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This assumes you can have your car plugged in during the day. It people drive to work and cannot plug in their car, then most of the time it will only be plugg

This assumes you can have your car plugged in during the day. It people drive to work and cannot plug in their car, then most of the time it will only be plugged in at night.

darknavi 4y ago
Hopefully the ability to charge at work becomes more popular.
- biomcgary 4y ago
  Hopefully, the requirement to commute to work goes away for a large fraction of the population so that all that energy can be used for more productive things.
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- wizofaus 4y ago
  And further increase traffic problems and the continued blight of cities designed for cars? I can't see anything that encourages people to start driving to work as a good thing sorry.
  - biomcgary 4y ago
    Most of the forms of travel that are energy and space efficient are typically not time efficient due to inherent tradeoffs. Nothing saves time, space, and energy simultaneously like not commuting in the first place. To butcher an old phrase, "Think globally, live locally". Universal-ish WFH dramatically undercuts the need for both energy and infrastructure (which also takes energy) and will allow us to scale back both dramatically (e.g., multi-lane roads), while saving lives and giving employees more life flexibility. Advocates for public transportation (for environmental reasons, particularly) risk fighting the last war. They should shift focus to WFH instead. I really don't understand why Greens and Labor don't push for WFH mandates (for environmental and quality of life reasons, respectively). Probably too tied to the commercial real estate industry.
    - wizofaus 4y ago
      You seem to be replying to my original comment which I deleted on realising it didn't make sense in the context of the GP post about taking advantage of charging EVs at the office. FWIW almost nobody in the downtown area (CBD) where I work drives there, it'd be crazy to try. Luckily for me it's a 15 minute bike ride (mostly bike paths) and there's good end-of-trip facilities.
      - biomcgary 4y ago
        Yes, I was replying to your original comment, which was deleted by the time I posted it. I decided to post on your new comment just to save the thought, which was new to me.
    - twblalock 4y ago
      Universal WFH put more stress on the power grid in California during the lockdowns than was normally the case, because everyone was running their heat and AC more often than normal. The result was rolling blackouts.

This assumes you can have your car plugged in during the day. It people drive to work and cannot plug in their car, then most of the time it will only be plugged in at night.

darknavi 4y ago

Hopefully the ability to charge at work becomes more popular.

biomcgary 4y ago
Hopefully, the requirement to commute to work goes away for a large fraction of the population so that all that energy can be used for more productive things.
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wizofaus 4y ago
And further increase traffic problems and the continued blight of cities designed for cars? I can't see anything that encourages people to start driving to work as a good thing sorry.
- biomcgary 4y ago
  Most of the forms of travel that are energy and space efficient are typically not time efficient due to inherent tradeoffs. Nothing saves time, space, and energy simultaneously like not commuting in the first place. To butcher an old phrase, "Think globally, live locally". Universal-ish WFH dramatically undercuts the need for both energy and infrastructure (which also takes energy) and will allow us to scale back both dramatically (e.g., multi-lane roads), while saving lives and giving employees more life flexibility. Advocates for public transportation (for environmental reasons, particularly) risk fighting the last war. They should shift focus to WFH instead. I really don't understand why Greens and Labor don't push for WFH mandates (for environmental and quality of life reasons, respectively). Probably too tied to the commercial real estate industry.
  - wizofaus 4y ago
    You seem to be replying to my original comment which I deleted on realising it didn't make sense in the context of the GP post about taking advantage of charging EVs at the office. FWIW almost nobody in the downtown area (CBD) where I work drives there, it'd be crazy to try. Luckily for me it's a 15 minute bike ride (mostly bike paths) and there's good end-of-trip facilities.
    - biomcgary 4y ago
      Yes, I was replying to your original comment, which was deleted by the time I posted it. I decided to post on your new comment just to save the thought, which was new to me.
  - twblalock 4y ago
    Universal WFH put more stress on the power grid in California during the lockdowns than was normally the case, because everyone was running their heat and AC more often than normal. The result was rolling blackouts.