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There's absolutely nothing wrong with demand leveling. Devices with large battery capacity are absolutely what you want to exploit to buffer short term shortfa
by ajross 4y ago
There's absolutely nothing wrong with demand leveling. Devices with large battery capacity are absolutely what you want to exploit to buffer short term shortfalls in capacity. It's comparatively trivial for car owners to limit charging to off-peak hours, so we should absolutely do that.
That said: the reason this is a problem at all is Texas's criminal joke of a power infrastructure, and that deserves to be dunked on irrespective of mitigation strategies.
- megaman821 4y agoTexas' power infrastructure is exactly what is was incentivized to be. The same with the baby formula shortage. Up and down the economy we don't have the resilience to deal with demand or supply shocks. This short-sitedness needs to be discouraged and punished. I don't think Texas stands alone though, there are a lot of states and industries ill prepared to deal with any shocks to the system.