it is also possible for the % of EV owners who have solar panels to drop and for dirty energy to also drop, for example, if 100% of people drove electric but only 25% of them have solar then the % of dirty energy would drop since so many people are now using renewables.
while that might be an extreme scenario, the fact is as more and more people put up solar panels the % use of dirty energy will drop thus even if the % of EV owners putting up solar drops becuase we will still be using less dirty energy. but as many pointed out i also think % of solar of by EV owners will go up, solar is cheaper than grid [but it requires an initial investment] but the credit you get from buying an EV will cover a PV system that will provide more power than your EV needs harry Albuquerque, NM current bike: http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/1179 current non-bike: http://evalbum.com/1000 -------------------------------------------- On Sat, 8/15/15, tomw via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: Subject: Re: [EVDL] EV facts, coal and shooting ourselves in the foot To: ev@lists.evdl.org Date: Saturday, August 15, 2015, 8:02 AM /"You may power your EV from the dirty power in your state, but studies in 2012 showed about 50% of EV owners charged their cars from 100% renewable solar or wind."/ I didn't say I powered my EV from the grid, you just made that assumption and acted on it without bothering to check if it was correct. Actually, I installed solar in 2008 the year before I converted the car, and supply the grid with 6kWh/day on average in addition to supplying the house and car. Most of the people in the local ev club do not have solar so I give the representative case, and also mention mine gets power from solar. /"Now just last week (2015) the Ford survey found that 83% of EV purchasers charge from 100% renewables or will when they can. So quoting the grid mix is doing a disservice to 83% of EV owners..."/ Is that survey of Ford EV purchasers a representative sample of all EV purchasers? Ford has sold a small proportion of the total number of EVs sold. How many in the survey were in the "will when they can" category, and how do you know they actually will? You are very quick to make assumptions that serve your case. -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EV-facts-coal-and-shooting-ourselves-in-the-foot-tp4677154p4677170.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
