I agree and not only that but you know big auto is not going to recycle these
batteries. That is expensive & you know they will do the cheapest thing
possible to dispose of them - as in the nearest landfill. Jane
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On Sep 3, 2022, at 4:21 PM, dpolhill <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yup. Wickenburg was hit by the monsoon which knocked down power lines.
Daughter who lives there just called ... power to be out at least 3 days (I
bet here are folks there who, like Colorado, think CA is stealing their
electricity) so they are headed to Glendale with the contents of their fridg.
DP
In a message dated 9/2/2022 11:27:09 PM Mountain Standard Time,
benschubert685@xxxxxxxxx writes:
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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