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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
If they started building electrical power plants right now they could not get enough electricity and a grid to power the cars on the road if all cars are electric in 10 years.
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I haven't read the whole thread yet, but this is the first thing I'd like to respond to.
According to my last power bill, I used 5,244 kWh in the past two months.
This is LESS than when we first bought the house 10 years ago.
The heat pump and water heater were replaced, the lighting changed mostly to LED, and the PCs/TVs/etc. all take a fraction of the power they did in the past. The car has basically brought it back to about what it was and is a little less than 20% of the overall power use.
I drive about 22 miles each way to work in heavy traffic, use my heater whenever I want, stomp on it regularly, etc.
If I were to add solar it would more than negate the car, but it's already no more load on the grid than it was 20 years ago in this situation.