Jesus Christ does anyone read anything I post on this board? Hmmh... Why bother with an entire post when we can take sections of it out of context and debate those?
Starvid wrote:You have never worked in a process industry, have you?
When 10-40 % of your costs are electricity, efficiency becomes a religion.
I'm not talking about industry costs, I'm talking about consumer costs.
yesplease wrote:If we implement EVs in the same manner we use gasoline, expect high, high voltage charging stations that peak at the same time current grid use peaks. Can't have a cheap, effective implementation when there's a wasteful, inefficient, and possibly downright stupid one present.
For instance, most vehicles could get far better mileage/eff with small changes in design, but if that was the case we wouldn't consume as much as we do. Any consumable will likely follow the same pattern unless it's regulated. The more inefficient something is, the more we use, and the more the owners profit.
Starvid wrote:All the talk about infrastructure problems if/when implementing plug-ins is just balderash. Something like 70-75 % of the cars in the US can be plug-ins before any new generation capacity is even needed, according to an EPRI study.
Sure, you might need some more power lines. So build them. That'll reduce unemployment.
yesplease wrote:Otoh, we have more than enough grid capacity to charge an entire fleet of EVs in the late night/early morning, when demand is nil, and rates are half to a third of what they normally are if you're on the proper plan.
What I wouldn't give for the fifth grade...