They can convert less than 10%, some areas less than that. California already suffers from rolling brown-outs during mild heat waves. The north-east is on an interconnected grid heavily supplied by nuclear plants in Ontario. The largest plant in Pickering is set to be decommissioned in 2025 after the grid already losing nearly 25% of generating capacity from removing coal-fired plants without replacing them with a viable alternative (the windmill idea was a massive failure). When you consider all the gasoline and diesel sold each and how much energy that represents, even if electrics had twice the efficiency of combustion engines, there is no way we'll be able to convert a significant portion of vehicles on the road in the next 5 years without experiencing significant price hikes and changes in living standards.
They can convert less than 10%, some areas less than that. California already suffers from rolling brown-outs during mild heat waves. The north-east is on an interconnected grid heavily supplied by nuclear plants in Ontario. The largest plant in Pickering is set to be decommissioned in 2025 after the grid already losing nearly 25% of generating capacity from removing coal-fired plants without replacing them with a viable alternative (the windmill idea was a massive failure). When you consider all the gasoline and diesel sold each and how much energy that represents, even if electrics had twice the efficiency of combustion engines, there is no way we'll be able to convert a significant portion of vehicles on the road in the next 5 years without experiencing significant price hikes and changes in living standards.
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