> if every car tomorrow switched to electric, we'd literally have no way to power the cars. The price of electricity would skyrocket to reflect the complete and

> if every car tomorrow switched to electric, we'd literally have no way to power the cars. The price of electricity would skyrocket to reflect the complete and utter lack of generation capabilities. I think you might be overestimating how much electricity is needed. I own an electric car, and drive about 450 miles per month on electricity. My car charger uses just 12 amps. That's not a trivial amount of power -- but it is less than half of the amps any average appliance uses individually (like an electric dryer or electric stove or central AC). And my electricity bill reflects this, my car charger uses far less electricity (in total KWH) than my home central AC uses during summer months. The electrical grid handles all those other appliances (often simultaneously) in millions of homes today. I'm not sure why an extra 12 amps per adult is some nightmare scenario.