Old Rocks
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About 30% more, and if we had the growth rate from 1960 to 2000, that would take about 6.5 years;
Sorry. This is vastly understating the problem.
The grid can't handle all the demands on its current baseload. That's why California has periodic blackouts.
The cost of upgrading the grid ranges from $4 trillion to $14 trillion to handle all the EVs.
Liberals are living in a fantasy land re EVs
While I respect your opinion on most things, you are completely wrong on this. First, there are some developments concerning generation for the grid that completely changes the equation. Things such as various methods of grid scale energy storage, whether by batteries, gravity, pumping, or liquid air. VPP's, already being done in Australia and in some places in the Northeast. Being experimented with here in Portland. As more and more competition comes into the market on home scale battery storage, this will become more accepted by utilities, for it is generation that they don't have to build. For the home owner, not only does their solar power their home and vehicle, but it also earns them money. We have a huge amount of roofs and parking lots in urban areas that could be turned into solar generators. That is being done right now in Australia. And solar panels are continuing to cost less every year.