Tag: off-peak power

In response to my recent piece on electric transportation in Seeking Alpha, EV naysayer Glenn Doty writes a response that concludes: “I just don’t get how any environmentalist could support these.  If the people who buy solar panels and a …

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Here’s an article that presents some specious logic associated with electric vehicle adoption.  In particular, the greening of conventional vehicles militates away from, not towards, the adoption of EVs; the payback in fuel consumption for an EV is far more …

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Does anyone know how many kilowatt-hours we in the U.S. dump back to ground each night? If so, please comment, and add a link to the source. Cycling coal plants shortens their lives and adds to the cost of maintenance, …

How Many Electric Vehicles Can Off-Peak Power Charge? Read More »

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I notice that 17 people have responded with comments thus far to my recent piece on Renewable Energy World in which I discussed plug-in hybrids and the Chevy Volt in particular. Although the purpose of my original article was to …

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