Why is everyone pushing electric cars? California is not the only state
with shortages in the electric grid. The eclectic cars can only travel
about 250 mile before they have to get a charge that requires about 8
hours. So if I wanted to go to Freeport, it would take 2-1/2 days and at
least one night in a motel. That is just under 600 miles.
It seems that a hydrogen powered vehicle would be much better. So why are
they not pushing for hydrogen? You more than like to get about 450 miles
per fill up, and the fill up would be about 10 to 20 min. So it
should take about the same time as a gas car today and the byproduct would
be water.
Ben
On Fri, Sep 2, 2022 at 5:26 PM dpolhill <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Steve,
with questions like that you could become an enemy of the state.
Yesterday some Colorado home who had signed up to lose power for air
conditioning in emergency situations were cut off for the first time ever.
The immediate rumor was Colorado electricity is being sent to CA (false, if
the news is true)
soon all of those candle making businesses forced out of business by the
light bulb will be back.
DP
In a message dated 9/2/2022 4:05:22 PM Mountain Standard Time,
sfgrob@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
How's this going to work?
"*The savage heat that has gripped several states in the West will
persist through the holiday weekend -- and for the third day in a row,
Californians are being advised to curb their electric consumption to avoid
power outages. The California Independent System Operator -- which manages
80% of the state's power grid -- issued the third Flex Alert of the week,
asking residents to be mindful of their electricity use. The operator also
asked residents to pre-cool their homes before 4 p.m. and then set their
thermostats to 78 during reduction hours and to **avoid charging their
electric vehicles**."*
And in other news:
*"California plans to *require all new cars, trucks and SUVs to run on
electricity *or hydrogen* by 2035*. About 16% of cars sold in California
in the first three months of this year were electric. California now has
about 80,000 stations in public places, far short of the 250,000 it wants
by 2025. The state's last-remaining nuclear plant planned to close in
2025.**"*
There is not enough electricity now. How are all these new electric cars
expected to be charged/recharged? Does anyone besides me see a potential
problem here?
Steve
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