Is it the "price of gas, stupid"?

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Tsing Tao, Feb 21, 2012.

  1. Mercor

    Mercor

    Do we have the grid to produce electricity for everyone to have an electric car
     
    #291     Mar 31, 2022
  2. gwb-trading

    gwb-trading

    Short Answer: No. Plus think of the pollution -- most of our power plants in North Carolina burn coal.

    The reality is that it would be best for the electric grid to evolve to a micro-grid infrastructure including lots of residential/commercial solar plus utility owned small gas plants to support expansion of electric use plus many electric vehicles.
     
    #292     Mar 31, 2022
  3. Snarkhund

    Snarkhund

    No... not even close. We can barely supply adequate power in some areas. Not a dime is being spent on electric infrastructure.

    What will happen with electric cars is some kind of tiered scheme with much higher prices per kWh for car charging. Then they will restrict the hours you can charge. Ultimately they will tell you how many miles per month you can drive.

    I'm an electrical engineer and not fundamentally opposed to electric transportation but I can see that the grid cannot sustain the movement of our entire transportation infrastructure to electric.

    Nobody discusses the end game with electric cars like the fact that many cars have such integrated batteries that the car is totaled at the end of its battery life. And where do those old toxic batteries end up?
     
    #293     Mar 31, 2022
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  4. elderado

    elderado

    Joe's clearly been smoking some of Hunter's crack. Lots of words which make absolutely no sense. You can't speechwrite your way into reality, bitch.

     
    #294     Mar 31, 2022
  5. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    California! We're number one! Yeah! Way to go, Cali!!

     
    #295     May 18, 2022
  6. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    The home stretch into November elections.

     
    #296     May 19, 2022
  7. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    A month after the rest of the market. On the plus side, its much faster than the reaction to the shortage on baby formula - which took half a year. So maybe they're getting better?

     
    #297     May 23, 2022
  8. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

     
    #298     May 23, 2022
  9. Tony Stark

    Tony Stark

    Yikes!!!
     
    #299     May 23, 2022
  10. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    It's 4.50 here in FL. I can't imagine the revolt here were it in the 7s.
     
    #300     May 23, 2022