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He was asking about heaters, not seat warmers. LThey are two different things entirely. Heated seats aren't going to be nearly enough if stuck in a blizzard or

He was asking about heaters, not seat warmers. LThey are two different things entirely. Heated seats aren't going to be nearly enough if stuck in a blizzard or whatever. I'm all for EVs but think hybrids are far more practical for anything other than simple work commutes. Also, why does everyone assume charging and electricity prices won't surge as soon as the utility companies have enough of the population under their thumb? Electricity prices will become the new gas prices. We need to stop this shit at the source and start capping profits.

bryanlarsen 4y ago
I said heated seats deliberately. They are much more energy efficient than cabin heaters and will keep you alive during a blizzard. If you're not appropriately dressed they won't keep you comfortable. And if electricity prices surge then regulators aren't doing their job. The costs of renewable energy have been dropping dramatically and are expected to keep dropping. I do expect the price delta between peak and trough electricity prices to widen dramatically, but mostly due to the price of trough dropping.
- effingwewt 4y ago
  I got you. If you think government regulations will help reign in prices I invite you to look at the Texas power grid price structure it's highway robbery already. And if the government can't keep current electricity and gas prices under control why should we for a second think they'd do better if we were all driving electric vehicles. The only pattern I see is to build a moat and use their regulatory capture to raise prices while ignoring infrastructure to the detriment of everyone.
  - bryanlarsen 4y ago
    Texas is the cheapest place in the US to charge an EV. Very occasionally it has the most expensive electricity in the US, but most of the time its the cheapest. The nice thing about an EV is that you can schedule your electricity usage. On average, my EV needs about half an hour of charging daily and is plugged in about 14 hours a day. So I just charge while its cheap and ignore the times when its expensive.

bryanlarsen 4y ago

I said heated seats deliberately. They are much more energy efficient than cabin heaters and will keep you alive during a blizzard. If you're not appropriately dressed they won't keep you comfortable. And if electricity prices surge then regulators aren't doing their job. The costs of renewable energy have been dropping dramatically and are expected to keep dropping. I do expect the price delta between peak and trough electricity prices to widen dramatically, but mostly due to the price of trough dropping.

effingwewt 4y ago
I got you. If you think government regulations will help reign in prices I invite you to look at the Texas power grid price structure it's highway robbery already. And if the government can't keep current electricity and gas prices under control why should we for a second think they'd do better if we were all driving electric vehicles. The only pattern I see is to build a moat and use their regulatory capture to raise prices while ignoring infrastructure to the detriment of everyone.
- bryanlarsen 4y ago
  Texas is the cheapest place in the US to charge an EV. Very occasionally it has the most expensive electricity in the US, but most of the time its the cheapest. The nice thing about an EV is that you can schedule your electricity usage. On average, my EV needs about half an hour of charging daily and is plugged in about 14 hours a day. So I just charge while its cheap and ignore the times when its expensive.