On Dec 4, 2015, at 7:47 AM, Robert Bruninga via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:
> How much ELECTRICITY does a gas station consume???? Nowhere near as much as you’re suggesting. As a general rule, Americans use about as much energy on personal transportation as for household electricity, with the cars generally more than the house. There’s no way the corner gas station has as much electricity load as 50 houses. EVs will increase electricity consumption, and increase it significantly. But EVs are mostly charged at night when the power plants are producing more than people are using. And EVs are perfectly suited to soaking up excess renewables…and even backfeeding to level out demand and reduce the need for expensive peaking generation. EVs will be very good for the grid…but not because we’ll be shutting down gas stations. b& _______________________________________________ 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)
