kublikhan wrote:+2
Thanks Outcast_Searcher for going through the trouble and showing that ICE still makes financial sense at this time.
I'm not arguing with Outcast_Searchers statements or math. The example I gave was specific to this Zip Code, using local data and conditions. I was under the impression I made that clear. Of course if the data is different in your zip code, you will obviously get different results.
Actually, this spotlights a bigger issue. There are lots of solutions everywhere, but no solution works everywhere. In Permaculture, the phrase "It Depends" sums up this idea in two words. *WARNING* If you take this to heart and add in a nonaggression ethic, you may become an Anarchist!
So, if you take the nationwide average, as you pointed out, it makes no sense. That does not mean it doesn't make sense anywhere in the US. It appears it may make sense here for certain people and that was the jist of my original post.
I can think of LOTS of different places where EV could work very well with the right systems: Deserts (combined with solar), States using Hydro power, places with cheaper electric rates at night, etc. But it wont work everywhere, so let's toss the idea out. This is socialist thinking. Who knows maybe the problem isn't EVs, but expensive electricity.
To me; 195 nations are safer than one world government for the very same reason. I'd rather have 195 nations looking for solutions to their local problems than one world government trying to find a solution that applies everywhere.
Anyway, nice analysis Outcast.