Bent crude tops 60 a barrel
Not sure it's a technical issue but, with Bent crude on the rise, pump prices will surely climb as well making it more expensive to enjoy our pastime of RVing. We may be back to conservative measur...
Forum Discussion
‘I Had a Dream’:
Imagine a world full of EV’s (possibly due to a political mandate??)...
Imagine a world where most EV owners recharge their vehicles starting mostly in the evenings...
Now imagine a world of private residences fitted primarily with the ever ubiquitous 100amp electric service panel...
Now imagine a world full of private residences potentially in need of larger electrical service panels...
Now imagine (in addition to other household needs including HVAC) a neighborhood near full of EV’s recharging simultaneously each evening at about 60 amps per vehicle residence...
Now imagine a current electrical distribution utility grid incapable of meeting this sudden electrical demand, while residential solar panel systems are past operating at their peak harvest time and with the possibility of inclement weather, and the unpopularity of hydro electric dams...
Imagine the efficiencies and effectiveness of pollution controls technology on existing non natural gas fired (and other HC fueled) electrical generation power plants...
Imagine the loss of efficency (and parasitical pollution) via the conversion process when utilities convert from NG (or any other HC resource) electricity, which is later (with any luck...) converted again into usable EV power...
Imagine a world where a politically neutral scientific body evaluates then compares the ‘net amount’ of real world pollution (considering grid source) of an EV to almost any modern day gasoline or natural gas powered vehicle (crickets....).... BTW, Both emit CO2, (though EV’s are a bit more virtuous)...
Imagine our public policy makers making energy and transportation policy based on reality and empirical data rather than impulsively defaulting to a popularly guided consensus....
‘I Had a Dream’
3 tons
Imagine a world full of EV’s (possibly due to a political mandate??)...
Imagine a world where most EV owners recharge their vehicles starting mostly in the evenings...
Now imagine a world of private residences fitted primarily with the ever ubiquitous 100amp electric service panel...
Now imagine a world full of private residences potentially in need of larger electrical service panels...
Now imagine (in addition to other household needs including HVAC) a neighborhood near full of EV’s recharging simultaneously each evening at about 60 amps per vehicle residence...
Now imagine a current electrical distribution utility grid incapable of meeting this sudden electrical demand, while residential solar panel systems are past operating at their peak harvest time and with the possibility of inclement weather, and the unpopularity of hydro electric dams...
Imagine the efficiencies and effectiveness of pollution controls technology on existing non natural gas fired (and other HC fueled) electrical generation power plants...
Imagine the loss of efficency (and parasitical pollution) via the conversion process when utilities convert from NG (or any other HC resource) electricity, which is later (with any luck...) converted again into usable EV power...
Imagine a world where a politically neutral scientific body evaluates then compares the ‘net amount’ of real world pollution (considering grid source) of an EV to almost any modern day gasoline or natural gas powered vehicle (crickets....).... BTW, Both emit CO2, (though EV’s are a bit more virtuous)...
Imagine our public policy makers making energy and transportation policy based on reality and empirical data rather than impulsively defaulting to a popularly guided consensus....
‘I Had a Dream’
3 tons
