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x16x0r t1_jaojai0 wrote

Reply to comment by Surur in Electric world that kicks out fossil fuels will cost less than combustion economy. 30TW of wind and solar PV will take 0.2% of earth's surface. by DisasterousGiraffe

I'm talking about energy production, not voltage regulation. As more people own EV's and charge them at night, what do you think will be used at midnight for energy?

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Surur t1_jaojg44 wrote

> what do you think will be used at midnight for energy?

Not much energy as we will be sleeping?

If you are talking about charging cars, you would know they typically charge in the evening, not night, and that if our energy is mainly generated in the day, we could easily incentivise charging in the day also (e.g. by requiring chargers at parking spots).

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x16x0r t1_jaojnu1 wrote

People charge their EV's after midnight for better TOU rates. Just look at the graph and tell me batteries can supply energy for EV's after midnight.

>you would know they typically charge in the evening, not night

I don't know about you, but in California utility rates are at least double during the evening compared to off peak hours (after midnight).

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Surur t1_jaonsfw wrote

> People charge their EV's after midnight for better TOU rates.

And that will obviously follow the availability of energy. If electricity is scarce at midnight then it will be expensive, and if it's most abundant in the day the incentive time will change.

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