Bent crude tops 60 a barrel

3 tons wrote:

Intresting. I’m not up on the state of the grid in the US (really not up to date on any province but my own and maybe a few countries in europe) but am surprised that it would be in bad shape like that. No doubt EV’s will put an additional load on the grid but on average an electric vehicle adds the equivalent annual load to the grid as a residential water heater. There is some good info on this on the BC Hydro website. Essentially if every vehicle in BC was to be electric tomorrow it would add 19 percent load to the grid. Other countries have calculated similar numbers plus or minus 5 percent...distances etc.

It will be interesting how it pans out.

Be advised that there are more people in ever growing California than in entire Canada, and more cops in NYC than in the Canadian armed forces...

3 tons

Well, like I say, not an expert here. But it seems the ratio wouldn't change much. It would still be a 15 to 25 percent increase on a grid. What kind of reserve capacity do grids have. Really, not an expert here. I don't have a clue.

I've also read that there are still tremendous gains to be made by modernization of city lighting with some suggesting that half the energy for the electrification of transport will come just from this. Interesting stuff.

I would think that the consumer will also have more control in the future depending on their home circumstances of course. Below is a picture of a mobile EV charger that provides all the power for a households EV transport commuter needs. Charges the on board battery during the day and charges your car at night. 25,000 grand though. Ouch. They'll get cheaper I suppose. There are now a few companies getting into the game (hard to patent I guess) especially in Europe. Unfortunately wouldn't work for me in my townhouse environment. Kinda cool though.