Comparison Grid Juice Waste 
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 20, 2009
Once weve consolidated everything to depend on the grid, we can clean up everything by cleaning up the grid. Once electric cars are more common, demand for electricity will rise, and electricity producers will have to look at big generators such as dams, nuclear stations or decentralised wind turbines that feed in to the grid.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Hit the jump for a comparison that includes plenty of pics and video. Also, besides giving you the ability to charge at night when most utility rates are lower, future vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology may allow you to sell some of your stored energy back to the utilities. The method that should seem most natural is charging at home.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
That way you have a fair basis of comparison, you know, apples to apples and all that jazz. We should have built more Nuclear power plants and created a nuclear waste recycling program. A simple, clean, efficient EV that wont run out of juice because of its on-board gas generator. The car will simply fall away if GM folds.
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