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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-27-08 02:01 PM
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23. Los Angeles' current capacity can accept 2 million electric cars
Electric cars are charged primarily overnight (off peak) so there is plenty of capacity available.

See #17 re: environmental advantages and how they relate to power mix.
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  - Burning Fossil Fuels is OVER . . . it's already suicidal ---  defendandprotect   Jun-25-08 10:36 PM   #1 
  - And Peabody  kgrandia   Jun-25-08 10:41 PM   #2 
  - Oh, we can make things worse.  tom_paine   Jun-26-08 07:35 AM   #5 
  - People are wondering about Obama's intent  kristopher   Jun-25-08 10:53 PM   #3 
     - Maybe if the money  DiktatrW   Jun-25-08 11:15 PM   #4 
     - How about making Electric Cars . . .!!!  defendandprotect   Jun-26-08 02:24 PM   #7 
        - I like that idea.  DiktatrW   Jun-26-08 05:40 PM   #8 
        - If burning fossil fuel is suicidal, how will electric cars help?  Howzit   Jun-26-08 08:40 PM   #9 
           - I applaud your suggestion that we walk more...  kristopher   Jun-26-08 09:00 PM   #10 
           - The Tesla is interesting and if they find many buyers, more power to them  Howzit   Jun-26-08 11:10 PM   #14 
              - Electric cars are cleaner even when powered by coal  wtmusic   Jun-27-08 09:59 AM   #17 
              - I see you prefer to ignorance to having your beliefs challenged  kristopher   Jun-27-08 10:45 AM   #18 
                 - I am responsible for my own ignorance  Howzit   Jun-27-08 01:31 PM   #22 
                    - Los Angeles' current capacity can accept 2 million electric cars  wtmusic   Jun-27-08 02:01 PM   #23 
                    - There is enough excess capacity in the grid  kristopher   Jun-27-08 02:13 PM   #24 
                       - Is the Tesla the right vehicle to promote electric cars?  Howzit   Jun-28-08 07:06 PM   #26 
                          - Tesla is 'proof of concept'  kristopher   Jun-28-08 11:04 PM   #28 
                          - The paper on sustainable energy can be read in small chunks from  Howzit   Jun-29-08 06:36 AM   #30 
                             - Now you are going into another area you clearly know little about  kristopher   Jun-29-08 12:11 PM   #31 
                             - If studies on climate change are not founded on raw weather station data  Howzit   Jun-29-08 03:55 PM   #34 
                                - You are over simplifying the climate issue  kristopher   Jun-29-08 07:04 PM   #35 
                             - OK I read the executive summary  kristopher   Jun-29-08 10:26 PM   #37 
                                - I think the reason south facing PV roof placements were used in the author's analysis  Howzit   Jun-30-08 05:10 AM   #38 
                                   - That much is self evident.  kristopher   Jun-30-08 11:41 AM   #39 
                                      - "you recommended it repeatedly with the implication that it formed the basis of your thinking "  Howzit   Jun-30-08 01:38 PM   #42 
                                         - Determine the requirenement based on what it is you expect to accomplish  kristopher   Jun-30-08 02:09 PM   #43 
                                            - "why you take it as a given that the individual should be responsible for paying for the panels. "  Howzit   Jun-30-08 09:22 PM   #44 
                                               - OK  kristopher   Jul-01-08 12:21 AM   #45 
                                               - "Never forget the Law of Unintended Consequences"  Howzit   Jul-01-08 01:10 AM   #46 
                                               - That's the problem with ideology  kristopher   Jul-01-08 03:16 PM   #48 
                                               - A heck of a good return on investment  Howzit   Jul-01-08 09:02 PM   #50 
                                               - The dollars don't correlete to the energy. nt  kristopher   Jul-01-08 09:09 PM   #51 
                                               - Isn't the energy worth a certain number of dollars per kW hour?  Howzit   Jul-01-08 09:21 PM   #52 
                                               - That can be a complex question.  kristopher   Jul-01-08 10:47 PM   #53 
                                               - Some people communicate more clearly than others  Howzit   Jul-01-08 01:26 AM   #47 
                                               - Tax reductions on all forms of energy for everyone!  Howzit   Jul-01-08 08:58 PM   #49 
                          - "O" For the "P"  bobbolink   Jun-29-08 02:35 PM   #33 
                             - Electric transportation  kristopher   Jun-29-08 07:12 PM   #36 
                                - And you think name-calling enhances your position?  bobbolink   Jun-30-08 12:38 PM   #40 
                                   - Name calling?  kristopher   Jun-30-08 01:19 PM   #41 
           - First of all, we don't need a "grid" and dragging electricity across 15 states . . .  defendandprotect   Jun-26-08 10:20 PM   #11 
           - OK; So wind and solar power are so obvious  Howzit   Jun-26-08 10:58 PM   #13 
              - Always 20 years away in the minds of those promoting the Republican energy plan, you mean.  kristopher   Jun-27-08 11:16 AM   #20 
              - humorous . . .  defendandprotect   Jun-27-08 12:53 PM   #21 
           - If CO2 reduction is your goal, electric cars may not yet be much better than cars burning gasoline.  Howzit   Jun-28-08 09:44 PM   #27 
              - Why are you replying to yourself?  kristopher   Jun-29-08 12:37 PM   #32 
     - Very interesting link. I feel compelled to point out that correlation does not equal causation.  tom_paine   Jun-26-08 07:43 AM   #6 
     - It's good to be explicit.  kristopher   Jun-26-08 10:41 PM   #12 
        - What aspect of Obama's plans are going to put all 85,000 coal workers out of work?  tom_paine   Jun-27-08 08:09 AM   #16 
           - "Clean coal" with "carbon sequestration"  kristopher   Jun-27-08 10:59 AM   #19 
              - Understood. Thanks. But if I am reading your post correctly, there's no  tom_paine   Jun-27-08 03:20 PM   #25 
                 - I'll get a copy, thanks.  kristopher   Jun-28-08 11:11 PM   #29 
     - An op-ed  kgrandia   Jun-26-08 11:29 PM   #15 
 

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