Greenest = Linear genset series HEV idea

[redpoint5]

Cost has always been the primary driver of behavior. Slaves went away in the west not because it developed ethical DNA, but because slaves are expensive compared to machines.

People and organizations will tend to make decisions on what is least costly to them.

Regarding electricity reliability, around here if there's no electricity then there's no petrol, because the stations use electric pumps to operate. If electricity were sporadic here, an EV might be more reliable since it would charge whenever electricity were available, vs having to time a gasoline fill up when electricity is available. Perhaps it's a wash since people would change their behavior to just always have a topped up fuel tank.

[Ecky]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

Cost has always been the primary driver of behavior. Slaves went away in the west not because it developed ethical DNA, but because slaves are expensive compared to machines.

People and organizations will tend to make decisions on what is least costly to them.

Regarding electricity reliability, around here if there's no electricity then there's no petrol, because the stations use electric pumps to operate. If electricity were sporadic here, an EV might be more reliable since it would charge whenever electricity were available, vs having to time a gasoline fill up when electricity is available. Perhaps it's a wash since people would change their behavior to just always have a topped up fuel tank.

That's basically the case here as well. New Zealand doesn't refine or drill for fossil fuels (even though it has them), and 90% or so of the grid comes from hydro, wind, solar and geothermal. I haven't experienced a power outage of even a second since I moved here mid-2022. I'm unaware of people owning backup generators, though some add personal solar or wind just to bring prices down a bit more.

Electricity is typically around US13 cents per kwh uncontrolled, with lower rates if you have a smart meter or EV plan. Meanwhile gasoline is ballpark US$6.50 per gallon, after road repair taxes and such. Running anything and everything possible on electricity is a no-brainer.

[redpoint5]

Originally Posted by Ecky

I haven't experienced a power outage of even a second since I moved here mid-2022.

We don't have loss of power due to generation capacity, but due to trees and drunks taking out power lines.

[Logic]

Originally Posted by redpoint5

We don't have loss of power due to generation capacity, but due to trees and drunks taking out power lines.

Ah...er...no it's not a case of demand outstripping supply:
Here the existing infrastructure has seen close to zero maintenance since 'The Old South Africa' and has basically fallen apart, with time, in a very predictable manner.
Besides that, there has been nigh on zero new infrastructure of any sort built since then.

We have ...'leaders' here saying things like:
"It's the [...er... Old South Africa's] fault the [water] dam is empty because they built it too big. If the dam was small; it would be full right now" etc-etc.