On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 12:33:23PM -0400, Michael Watterson wrote:
> On 20/08/2011 16:54, Herbert Graf wrote:
> > If, OTOH, the thing recharges in the time it takes me to refill my tank=
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> > EVERYTHING would be different.
> >
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> Battery swap is the logical route.

I don't think so. Extending the electric grid to electrify the roads is a
much more logical route.

> Even then if everyone had Electric cars, the ENTIRE Grid from national=20
> to street would need doubled, maybe tripled  in capacity at least.

Maybe. The most likely management straegy is having cheap off peak
overnight power for charging coupled with much highe peak day power
as a supplement.

Another possible extension is solar. With the advent of cheap solar panels
coming online could facilitate wide distribution upgrade of electrical
capacity.

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> If we have Fusion power or you live in a country with other mostly=20
> non-fossil source the economics of that might make sense.
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