric homes and automobiles, but they cannot counter the laws of physics, specifically Ohm’s Law, the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance.
When the current increases (increased demand by all-electric homes) and voltage remains the same, the resistance increases, limiting the amount of electricity that can pass through the electrical grid. Neighborhood electrical grids will need to be upgraded for all-electric homes.
The electrical grid must be designed and built in new single-family subdivisions to support all-electric homes. The number of electrical transformers per home will increase, from one 50 KVA transformer per four homes to one 50 KVA transformer per two homes.
And how much will it cost existing homes to upgrade to all electric as they eliminate the natural gas distribution system?
Democrats can enact laws that require all-electric homes and automobiles, but they cannot counter the laws of physics, specifically Ohm’s Law, the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance.
When the current increases (increased demand by all-electric homes) and voltage remains the same, the resistance increases, limiting the amount of electricity that can pass through the electrical grid. Neighborhood electrical grids will need to be upgraded for all-electric homes.
The electrical grid must be designed and built in new single-family subdivisions to support all-electric homes. The number of electrical transformers per home will increase, from one 50 KVA transformer per four homes to one 50 KVA transformer per two homes.
And how much will it cost existing homes to upgrade to all electric as they eliminate the natural gas distribution system?
The scum sucking elites will just say, let them eat cake, cooked on an open fire, but no gas.
Ohm well.
Seriously...better start building some serious nuclear generation and hydrogen cell technology YESTERDAY!
California long ago mandated low flush toilets, and low water “energy efficient” washing machines. Both of those are pretty awful.
They hardly never think about the second and third effects because they are only focused on their narcissistic behaviors and give-a-ways of treasury to get their LCD base to support them in the next election.
But”some how, they manage.”
Pretty soon only the woke Amish will be left in the golden state and eventually the entire west coast. Oops, forgot to add Colorado.
From energy to pronouns, we live in a world of utter delusion. It is not sustainable. We are near implosion.
No electricity for homes, what about cars?!
And while they destroy California and the US, China and India have free reign to use coal, petroleum, and whatever they want, laughing at the destruction of the US.
I'm all for nuclear power. But we're not doing that. The only nation who's capable of pulling that off right now would be the French. We have to give them credit where it's due.
Just about every day I have at least a fleeting thought that something has to give. But maybe implosion is where we’re headed. Halfway there anyway.
Might as well. Gen Z is woke. That's where we're heading. There won't be much resistance by then. Maybe some MAGA diehards by 2050 in Florida and some flyover states. But they will have 40% of the popular vote. Same deal you see in Canada today.
The trick to those is to flush before you sit down (wetting the porcelain keeps the dirt from sticking), twice as a courtesy, and once when you finish.
And there you go: government efficiency.
AB 8, 9 and 10 forces more density on existing neighborhoods, in many cases tripling the load / Demand not just on existing power but, water and sewer systems.
Most older neighborhood’s utilities were already overloaded. You can only get so much through a pipe or wire.
As far as I know PG&E and SoCal Edison didn’t pull Gavin Newsom aside when he was mandating all this and say “hey bud, have you lost your everlovin mind?’. So basically they own it.
You have to flush before you go to make sure it won’t overflow after you go.
“Neighborhood electrical grids will need to be upgraded for all-electric homes.”
This. The electric system upgrades from generation to transmission to distribution will be vastly expensive.
And CA electric rates are already silly.
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