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Not with electric cars slowly coming, our current infra at its max here in Switzerland ain't enough for any serious mass electrification. They dwarf all combine
by jajko 2y ago
Not with electric cars slowly coming, our current infra at its max here in Switzerland ain't enough for any serious mass electrification. They dwarf all combined electricity usage by huge margin. And somebody has to generate all of it.
- smallerfish 2y agoYou have a source on that? Sounds a lot like oil company fud. Couple of results from the top 5 when searching for this: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-electric-vehicles-wont-break-the-grid/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-electric-vehi... https://www.virta.global/blog/myth-buster-electric-vehicles-will-overload-the-power-grid https://www.virta.global/blog/myth-buster-electric-vehicles-...
- jcranmer 2y agohttps://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/us-energy-facts/images/consumption-by-source-and-sector.pdf https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/us-energy-facts/images/c... Transportation in the US consumed ~27.5 quadrillion BTUs, electricity consumption was ~13.3 quadrillion BTUs, about ½ transportation use.
- kibwen 2y agoI think this is unintentionally falling into the trap that the parent commenter is railing against. Lowering consumption does not mean going from fossil cars to electric cars, it means going from cars to modes of transportation that aren't so inherently wasteful and inefficient as cars.