GWN is a perfect example of the intractable situation EVs face. Only in the past 18 months has there been a connected “grid” for electricity. Oh, there were six or seven individual providers who had an overly complex interchange/pancaked rates exchange that could have seen an electron moved from one end of the grid to the other, but the thing would have cost thousands of % more by the time it got there. Now, it is all “one” from Seward to Fairbanks, at a reasonable fee.
Nothing else is connected to anything at all. Micro generation for each village or outpost at a cost of dollars per kilowatt hour. Not that there are roads between these remote places, so no need for EV anyway. Sometime in the next few months, maybe by Spring 2022, a person could EV from Fairbanks south and have charge points so you actually arrive. Battery life at -30C is not going to be good. Then, there is all the magic minerals to make an EV function. There are at least 19 rare earth minerals in mineable quantities. All have been mined and processed before. Most recently WWII based on recent articles. A massive graphite mine is attempting to get approved. It makes the magical blend that is perfect for Elon’s battery packs. And let us not overlook the MASSIVE copper deposit that would supply US needs well into the 22nd century. But that is not to be, the enviro-weenies at Corps of Engineers yanked their approval after a call by the current resident. If you expect to own an EV, it will be made out of Chinese minerals and labor. Clay inter urinas et faeces nascimur > On Jul 22, 2021, at 7:55 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. _______________________________________ 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
