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>That is not the case here. When you have a thousand cars plug in to charge at the same time, you need enough power to service that load. Batteries at point of
by natch 4y ago
>That is not the case here. When you have a thousand cars plug in to charge at the same time, you need enough power to service that load.
Batteries at point of consumption are a thing. Said batteries can be charged up when power is available, spreading the load. Not talking about the batteries in the cars, in case that wasn't clear. Think Tesla Powerwall. Things like this will become more ubiquitous and likely much cheaper as well. Not to mention grid-scale batteries, which help spread the load in other scenarios.
Also, nuclear and other things (including fossil fuels) will be part of the mix. So "solar isn't going to make this happen" is kind of missing that.
- robomartin 4y ago> So "solar isn't going to make this happen" is kind of missing that. I guess you didn't read my post then.
- natch 4y agook
- ilyt 4y agoWinter happens all at once and now you need way more storage for both cars and heating (if we assume we also want to move from gas to heat pumps).
- natch 4y agoHow do we deal with winter now? We do just fine. Heat pumps will only help since they are so much more efficient. The gas can still be used as long as needed, but in a centralized way. And as to the grid, it’s not impossible to improve it in the places where that is needed. I mean, what would be the alternative?
- robomartin 4y agoYes and no. Whatever you take out of a battery has to be replenished quickly. We quickly get to doubling or quadruple the energy station’s batteries. Yet, one can’t get away from having to quickly top off the batteries as they are consumed. At the end of the day it is hard to escape physics.
- natch 4y agoAll that is fine. Humans are good at solving problems and getting shit done. The path to solving this one has been clearly laid out by people who do in fact deal with physics and get shit done, in the most recent Tesla investor day presentations.