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Citylab.com has published some great articles, but this isn't one of them. It's not clear to me why they published this article or who the intended audience is.
by chmaynard 8y ago
Citylab.com has published some great articles, but this isn't one of them. It's not clear to me why they published this article or who the intended audience is. And I'm skeptical of the conclusions, given that the article doesn't mention the rise of wind and PV solar power generation coupled with energy storage capacity.
- curyous 8y agoFYI, electric cars can also act as grid energy storage capacity.
- ants_a 8y agoCould, in theory, with additional hardware and integration and agreements needed.
- appleiigs 8y agoAgree. All it says is: if all cars magically turned electrical today, we'd need more electricity. No discussion of the risks/barriers in place to get more electricity. (By the way, technology and infrastructure investment aren't the bottlenecks here. It would be the perverse politicians and bone-headed bureaucrats at the electric system operators.) Also, no discussion about solutions as you mentioned. Given I'm in a bad mood, I bet the purpose of the article is simply to get published so the authors can sell their expertise to some regulatory hearing.
- intopieces 8y agoI think the writer of the headline was not the writer of the article. A more accurate title "Most states need power grid upgrade for future EV demand". Agreed that there was a missed opportunity in mentioning the rise of wind/PV/battery.