>: MP Amber Rudd sez the UK grid too weak for 34M EVs > BRITAIN’S electric car revolution could trigger blackouts by overloading > our power network, senior Tories fear.
Typical right wing ignorance. What happens when 50% of cars are EV's. Then only 50% of the gas stations remain operating. How much ELECTRICITY does a gas station consume???? My wild a$$ guess is maybe the same as what it takes to charge 50 EV's. Now add up all the ELECTRIC savings by closing all those gas stations, and turning off half the gasoline pipelines, and half of the gasoline distribution system, and turning off HALF of all the electricity consumed pumping gas ouit of the ground, etc, and I bet it’s a WASH! Tonight I'm going to drop by my neighborhood gas station and see if the owner will tell me his electric bill and even better, if he will tell me how many cars he serves. I DOUBT he will tell me anything about the number of cars and the amount of gas since he is in EXTREME competition with the statinon across the road, but maybe he will reveal the electric bill. But we need this number. GO get your local number and lets compare notes. Bob ----------------------------- A Cabinet row has broken out over the plug-in motors. Eco-loving ministers at the Environment and Transport departments say greener roads with millions of the electric vehicles is vital for clean air. But the Department of Energy and Climate Change fear we don’t have enough power for them. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
