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>create an excessive peak load that would overload or blow out a transformer, especially when they *(the transformer)* are toward the end of their lives, whi
by Trouble_007 4y ago
>create an excessive peak load that would overload or blow out a transformer,
especially when they *(the transformer)* are toward the end of their lives, which many already are.*
This is a failure to infrastructure investment.
- falcolas 4y agoIt is. It's also the reality we in the US have to deal with. All of our infrastructure is in trouble, because nobody wants to invest billions of tax dollars into mere maintenance. Also, a fair bit of the infrastructure is maintained by the individual states, making any country-wide coordination of investment or fixes neigh impossible.
- leereeves 4y ago> more than 95 percent of residential transformers would be overloaded if Palo Alto hits its EV and electrical-appliance targets by 2030. sounds like a capacity issue, not a maintenance issue. Who would invest in more capacity for which there was no demand?
- iamwpj 4y agoYes, I noticed this too. Also note that throughout the 80s and 90s the grid handled the new transformer upgrades without any sort of national catastrophe. In my mind this hand wringing serves to provide arguments for the anti-EV crowd. The bigger issue might be the climate change demands of additional days for cooling, reduction of hydro electric, etc.