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Will UPS let me plug in my Electric Car?
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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 841135" data-attributes="member: 14668"><p>The majority of people will charge their cars at night, when demand on the grid is actually lowest. Here in the Pacific NW we actually have a surplus of electricity right now; the spring snowmelt has the hydroelectric dams pushing out 100% and actually spilling water over the top, and when all of the windmills in the Columbia River Gorge are spinning at the same time they actually have to take the windmills <em>offline</em> because they are generating more power than the grid can handle. </p><p> </p><p>You are correct that our grid will need major improvements in order to recharge an all-electric transportation system, but the cost of such improvements must be weighed against the enviornmental and financial costs of our current addiction to imported fossil fuels.</p><p> </p><p>I see a future where windmills and solar panels are everywhere, and they are connected to huge fuel cells which can store their power for times when the wind isnt blowing. There are proposals here in the Pacific NW to build gigantic electric pumps on the Columbia, powered by the windmills, that would pump water from the <em>bottom</em> of the dams back up to the <em>top</em> again, effectively "storing" the surplus output of the windmills in the potential energy of the water that can once again flow thru the hydroelectric generators when needed.</p><p> </p><p>Bottom line; fossil fuels are a dead end. Embrace that fact, learn it, live it, believe it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soberups, post: 841135, member: 14668"] The majority of people will charge their cars at night, when demand on the grid is actually lowest. Here in the Pacific NW we actually have a surplus of electricity right now; the spring snowmelt has the hydroelectric dams pushing out 100% and actually spilling water over the top, and when all of the windmills in the Columbia River Gorge are spinning at the same time they actually have to take the windmills [I]offline[/I] because they are generating more power than the grid can handle. You are correct that our grid will need major improvements in order to recharge an all-electric transportation system, but the cost of such improvements must be weighed against the enviornmental and financial costs of our current addiction to imported fossil fuels. I see a future where windmills and solar panels are everywhere, and they are connected to huge fuel cells which can store their power for times when the wind isnt blowing. There are proposals here in the Pacific NW to build gigantic electric pumps on the Columbia, powered by the windmills, that would pump water from the [I]bottom[/I] of the dams back up to the [I]top[/I] again, effectively "storing" the surplus output of the windmills in the potential energy of the water that can once again flow thru the hydroelectric generators when needed. Bottom line; fossil fuels are a dead end. Embrace that fact, learn it, live it, believe it. [/QUOTE]
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