• AA5B@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    EV charging is also not that big

    • A typical level 2 charger is 50a@240v, similar to an electric range that many people have.
    • It’s also a single digit percentage increase in a home’s typical use
    • a full transition will take two decades - surely we can adjust the grid as needed over two decades

    I read an estimate that full electrification, not just EVs, was projected to increase electrical load 1%/year …… I don’t remember the data center equivalent but it was several times that

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      1 month ago

      Yes BUT if everyone changed today the grid would break. So we can’t change!

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