I guess they should have been building more nuke plants. Sent from my iPhone
> On Jul 22, 2021, at 10:56 PM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > I hate to rain on the EV parade, but, who is going to invest the critical > and much needed $400 Trillion in building new electrical generation and > transmission lines to support all these new EV vehicles, in the next 9 > years? > Graphic example: California just ordered all EV vehicles NOT to charge, > because the power transmission lines were at peak load and could not meet > the expected charging demands. > Record heat, record AC use, forest fires caused by overheated and sagging > transmission lines... etc etc... repeat across Europe. > Presently, there is serious discussion about shutting down Hoover Dam > because of extreme drought. The water level in Lake Meade is lower than it > has been in 50 years. > Mining for EV battery materials and critical component materials is in > extreme short supply, for the projected future. > Large power plants historically take 20 or more years to build, Large > transformers have lead times measured in years. Transmission lines? Who > knows for sure, few have been built in the past 40 years. Steel for > towers... made in the steel mills in China... Wire for lines... ? Who mines > the raw materials and what is the real lead time to make thousands of miles > of new transmission lines? > Asking for a friend. > >> On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 7:55 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> >> https://www.nbcnews.com/business/autos/mercedes-benz-go-all-electric-2030-n1274708 >> >> Plans to invest more than $47 billion by 2030 to develop battery-electric >> vehicles, and be ready for an all-electric car market by 2030. >> >> Spending on traditional combustion-engine technology "close to zero" by >> 2025. >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
