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In response to "Last week "we're eliminating gas power cars by 2035. This week "Flex Alert!! Don't power your EVs between 4:00 and 9:00PM" -- (link)" by Meg

It was a call to voluntarily reduce usage during those hours with EVs as an example of one way to defer/reduce usage.

Posted by TWuG Sep 2 '22, 15:26

And this would not be necessary if the power grid wasn't in such poor repair and inadequate to the demands put on it.

Put another way, it isn't a demand problem but a supply problem.

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California's grid, relatively speaking, works great. it's been hitting 100% renewable sourcing for peak daytime capacity lately. but you can't just - hollywood big shot Sep 2, 15:35 7
- If 10s of millions of EVs are coming then the grid owners are negligent in not preparing for that eventuality. - TWuG Sep 2, 15:40 6
  - "we just sold you the things, suckers. we never claimed they wouldn't be a giant suck on an infrastructure not designed to accommodate their existence - hollywood big shot Sep 2, 15:44 5
    - The infrastructure can be changed. Should be changed. Must be changed. It cannot remain static - TWuG Sep 2, 15:56 4
      - yes, massively upgrading its 50-state patchworked infrastructure is what America is famously great at - hollywood big shot Sep 2, 16:01 3
        
        You just described what has to happen for hydrogen to be viable and it has to start from zero AND rely on the electricity grid. -- nm - TWuG Sep 2, 16:22
        
        To me it's a bit like saying that broadband will never catch on because we'd have to lay too much fibre optic cable - Reagen Sep 2, 16:10 1
        
        Well, the US really lags on relative basis compared to the world on broadband installation. That's even allowing for one of the most - JD Sep 2, 16:19
True - it was just the timing :) -- nm - Meg Sep 2, 15:30

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It was a call to voluntarily reduce usage during those hours with EVs as an example of one way to defer/reduce usage.

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