Let's set the FUD chow aside for a second. It takes more electricity to refine a gallon of gasoline than an EV uses to travel the equivalent distance. That me

Let's set the FUD chow aside for a second. It takes more electricity to refine a gallon of gasoline than an EV uses to travel the equivalent distance. That means if oil had zero energy content or environmental footprint, you're still using more electricity filling your SMART car up at the pump that plugging your EV in at home. So I ask you to do the math- if it uses less electricity to charge at home than the refinery uses, how is our grid destined for failure? On a house-by-house scale, I'll grant that maybe you'll need a new transformer or electrical box if you're interested in fast-charging 100mi of range in one hour (less than 5% of EV owners would consider that necessary or worth the expense). Far more Americans have been adding bigger and bigger refrigerated air systems to their homes for years requiring these same electrical service upgrades (adding a 200A load to a 60A service installed on the cheap in the '40s), and nobody is handwringing about that. Turn on your electric oven to bake some cookies and odds are you're using three houses' worth of electricity, depending on the houses and the time of day. The real question is how many refineries are we taking off the grid by switching to EV's?