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> Getting data about peak hour usage is much harder That is the entire point of this exercise. My point is that OP fails to address that with data (as do you).
by parker_mountain 4y ago
> Getting data about peak hour usage is much harder
That is the entire point of this exercise. My point is that OP fails to address that with data (as do you).
- tsimionescu 4y agoDo you have some data? Or some reason to believe that iPhones are a much larger part of peak hour consumption than they are of overall electricity consumption? Based on the data we do have, there doesn't seem to be any reason to care about iPhone charging - so, if you don't come up with some data or rationale for why we should, then I still feel it's justified to say that this change has little chance of helping the world in all but the most minor of ways.
- ZeroGravitas 4y agoRecent price rises due to gas in Europe have exposed more people to the idea that the market price is set at the margin. If 1W of gas fired power needs to be brought online in the middle of the night to charge your phone, then all the wind power gets the same price. That's why peaks have always been the most economical place to target investments. It would be interesting to compare the charge rate of a Tesla Powerall * the number of them deployed. I can see iPhones alone winning that depending on some assumptions you make. You'd then probably be able to find stats on what Tesla gets paid for providing that service to get some idea of scale.
- parker_mountain 4y ago> Do you have some data? You are the one making claims with poor data and assumptions, not me.