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A I said in my original post, the problem is in scalability. Value collector has real world experience which is highly valuable, but the problem is the issue of scalability, not whether one persons experience is positive (excuse the electric pun).
The problems are peak loads.
Car usage has peaks and troughs, and it is the peaks that will be a problem.
Look at what happens at summer holiday time.
Look at what happens at school start and end times.
The AEMO figures quoted are a snapshot in time.
If the peaks of electricty generated with the peaks of vehicle requirements, it would be fine, but that just cannot be guaranteed.
There are other days when wind and solar produce zero, and gas, coal, diesel, or something else has to take up the slack..
The cost of electricity then becomes quite high.
This is also a snapshot in time, and equally useless.
The aims are to remove ICE based cars from the world, a laudable aim.
Its that massive number of EV's that will be the killer, not an individuals use.
Mick
The problems are peak loads.
Car usage has peaks and troughs, and it is the peaks that will be a problem.
Look at what happens at summer holiday time.
Look at what happens at school start and end times.
The AEMO figures quoted are a snapshot in time.
If the peaks of electricty generated with the peaks of vehicle requirements, it would be fine, but that just cannot be guaranteed.
There are other days when wind and solar produce zero, and gas, coal, diesel, or something else has to take up the slack..
The cost of electricity then becomes quite high.
This is also a snapshot in time, and equally useless.
The aims are to remove ICE based cars from the world, a laudable aim.
Its that massive number of EV's that will be the killer, not an individuals use.
Mick