08 July 2022, 01:10 PM
Piano*DadCrush the Public EV Chargers!
Bill coming to NC legislatureLatest brain dead ploy by GOP state legislator.
09 July 2022, 05:28 PM
NinaMy hat's off to the article's writer.
09 July 2022, 10:52 PM
CindysphinxI always thought those EV chargers were free, but my friends with an EV said you have to pay.
Probably a pittance, though.
I couldn't own an EV. We only have one car (the Mini), and it needs to get us back and forth to see the kids.
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10 July 2022, 03:57 PM
Ninait costs us about $11 to charge when we drive from PDX to YVR--vs about $60 in gas.
10 July 2022, 06:23 PM
CHASquote:
Originally posted by Nina:
My hat's off to the article's writer.
He did make the article entertaining
10 July 2022, 06:50 PM
Piano*DadIndeed. Hard to navigate such a ludicrous premise without sounding simply snarky or outright dumb.
10 July 2022, 08:49 PM
CHASHow long until a gas tax like tax is added to electricity for vehicles?
10 July 2022, 11:52 PM
Steve MillerIt’s too bad they didn’t include any video with that article.
The newer chargers operate at some 800 volts and rolling coal over one would be make for some
spectacular footage.
11 July 2022, 08:54 AM
ShiroKuroHas anyone read about predictions of how electricity use would change if everyone were driving electric cars? I'm thinking about the article where it said that electricity is generally cheaper at night (and certainly that's the case where I live). But isn't that because demand is lower at night? What happens if demand is no longer lower at night?
BTW I'm just thinking out loud here, by no means do I intend to suggest that my questions here are a drawback to electric cars.
11 July 2022, 01:55 PM
NinaBased on my vast research (OK, five minutes on google....
) I'd say the opinions on that are mixed. There are several doomsday articles that the increased demand due to electric cars will destroy the grid.
Other, more reasonable articles (in my opinion as to what constitutes "reasonable") point out that the move from partial to nearly 100% electric cars won't happen overnight, giving the grid time to scale up.
Cool futuristic articles talk about e-roads, where your car is being charged as you are driving down the road, and/or you are generating additional electricity from driving which is then returned to the grid, etc.
Noting that additional power is only carbon neutral if it's coming from clean energy sources (wind, solar, hydro, etc.).
11 July 2022, 02:30 PM
wtgCurrent battery technology is resource-intensive.
Good discussion from Fareed Zakaria:
http://well-temperedforum.grou...053922797#8053922797
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We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love… and then we return home. - Australian Aboriginal proverb
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