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Economy of scale is important, definitely. I'm just not so sure if the economy of scale favors energy storage (required for large-scale EVs) or ICEs right now,
by firebaze 6y ago
Economy of scale is important, definitely. I'm just not so sure if the economy of scale favors energy storage (required for large-scale EVs) or ICEs right now, or in the forseeable future if we don't heavily invest in backup energy if renewables are not available.
The US is heavily dependent on air conditioning, for example. What would happen if the available energy was low in summer nights? Some kind of base energy backup needs to be there, and the energy cost of air conditioning alone is huge.
- CyberDildonics 6y agoYou do realize that people need less air conditioning at night and that this is something that works now and has worked for a long time right? This isn't some theoretical plan, people have been using air conditioning for a long time.