Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study

Re:Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study by alexb_ on Friday September 23, 2022 @11:50AM (#32953585)

>So I bought solar panels and batteries

...Mission accomplished?

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Re:Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study by zbrozek on Friday September 23, 2022 @02:52PM (#32955673)

Sortof? The chumps left behind have fewer people to help amortize fixed costs.

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Re:Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study by landemva on Friday September 23, 2022 @10:13PM (#32959183)

Hawaiian islands have struggled with this for a decade. Rich people put up solar cells with usage offsets and get grid scale reliability on the backs of those who can't put up solar cells due to being poor or living in an apartment.

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Re:Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study by zbrozek on Saturday September 24, 2022 @10:12AM (#32962771)

I'm going a step further. No grid connection at all. Uptime isn't great anyway-about 87% in July in my neighborhood.

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Re:Charging cars at home at night is not the way to go: study by sulam on Friday September 23, 2022 @01:05PM (#32954467)

"Profit"

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