This is what has completely stopped me from considering an electric car until further notice. I would really like to have one, my driving style suits them well. But I'm not going to have my sole source of transportation be jeopardized by the unfortunate "cart before the horse" that is currently EV production.
Tesla’s Musk Says U.S. Electricity Production Needs to Double to Power Transition to EV Vehicles
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are we serious about carbon emissions or not? if we are then nuclear is our only solution. if we aren't then we'll just keep using coal/ng and supplement it with wind and solar, and then complain about how we need to do better when it comes to emissions.
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The first pass needs to be what’s upgradable ? Our plant submitted plans - then decided it was too expensive to add two modern reactors (searched for Capex) - but the feds continued to work their end and handed out the permits
So, if wind gets “help” … is something like that next. They feed 3 major cities where the EV’s are a good fit.
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A full-on conversion to EVs is not going to happen in my lifetime. I, for one, will never buy one. But, a Hybrid in my future is not only possible, but likely. Ford's and GM's plans to convert all of their production to EVs is doomed to fail IMO, and as a result, so will they.
There's no data which says nuclear is our only solution. Climate, geology and geography are important considerations with regards to the location of power plants. Grid management/distribution is just as important as power generation. For example the problems in California are in part a distribution issue.
The US isn't France.
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When we talk about increasing the energy production we will need to consider the entire package. Building more plants is just one part. Transmission, distribution, and all the infrastructure required for that which would likely include land acquiring among others.
These are exciting times; an inflection point in energy sources driven in part by EVs.
Electricity costs in CA are some of the highest in the nation, which is the main reason I installed solar.
I pay about $9 per month to use the PG&E grid. Solar is big in CA for obvious reasons.
So PG&E wants to increase basic grid use to $90 per month due to the loss in revenues as solar installations increase.
Of course, PG&E executives continue to give themselves huge bonuses as their company burns down our forrests.
Electricity costs in CA are some of the highest in the nation, which is the main reason I installed solar.
I pay about $9 per month to use the PG&E grid. Solar is big in CA for obvious reasons.
So PG&E wants to increase basic grid use to $90 per month due to the loss in revenues as solar installations increase.
Of course, PG&E executives continue to give themselves huge bonuses as their company burns down our forrests.
I'd bet they are majority market 51%+ in 15 years with trucks being the holdouts.
Gas will be here a long time- good thing I have lots of cylinders to fill I intend on keeping.
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Yes, while I advocate for nuclear, electrified heating in Canada is obscenely expensive, particularly in an old home. While NG may only be 30-40% efficient for powergen (even lower when you consider line losses), for heating it can be >95% efficient, which I think is the best use of this resource. I can heat my four floors of 100 year old brick quite affordably with gas, something that would be prohibitive with electricity.
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Many are betting on SMR's being the panacea for white elephants like Vogtle. That said, IF they were to build more AP1000's after Vogtle, those should be less expensive and much quicker to construct. Our refurbishments of our nukes up here are becoming faster and lower cost as we perfect the process and it's the same for new builds once the FOAK teething pains are worked out.
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No, but nuclear should be a large part of the solution, replacing existing baseload fossil resources where applicable.
Limited to the bus, taxi and train which are also broken systems. This is what you get when people elect a bunch of old senile nursing home refugees and other assorted crackpots and lunatics and actually believe them when when they try to convince you putting the cart before the horse is the best way and you should pay more taxes to see that gone of the rails side show.
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They are being license extended, some of them considerably. 40 year licenses were extended to 60, now 80 years. I expect we'll see 100 year licenses relatively soon. As long as the pressure vessel integrity is sufficient, these units can continue to be life extended.
Yup.
More baseload nuke and strategic peakers will get us there. We have our own fuel.
This is a solvable problem.
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I have been buying hybrids for about 15 years. They make sense and they are the only option for long interstate runs. ( compared to EV's)
The problem as I see Dave is they really don't want to solve the problem for a host of reasons most have to do with $$$ and social manipulation.
I used to do and say the same thing- because thats what my experience showed.
Not anymore. Ive been at this a while from a borrow, ride/ follow perspective, and the landscape has changed.
I can match my own long range ice commute time for the last two years and its getting better.
At first it required modding my style, in the long range S I really dont change anything.
Not claiming my size fits all, but the window of difference has shrunk dramatically and will continue to do so.
I totally get that perspective as well.
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I understand. But I do 900 mile runs and time is of the essence. Fill up 13 gallon tank at home and only one other on the way about 600 miles in.
I'd buy an ev if I could get quick fills at any station like gas stations provide.
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