That's what NewScum and Commiefornia do best: Pass laws. FUCK THAT FUCKING STATE!
That's what NewScum and Commiefornia do best: Pass laws. FUCK THAT FUCKING STATE!
This green stuff is easy. You just need money. Like I've said, buy a new car, a home solar and wind hybrid system, and a battery storage system. And you are all set. You can continue your lifestyle at 50-100% of normal depending on the weather,time of year, and how much you scale back your consumption.
It will only cost you $100-250,000 to set up a system for a typical single family home with two adults and two kids. The price varies because of location, battery storage, how many cars you need, and consumption habits.
I have 4 cars registered under my name. So anything I designed would need to cover a house and 4 EVs. Under CA's tightening restrictions, I would need to account for replacing my gas appliances like the furnace and hot water heater with electricty in my designs.
Having no thermal generation means you have no power buffer for the intermittent resources. What they want to do is put batteries everywhere as a storage. That only works for over generation not undergeneration. And there isn't enough battery material in the world to make car, home, and industrial battery storage feasible.
Now THAT is horseshit of the first degree.You really need to read the local laws as non-grid tied may be illegal.
Also your battery material claim is baseless.
I've been looking A LOT at some solar and battery bank stuff and WOW it's incredibly expensive. Solar itself grid tied isn't that bad and possibly the closest thing to paying for itself if not viewed through an insurance type lens. Of course net metering laws have a big effect on how much solar is even practical.
I want to acquire some small EV type stuff and then I'd like the EVs and tools and stuff to be my battery backup, besides maybe 1 setup ~5KWH, but I'm thinking I will just plug that into the wall, but grid tie enough solar that I can always power some basic useful items like a freezer, fridge, those tools and small EVs (like Ebike, maybe a golf cart) and even limited microwaving and some tool usage by swapping to off-grid in the event of a prolonged emergency.
I am thinking that I should look at discharge rates and how often I discharge and possible just keep most batteries maintained for max life and only use during emergencies if I do add something like server rack batteries or other lithiums that have AMAZING cycling characteristics. I think with just a handful of KW of solar that I can go grid tie, which should eventually pay for itself then I'll just have my other off-grid system partially mobile, but mostly ready to "flip the switch". I still need to do more research and I'm thinking of setting up a 48V bank of lead acid and maybe even 1 that's Li to compare. Looking at discharge stuff and the fact that I can keep it insulated in my basement I think Li might win the day, but doing just a bit more than floating lead acid and checking the water and electrolyte stuff can really get A LOT of years out of those batteries, if I'm not cycling them.
8 years ago I setup a tiny 12V battery backup and haven't used it, but as far as I can tell those batteries are in great shape, just sitting there waiting to be used. I'm thinking of waiting until the 10 year mark and then starting to cycle them and see how they do and then swapping that for a 48V lead acid setup.
With all of this, I've been watching for "test" and other types of used Li batteries hitting the street as well and trying to make a setup based on those, but I'm just not ready to commit major cash to that yet. However Li does look promising more so with 1 KWH closer to sub $100 rather than $300+. Especially if I can make that setup a bit more mobile and the good thing about batteries is that I just need to charge them I don't need to waste time in the sun if I don't need to. If I can get 100 lbs and 5 kwh in my truck, that can be pretty darn handy. By the way I was looking at that a lot more a week or 2 ago, so my math may be wrong in a few areas.
EV will never happen except in a niche market.
Besides, where does 90% of the energy come from that charges the batteries? Fossil fuels. So, what are you accomplishing exactly?
How long are you willing to wait at a charging station? How many chargers at charging stations will there have to be to accommodate all electric cars? The grids for these stations will have to be about 6 acres for every current gas station today. Good luck with that.
Batteries lose capacity over time. Have fun replacing your $10,000-20,000 battery.
What is going to happen to travel and pulling large trailers long distances for transportation of good and/or vacations? Good luck with that.
Airplanes. Good luck with that.
Mining of the necessary elements that make up these batteries is extremely invasive and toxic. Good luck with that. I'm sure it doesn't matter to anyone until it's in your backyard and your water supply.
Did you read anything in this thread before posting? All those points were talked about
Charging station doesn’t equal gas station. The reason being is you can charge them at home every night while you sleep. So if your EV vehicle gets 350 miles of range, the only reason you would ever need a charge station is for trips further than 350 miles round trip. My guess is the average American would only need one a handful of times per year.EV will never happen except in a niche market.
Besides, where does 90% of the energy come from that charges the batteries? Fossil fuels. So, what are you accomplishing exactly?
How long are you willing to wait at a charging station? How many chargers at charging stations will there have to be to accommodate all electric cars? The grids for these stations will have to be about 6 acres for every current gas station today. Good luck with that.
Batteries lose capacity over time. Have fun replacing your $10,000-20,000 battery.
What is going to happen to travel and pulling large trailers long distances for transportation of good and/or vacations? Good luck with that.
Airplanes. Good luck with that.
Mining of the necessary elements that make up these batteries is extremely invasive and toxic. Good luck with that. I'm sure it doesn't matter to anyone until it's in your backyard and your water supply.
Charging station doesn’t equal gas station. The reason being is you can charge them at home every night while you sleep. So if your EV vehicle gets 350 miles of range, the only reason you would ever need a charge station is for trips further than 350 miles round trip. My guess is the average American would only need one a handful of times per year.
My statement is if cars are "all electric." The underlying assumptions are the load on the grid in neighborhoods across the US would lead to the need for such charging stations. At any rate, the grid can't handle that demand and still ~90% of the grid is supported by fossil fuels. So what is this accomplishing?
My statement is if cars are "all electric." The underlying assumptions are the load on the grid in neighborhoods across the US would lead to the need for such charging stations. At any rate, the grid can't handle that demand and still ~90% of the grid is supported by fossil fuels. So what is this accomplishing?
The national average overall net CO2 is still lower for electric cars with zero tailpipe emissions than ICE cars. Of course it depends on how your region gets its energy, but the national average still shows less CO2 for an all electric car. Here’s a link where you can choose your area and it will show comparison of the lifecycle CO2 production for different vehicles while taking into account how your local power is made.
https://afdc.energy.gov/vehicles/electric_emissions.html
Here’s Arizona and the national average
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How can you make a statement about all cars being electric if we are at least 30-40 years away from even being close to that. You are making baseless assumptions.
The generation percentage varies by grid. There isn't a grid. Western, Eastern, Texas.
The markets in the grids are CASIO, MISO, SPP, PJM, ISO-NE, NYISO, ERCOT, etc.
Nationwide its 20% renewable. Which means 80% is not and will need to be transitioned.
Go here and watch it if you are interested. Or the market web pages for more detail.
https://www.eia.gov/electricity/gridmonitor/dashboard/electric_overview/US48/US48
Right now the nation is using around 537,000 MW/hours.