Exactly. In Asia we ran our air conditioning at 26°C. We had fans running on the side. It was plenty comfortable. Fans make a big difference when used with A/C.
People blocking charging stations.
- Thread starter Chris142
- Start date
Exactly. In Asia we ran our air conditioning at 26°C. We had fans running on the side. It was plenty comfortable. Fans make a big difference when used with A/C.
Demand can't possibly be the problem. If it were, California wouldn't have been waving in endless millions of migrants over the years to put more strain on its various resources.
The idea is to cool the house when the grid is less stressed and then back off. From 4 to 9 PM, minimize use across the board when the grid is under highest demand. Personally, I do not cool to 70. 74 is more than fine. And Los Gatos is the hottest part of Silicon Valley. 102* right now...
Interestingly, our Tesla Model 3 has a big "conserve energy charging recommendation" message with dates when you first use it.
Our local electric utility just doubled their kWh from $0.05 to $0.10. I guess we had it REAL good and even at the 2x rate, it's probably not something to complain about too much.
Fixed that
Agree, vigilantism is seldom the answer.
- Joined
- Dec 30, 2006
- Messages
- 29,558
My relatives in Asia run fans along with their AC. Definitely makes a difference with the heat and humidity.
We do the same here. Two story house it really helps a ton.
Just chop off the part that plugs into the car
As if they would bother to show up for this. In before the lock!
So you’ve never heard of a dehumidifier or desalinization unit? Those both simply produce water. One from air, and one from saltwater.
I didn’t single out EV charging as the problem.
“Part of the problem” was how I characterized it in every post.
One has to have a humid climate for the former. Which doesn’t exist in many parts of California.
One has to have a great deal of electricity, excess electricity, for the latter. Which doesn’t exist in California.
I’m aware of both, Astro. But KrisZ said “you can’t just simply produce water”, but yes, you can. My point was, solutions ARE available but thanks to politics they’re harming peoples’ lives instead.
Choking off access to cheap energy in the name of climate activism isn’t a solution for any problem.
Then, we are in complete agreement.
- Joined
- Dec 30, 2006
- Messages
- 29,558
Yep, that's the problem with this country and why it's going down the tubes. "Selective policing".
We do not produce water, we extract it from nature, just like crude oil, coal, iron etc. so that’s what I meant and it was in the context of another poster comparing electricity shortage to water shortage during a drought.
One needs to have a source of water to extract it from and energy to do so, as @Astro14 rightly pointed out and if there is a drought there is less water to be extracted, unless one lives by an ocean and has plenty of spare electricity.
We do produce electricity though, and it is the basis of our society. And I agree with you 100% that is it not a technological problem, but one created by a certain ideology.
So that was my poor attempt and pointing out how water shortage is not on the same level as electricity shortage.
@OVERKILL touched upon this in one of his posts in this thread. We had no problems with creating more electricity supply during past growth spurs and the technology was far less efficient at that. Yet now, supply is an issue and in a state with some of the highest energy costs in this country.
Where is all that money going?
Last edited:
Well, blaming the Police for bad behavior when they have people in need to help doesn't make much sense either.
Don't get me wrong, if people were held responsible for this stuff it would change, but do we have to have more and more Police for everything?
If you or I are being robbed or whatever and my beat Officer was busy writing a ticket for parking in front of a Tesla Supercharger because of some jackass being stupid, the real victim is you or I.
Having said this, I would like it to stop.
Last edited:
