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We Need to Build More EV Chargers, but Where?
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| 5/22/21
| Annie White
Posted on 05/23/2021 3:43:09 AM PDT by Libloather
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London's strategy of working with electricity providers is one we'll have to think about on this side of the pond, too. Ghamami says her team's next act is a study on how to distribute the energy demand of charging stations, for example by using large batteries to store energy so that the electrical grid isn't overwhelmed on high-traffic days. Grid failures aren't only a risk in rural or remote areas—Ghamami says that in Michigan, portions of the grid in danger of being overloaded by a growing EV charging network are split between low-population areas and higher-density zones with outdated electrical infrastructure.Amazingly enough, it's all free until the bill arrives.
To: Libloather
How much copper is $74 billion?
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posted on
05/23/2021 3:45:30 AM PDT
by
Jonty30
(Just because I coughed on you does not mean that I have covid. It means that we have covid. )
To: Libloather
Schumer just made a statement that there should be no ICE vehicles on the road in 20 years. This is madness, a prescription for impoverishment. You simply can’t make an infrastructure shift of that magnitude in 20 years.
And the idea that government planners are going to figure this all out, and do it all with “equity” in mind, should lead to catcalls and howls of derision towards those proposing it. This is Central Planning writ large. We know what lies at the end of that road, and it isn’t pretty.
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posted on
05/23/2021 3:51:18 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Libloather
In the absence of government pork, chargers would go where they would naturally make sense: parking lots, motels, restaurants.
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posted on
05/23/2021 3:51:44 AM PDT
by
SauronOfMordor
(A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
05/23/2021 3:51:46 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: FreedomPoster
We used to see them in Tennessee. They took them all out: no one was using them and they took up parking spaces.
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posted on
05/23/2021 3:53:34 AM PDT
by
Baldwin77
(The 2020 election was stolen from MY President Trump)
To: Libloather
Hint: start with the high ground
To: Libloather
I'm really surprised that no one has mentioned another possibility for siting charging stations: existing gasoline stations. There would need to be an incentive for existing station owners to upgrade their electric service, and install one or two along with the existing pumps. As EVs “take off”, the stations can replace gasoline pumps with charging stations. You can use the same payment processing systems, and charge the customer (pun only slightly intended) by the KWH.
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posted on
05/23/2021 4:03:57 AM PDT
by
asinclair
(Political hot air is a renewable energy resource)
To: Libloather
Not going to work in winter in colder states.
Better solution is LP Natural Gas vehicles and available everywhere.
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posted on
05/23/2021 4:04:26 AM PDT
by
free_life
(If you ask Jesus to forgive you and to save you, He will. )
To: Jonty30
From the 2XLARGE Carbon Footprinted Arizona copper mines?
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posted on
05/23/2021 4:10:12 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true !)
To: SauronOfMordor
Instead of a chicken in every pot maybe they should advertise a portable genny for every car?
To: SauronOfMordor
Was once at a Wawa station in JAX, they had a bunch of Tesla Superchargers our back. Looking, I think there are at least 10.
https://goo.gl/maps/128M2LA4bhhaDoFy5
The place had some decent food options, so I think the idea was they’d get you for a meal while you charged.
If this stuff is to be successful, it needs to be because of free market initiatives like this, not because of central planners figuring it all out with “equity” in mind.
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posted on
05/23/2021 4:11:06 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: SauronOfMordor
Remember when the government built gas stations to help the young car industry? 🤣🤣
No one discusses the source of the electricity. In California 40% of the electricity is generated by burning natural gas 🤣🤣🤣.
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posted on
05/23/2021 4:14:16 AM PDT
by
Lockbox
To: Libloather
174 million? Is this the commitee to form a commitee to study where to put these things and set a budget to install chargers? Wth... We sent more money to hamassses
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posted on
05/23/2021 4:21:33 AM PDT
by
Ikeon
(Being smart is now called rude and insensitive because it offends stupid people)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
05/23/2021 4:21:40 AM PDT
by
xzins
(Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. )
To: FreedomPoster
You are 100% right. With the FedGov, it will be nothing but abuse.
Free electricity for blacks!
The Founders are spinning in their graves.
To: FreedomPoster
Equity? You mean put more electric chargers in south minneapolis? The locals will be running electric cords to their homes within a month.
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posted on
05/23/2021 4:23:59 AM PDT
by
Ikeon
(Being smart is now called rude and insensitive because it offends stupid people)
To: Lockbox
Sorry, my bad, my eyes read 174 million. And the government tosses around billions like a kid tosses cheerios.
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posted on
05/23/2021 4:27:32 AM PDT
by
Ikeon
(Being smart is now called rude and insensitive because it offends stupid people)
To: Libloather
Put the mentally dim Greta on the problem
She will come up with something
To: SauronOfMordor
Where is the power going to come from and how will it be distributed? The chargers are the last step. The Texas blackouts showed one thing. You can be awash in energy but if it isn’t in the right form and available to be distributed where and how you need it you are out of luck. That EV station is useless without power and the grid is stretched as is.
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