Re:Oil Demand for Cars Is Already Falling
by cronix on Saturday November 17, 2018 @11:29AM
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Is the electricity that you're using coming from a renewable resource like hydro/wind/solar, or is it from a NG/Coal burning plant like most are?
Re:Oil Demand for Cars Is Already Falling
by srcmap on Saturday November 17, 2018 @12:52PM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_California
Looks like 49% of California's Electric still comes from NG from 2016. Solar was < 10%.
Hopefully solar will be higher and higher percentage of it soon.
I love to see the 50%+ or more Ca's roof top, parking lots cover with solar panels.
I like to a solar deployment system such that: * a 40 ft container pull up to a parking lots. * A machine drill 4, 6, 8 1x6 ft holes on the ground. * A concrete 1x6 ft concrete anchor beam drop down - secured. * Some posts erect on site in a half hours. * The per-fabricated solar panel pull on top and fasten. * The whole solar deployment is finished in < 4 hours.
Re:Oil Demand for Cars Is Already Falling
by philipkglass on Saturday November 17, 2018 @03:35PM
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It looks like you're referring to the "In-State Electricity Source Percentages" table. According to that table, natural gas reached its maximum share in 2014 at 61.3%, when solar was only 5.3%. In 2017 natural gas was down to 43.4% and solar was up to 11.8%. California is making progress at a good pace.
Re:Oil Demand for Cars Is Already Falling
by cronix on Saturday November 17, 2018 @02:01PM
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I think a big problem is from the reflections produced by the current panels, blinding pilots overhead. I know when the sun hits a reflective window on the building across the street from me at the right angle, I have to pull my blinds as it makes it incredibly bright for a few minutes, and if you look at the huge reflection in the window it hurts the eyes. I can only imagine how bad it would be for pilots if 50%+ of buildings/houses had them installed.
https://www.cnbc.com/2014/03/18/pilots-hate-glare-from-world...
It has electric range of 48 miles - perfect for the daily commute ~30 miles round trip. A nice gas option is there just in case the battery is gone - which I used couple time.
The charge point app shows that the car took in 169KWHr in Oct. I figure if it is charged at home 15c / KWHr = ~$23. That's 50% to 75% cheaper than my last commuting car's gas cost.
I am doing my share to reduce the oil demand.