Canadian_Infidel
Canadian_Infidel t1_ixvah98 wrote
Reply to comment by tacknosaddle in Electric-vehicle charging stations could use as much power as a small town by 2035 — and the grid isn't ready by Sorin61
No, you are confused. I'm not talking about the wall outlets at your house.
Canadian_Infidel t1_ixt6t2f wrote
Reply to comment by Zhuul in Electric-vehicle charging stations could use as much power as a small town by 2035 — and the grid isn't ready by Sorin61
I work on them for a living. You either double the current or double the voltage, if you want to double the power. Doubling current means the copper carrying the energy has to be twice as thick. And they can't step up the voltage much more at local levels, usually not at all.
Canadian_Infidel t1_ixt6hpe wrote
Reply to comment by fwubglubbel in Electric-vehicle charging stations could use as much power as a small town by 2035 — and the grid isn't ready by Sorin61
No, because you only use about 0.001% of the possible flow-time of your pipe.
Canadian_Infidel t1_ixs3u0c wrote
Reply to comment by The_Countess in Electric-vehicle charging stations could use as much power as a small town by 2035 — and the grid isn't ready by Sorin61
You lose half of the energy between the power plant and the end user in the electrical grid. You are right the massive turbines are more efficient, though. But it is roughly a wash. Maybe 20% better at most in favorable conditions.
Canadian_Infidel t1_ixs3n12 wrote
Reply to comment by PlayfulParamedic2626 in Electric-vehicle charging stations could use as much power as a small town by 2035 — and the grid isn't ready by Sorin61
You would need approximately 5-10 full size wind mills per charging station. Full utility size ones.
Canadian_Infidel t1_ixs3fbi wrote
Reply to comment by Substantial-Course97 in Electric-vehicle charging stations could use as much power as a small town by 2035 — and the grid isn't ready by Sorin61
Ontario sells it at a loss? Wow. NB buys from QC and sells for 4x what they pay for it. Which is why QC is running a wire to bypass NB.
Canadian_Infidel t1_ixs38ta wrote
Reply to comment by pimpbot666 in Electric-vehicle charging stations could use as much power as a small town by 2035 — and the grid isn't ready by Sorin61
Those are not the transformers in question. Those are plentiful. The larger ones are all custom and are so critical and have such incredible lead times (years) the US military started keeping copies of them all since they would be such an easy military target.
Canadian_Infidel t1_ixs325t wrote
Reply to comment by Mccobsta in Electric-vehicle charging stations could use as much power as a small town by 2035 — and the grid isn't ready by Sorin61
Definitely. We lack the creativity and leadership.
Canadian_Infidel t1_ixs2vsh wrote
Reply to comment by tacknosaddle in Electric-vehicle charging stations could use as much power as a small town by 2035 — and the grid isn't ready by Sorin61
Doubling the power grid would be much more expensive than any of those things. For every wire that exist, you will now need two.
Canadian_Infidel t1_ixs2p6x wrote
Reply to comment by RhoOfFeh in Electric-vehicle charging stations could use as much power as a small town by 2035 — and the grid isn't ready by Sorin61
Really? When I was in school 15 years ago they said our grid was originally designed with tons of redundancy but it was all stripped away and we are now at about 104% capacity. This is Canada.
I don't think normal people have a very good grasp on what a megawatt is, or what a kilowatt is, or a horsepower, or anything like that at all.
Canadian_Infidel t1_ixs2f22 wrote
Reply to comment by patrickstarpenishead in Electric-vehicle charging stations could use as much power as a small town by 2035 — and the grid isn't ready by Sorin61
Going full throttle. 2500 hp is very large for an electric motor. We had a 5000 hp one where I worked and it was a 10k bill PER START plus running energy.
Also cars are very powerful. Your home uses maybe 10-12 hp, max. With the dryer and stove going. Absolute max.
Canadian_Infidel t1_ixs2aty wrote
Reply to comment by goldfaux in Electric-vehicle charging stations could use as much power as a small town by 2035 — and the grid isn't ready by Sorin61
They mean each charging station.
Canadian_Infidel t1_ixvaovq wrote
Reply to comment by SkySchemer in Electric-vehicle charging stations could use as much power as a small town by 2035 — and the grid isn't ready by Sorin61
Your dryer is the most power hungry thing in your home. Homes run them a few hours a week, maybe. Now it will be 8 hours a day or more.
The lines that feed the neighborhood are based on how much power will be likely used for all the homes at any time. It isnt sized so every house could use max power at all times.