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The electric car runs on batteries recharged off the regular power grid.
In order to charge all those cars overnight, it might require quite a lot of beefing up of the power grid.
Then there is the source of electric. It won't be hydro. Hydro is being taken down, not built up these days.
The real practical choices are coal (very very dirty, worse than petroleum) or natural gas (we got plenty, but its offshore. ) or nukes.
I personally think Thorium nukes are a good plan. They don't require the infrastructure of Uranium nukes. And we can practically mass produce them to fit a communities' needs, rather than having massive centralized plants.
Anyway, what are your choices for power. Wind and Solar are not yet ready for prime time, and solar won't work at night when the cars need charging.
Or maybe petroleum isn't such a bad deal after all
In order to charge all those cars overnight, it might require quite a lot of beefing up of the power grid.
Then there is the source of electric. It won't be hydro. Hydro is being taken down, not built up these days.
The real practical choices are coal (very very dirty, worse than petroleum) or natural gas (we got plenty, but its offshore. ) or nukes.
I personally think Thorium nukes are a good plan. They don't require the infrastructure of Uranium nukes. And we can practically mass produce them to fit a communities' needs, rather than having massive centralized plants.
Anyway, what are your choices for power. Wind and Solar are not yet ready for prime time, and solar won't work at night when the cars need charging.
Or maybe petroleum isn't such a bad deal after all
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