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Tesla’s dirty little secret on California's I-5
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Sep 3, 2023 | Andrew Pridgen

Posted on 09/03/2023 7:50:19 AM PDT by artichokegrower

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But as with many Tesla-related things, there is a secret, thinly obscured by an Oz-like curtain, at the Harris Ranch Supercharger. Hidden in plain sight across the way from the Harris Ranch Supercharger’s main stations, behind a Shell station, is a small diesel plant that has helped power Tesla’s footprint.


Go figure

1 posted on 09/03/2023 7:50:19 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower
Why is that a problem, or a surprise?

Elon Musk has been campaigning for more electric power generation for years.

He has been saying the obvious: the electric grid cannot handle the load of significant numbers of electric vehicles.

2 posted on 09/03/2023 7:52:50 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: artichokegrower

The electricity has to come from somewhere.


3 posted on 09/03/2023 7:53:51 AM PDT by left that other site (Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.)
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To: artichokegrower

Harris Ranch restaurant is really great.


4 posted on 09/03/2023 7:58:14 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: left that other site

Unicorn Farts!


5 posted on 09/03/2023 7:59:34 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: marktwain
Why is that a problem, or a surprise?

I think many Tesla owners are convinced that the power needed to charge their cars comes exclusively from solar or wind - that embracing the Tesla ecosystem somehow amounts to a total rejection of so-called "fossil fuels".

It's an important part of the mythology.

6 posted on 09/03/2023 8:00:06 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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If your electric providers can’t guarantee enough electricity, you make your own.


7 posted on 09/03/2023 8:11:30 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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Tesla owners would believe it if you told them that they’d never have to find a place to charge if they just put wind turbines on the roof of their car so they could charge while driving.


8 posted on 09/03/2023 8:13:08 AM PDT by fruser1
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With the feed lot being nearby, it’s not only unicorn farts!


9 posted on 09/03/2023 8:24:01 AM PDT by bobonthejob
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“Unicorn Farts!”

Try 100,000 head of cattle or something like that.


10 posted on 09/03/2023 8:29:35 AM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone)
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there is a secret, thinly obscured by an Oz-like curtain, at the Harris Ranch Supercharger. Hidden in plain sight across the way from the Harris Ranch Supercharger’s main stations, behind a Shell station, is a small diesel plant that has helped power Tesla’s footprint.

This is only a "secret" to those who are too ignorant to understand how electricity is generated.
11 posted on 09/03/2023 8:31:03 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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I think many Tesla owners are convinced that the power needed to charge their cars comes exclusively from solar or wind -
= = =

OK, let’s get them closer to the source.

Equip each windmill with some Tesla charger plugs.

Install some at each solar farm.

Now, on a trip, the Tesla driver just has to pull up to one of these chargers.

Windmills and solar is mucho plentiful in some areas, right?


12 posted on 09/03/2023 8:32:22 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob
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who are too ignorant to understand how electricity is generated.

That would be me. Is all electricity generated by fossil fuels? Some of it?

13 posted on 09/03/2023 8:34:33 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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Reality takes a bite out of pie in the sky.


14 posted on 09/03/2023 8:37:46 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (The road to tyranny is paved with compliance )
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To: Lizavetta

Generally coal and natural gas.


15 posted on 09/03/2023 8:39:25 AM PDT by marron
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To: dfwgator

Never thought of THAT! LOL!


16 posted on 09/03/2023 8:40:14 AM PDT by left that other site (Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.)
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Solar panels on the hood, roof and trunk, would do the trick. Heh.


17 posted on 09/03/2023 8:47:30 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: marktwain

I’d love to see him/Tesla develop dispersed micro molten-salt reactors for this purpose: https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/05/micro_molten_salt_reactor/


18 posted on 09/03/2023 8:57:04 AM PDT by bigbob (Q)
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To: artichokegrower

Stating the obvious: And the diesel came from a refinery powered by coal/gas to refine petroleum.

I want to see a video of Q&A on the street and watch lib heads explode.


19 posted on 09/03/2023 8:59:59 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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“across the way from the Harris Ranch Supercharger’s main stations, behind a Shell station,”

And the author could not document his assertions!


20 posted on 09/03/2023 9:02:46 AM PDT by TexasGator
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