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We used to double generating capacity every year in the US for like 3 decades in a row. Electrification of vehicles increasing electricity needs by about 50%. B
by Robotbeat 4y ago
We used to double generating capacity every year in the US for like 3 decades in a row. Electrification of vehicles increasing electricity needs by about 50%. But a ban on NEW fossil fuel vehicles would then take two decades to trickle down to all vehicles. So overall, there’s the better part of 3-4 decades to transition generating capacity.
- concordDance 4y agoWait, the US electrical generation capacity increased by a factor of a billion in 30 years? I know industrialization was fast but was it really that fast?
- MediumOwl 4y agoPrevious commenter doesn't say which year they're talking about, but at least from after 1950, it's wrong: https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/electricity-in-the-us-generation-capacity-and-sales.php https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/electricity-... EDIT: they answered somewhere else, they mean every decade from 1940 to 1970. Which seems about correct, and also not particularly relevant.
- Robotbeat 4y agoHow is it not relevant? Growing electricity production by very large relative amounts in short periods of time has historical precedence if even greater relative and faster growth, and I would consider that pretty relevant when discussing such things.
- fomine3 4y agodouble is still impossible on large scale
- Robotbeat 4y agoUnder what definition of the word “impossible” could that be true?
- xboxnolifes 4y agoBecause it falls under the belief of things being able to grow exponentially forever. Just because something could double for 3 decades straight doesn't mean it can happen just as easily in the forth.
- Robotbeat 4y agoI meant to say every decade, but I can no longer edit my comment.
- Robotbeat 4y agoShould be a doubling every decade, not every year. (I’m unable to edit.)