The US needs 100 new nuclear reactors built to provide the electricity for what the Democrats are demanding.
Diesel is the fuel of the future.
And when I get my Tesla Cyber Truck I will charge it off solar panels on my roofs and probably a Diesel generator running on bio-fuels. And maybe the house's back up natural gas generator if my demand is high enough or the power is out.
Just be careful with the windows. I hear they break easily.
The batteries are about 200Kw, this means you'll need a lot of charging wattage. That will be quite a lot of solar panels to just charge the truck. Probably 50 x 400watt panels can charge it in only 25 hours.
25 hours to charge Basically 2.5 - 4 days depending on season and latitude.
People generally have no idea regarding the charge wattage solar panels make vs power needed to fully charge something like a tesla.
The US needs 100 new nuclear reactors built to provide the electricity for what the Democrats are demanding.
Wrong.
- Most electric cars drive about 4 miles on 1 kWh
- 1,050,000,000,000 / 4 = 262,500,000,000 kWh = 262,500,000 MWh needed to power all that driving
- 1,117,475 * 24 * 365 = 9,789,081,000 MWh annual capacity
- That means we generate 4,009,000,000 / 9,789,081,000 = 41% of our total capacity
- Running every car on electricity requires an additional 262,500,000 / 9,789,081,000 = 2.7% output from the grid
- Total capacity of current generation capacity used if all cars and light trucks are electric: 43.7%
Power generation is not the same as deliverability.
Right now there are power problems in the summer when too many people turn on their ACs.
If everyone plugs their cars in the same time, the peak power demand will overload the grid in that area.
Power is not the same as energy. You can have a billion joules go through your power outlet, but not a billion watts for very long.
If everyone plugs their cars in the same time, the peak power demand will overload the grid in that area.
That's true of everything. If everyone turns on their water at once there will be no pressure. If everyone flushes their toilet at once the sewer will be overwhelmed. Luckily people do not live their lives in synchronicity. Even if they did, most people are going to charge overnight since it will take 8 hours or so to charge their car and that's when prices are cheaper.
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