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Re:Oil sector is lobbying for inefficient hydrogen cars to d... by baq on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @03:36AM (#37841900)
6 is a number an order of magnitude too small unless you live in a desert. If you live in a city, it's probably closer to two orders.

To support 60 assuming ~50% utilization you'll need 1MW per 1 sqkm additional power. This isn't a small number. The grid anywhere is absolutely not ready for such a rapid increase of load. There isn't enough refined copper produced worldwide to upgrade the grid. I mean setting up a copper mine on 16 Psyche is not a batshit insane idea here.

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Re:Oil sector is lobbying for inefficient hydrogen cars to d... by rovolo on Thursday October 12, 2023 @03:48PM (#37862229)
Why does a city need ~100 L3 chargers per km2? People don't need to drive as far within a city, so even home L1 chargers should handle most city residents needs. The L3 chargers seem most useful on highways exiting the city.
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