ReinyDays
Gold Member
First, we'll need an electric grid that can handle our current loading ... without many EVs ... PG&E is just the worst offender, as demonstrated in Texas this past winter ... with proper maintenance, our current grid should be able to deliver ... but maintenance funds are being distributed to shareholders as dividends and the routine maintenance is being "deferred" ... PG&E declared in bankruptcy court (or maybe it was in Federal criminal court) that it would cost them $150 billion to repair their system, and that's only covers half of California ... what will it cost to repair the entire nation's grid? ...
The good news is that compared to the cost of building molten sodium nuclear reactors, doubling our grid's capacity is chump change ... nevermind the inconvenience of spilling this molten sodium into a river or lake ...
Are fossil fuels easier to find today than 50 years ago? ... are they cheaper to extract as time rolls along? ... call me a Carter Democrat if you want, but I do think conservation is the best solution ... ditch your A/C, that's a luxury we can all do without ...
The good news is that compared to the cost of building molten sodium nuclear reactors, doubling our grid's capacity is chump change ... nevermind the inconvenience of spilling this molten sodium into a river or lake ...
Are fossil fuels easier to find today than 50 years ago? ... are they cheaper to extract as time rolls along? ... call me a Carter Democrat if you want, but I do think conservation is the best solution ... ditch your A/C, that's a luxury we can all do without ...