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As always; - there is plenty of excess off-peak power available; grid collapse happens at the peaks. - Lithium supply is a limiting factor for both EV demand
by pjkundert 4y ago
As always;
- there is plenty of excess off-peak power available; grid collapse happens at the peaks.
- Lithium supply is a limiting factor for both EV demand and grid-tied battery capacity, so if cars themselves provided grid tied power, they would necessarily scale with the demand.
So long as the 24-hour average demand was satisfied by the grid supply, the grid would do fine.
- constantcrying 4y ago>- there is plenty of excess off-peak power available; grid collapse happens at the peaks. And? >- Lithium supply is a limiting factor for both EV demand and grid-tied battery capacity, so if cars themselves provided grid tied power, they would necessarily scale with the demand. There still is not enough. It isn't even close. My point was that energy storage doesn't solve the problem of total under supply and a need for increased grid infrastructure.
- pjkundert 4y agoDon’t get me wrong — I think destroying quality base load capacity is apocalyptically stupid. But EVs aren’t the problem. They could be part of a solution.