On Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:09 -0500, "R A Bennell" <b...@mts.net> wrote:
> Also have to wonder what happens when a couple of hundred thousand > people plug their car in at night. Does the power go off all over or > just in some areas? Do you have to shut off your house AC so you can > charge up the family buggy? This is the real problem with electric cars that nobody seems to talk about. The grid in most areas does not have enough excess capacity to handle a mass move to electric rechargeable cars. So for this to happen we need to build more coal plants (oops, nobody wants more of those) or "nuke-u-lar" plants (ditto) or maybe set up a windmill behind the garage and hope for a lot of wind at night. Allan -- 1983 300D _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
