KAMALA: "I'm excited about electric school buses! I love electric school buses! I just love them for so many reasons! Maybe because I went to school on a school bus. Raise your hand if you went to school on a school bus!"
OK Kamala... where will the electricity come from to charge the buses?
A) How many active school buses in America?
- Nationally, 26 million children in the U.S. take 480,000 buses to and from school each day.
- School buses travel about 12,000 miles per year per bus or almost 6 billion cumulative miles per year.
So how many kWh will be used if all the above buses are EVs at the documented rate per bus of 2.17 kWh/mile.NYSBCA - School Bus Facts
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So 480,000 EV buses traveling 12,000 per bus per year is about 6 billion.ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
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Electricity used by the above buses: 12,499,200,000 kWh.
Add that to electricity usage if just 25% of all Cars/Trucks that will use 3,729,594,048,071 kWh.
This is in ADDITION to the national electricity generate TODAY of 4,165,030,000,000 kWh, the Total electricity generated in USA in 2021 by all the 11,070 total power plants in usa. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
So if ALL school buses are EVs to the additional electricity needed will be 7,907,123,248,071 or more than 189% more electricity than is being generated today.
Oh by the way who will pay the additional trillions of dollars for new power plants?
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The sun, the wind, and hydro-electric power. Of course you have to invest and build these resources, creating good paying high tech jobs all around.
Why aren't you touting all of jobs being created, and the health care savings of switching to green energy? Republicans haven't invested in American infrastructure since Reagan was in office. You're not creating enough electrical energy to power California, or Texas.
This is what happens when you leave essential services up to the free market. PP&G in California have such old equipment that it's starting wild fires in the state.