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Originally Posted by chad86tsi
Over a month, an average EV driver uses 408 kilowatt-hours on car charginghttps://news.energysage.com/how-many...r-charger-use/
I'm in a family with 2 cars, so double that to 816 KWh.
In 2021, the average annual electricity consumption for a U.S. residential utility customer was 10,632 kilowatthours (kWh), an average of about 886 kWh per month.
https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.p...%20per%20month.
When my kid starts driving, it will be another car... My EV electric load will likely exceed that of all my other power consumption. It will be like adding a whole 'nother house of load to the grid, times every other home in the neighborhood that has to do the same thing.
Industrial corridors are scaled and designed for large changes in load. Residential and rural districts are not. If we convert to 100% EV's, our neighborhood infrastructure needs to double it's capacity, and the supply side (generation) needs substantially increased too. These are the areas of concern.
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Our grid rarely runs at capacity, most of it is reserved for surges. Anything in excess is currently wasted. While your usage may double, the grid demand will not.
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https://energycentral.com/c/ec/how-i...ds-reliability
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Originally Posted by Murf the Surf
What's my source? How about just about every western democracy is pushing net zero. That's right across the board. In Canada we are being pushed to get away from O&G home heating, "green energy" projects and tech getting government funding. It's not just Canada, but the US, Britain, most of Europe.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-conten...m-Strategy.pdf |
Net zero is different than zero fossil fuels.
Edit, page 18:
"5. SCALE UP CO2
REMOVAL. In the three decades to
2050, our emissions from energy production can
be brought close to zero but certain emissions
such as non-CO2
from agriculture will be difficult to
decarbonize completely by mid-century. Reaching
net-zero emissions will therefore require removing
carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, using
processes and technologies that are rigorously
evaluated and validated. This requires scaling up
land carbon sinks as well as engineered strategies."