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> an electric car uses less power than it takes to air condition a California home. The recent blackouts demonstrate that California doesn't have enough dispat
by p1mrx 6y ago
> an electric car uses less power than it takes to air condition a California home.
The recent blackouts demonstrate that California doesn't have enough dispatchable power to support the current air conditioning footprint. We need to add more EVs and more air conditioning on top of that.
- ogre_codes 6y agoIt's a fair point, but since cars charge during off-peak hours and during the night when AC shouldn't be needed, which should mitigate the issue. There will definitely need to be more power generated to support EVs if we're going to eliminate fossil fuel burning.
- kalleboo 6y agoIf we're replacing nuclear with solar, night time energy will no longer be off-peak-time but rather during expensive-battery-storage-time
- ogre_codes 6y ago> If we're replacing nuclear with solar, Replacing coal/ natural gas burning with solar is the priority by a big margin. Unless there are safety issues, it makes sense to maintain nuclear plants at least until after any natural gas/ carbon emitting plants are shuttered. At that point, it's cost/benefit & safety. At the current rate, it sounds like the cost of solar plus storage is likely to be less than nuclear by then regardless so this whole argument will be pointless. The tiny nuke plants look pretty cool to me though!