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True, the grid isn't ready for 300M EVs by 2030... but it will have to be. Alas, consumers have a long history of ignoring exhortations to change their habits.
by cs702 3y ago
True, the grid isn't ready for 300M EVs by 2030... but it will have to be.
Alas, consumers have a long history of ignoring exhortations to change their habits. They always do what they want, not what some authority tells them they ought to do. If they want giant-ass long-range electric trucks and SUVs, they will buy giant-ass long-range electric trucks/SUVs.
The only viable solution is a massive wave of investment to improve energy generation, storage, delivery, and efficiency worldwide.
I believe we can do it :-)
- fowtowmowcow 3y agoMicrogrids are the future.
- jjtheblunt 3y agoWhat’s that?
- p1mrx 3y agoA microgrid generally means having wind/solar/batteries near your neighborhood, with a natural gas or diesel generator that kicks in when the batteries die.
- jjtheblunt 3y agoThat’s neat
- Avshalom 3y agoConsumers are going to be told that they want giant-ass electric trucks and SUVs.
- happycube 3y agosigh yeah - GM's replacing the Bolt with the 2-ft larger Equinox for instance. I'd rather have a revised Spark EV with rear wheel drive and 200mi range myself.
- spacemadness 3y agoI guess I’m much more cynical about who changes consumers habits. Auto companies have spent enormous sums ensuring political behavior is such that cities aren’t as walkable as they could be and that people need cars in their life.
- cs702 3y agoAuto companies didn't change consumer habits. They changed physical infrastructure to make vehicles a necessity. And they did so surreptitiously through back-room political influence, without ever telling consumers what they ought to do. That's... different.
- badpun 3y agoDid they do it in every developed country? The US doesn't have massively higher number of cars than other countries, esp. considering its relatively rural character.
- latency-guy2 3y agoEh, I don't feel like walking today, or tomorrow.
- porkbeer 3y agoGot anything to back up that claim, besides the old and dubious claim of gm buying trolleys?
- kiba 3y agoYou don't need 300M EV if you make cars less mandatory for living.