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Re:Porsche's Idea for a Six-Stroke Internal Combustion Engin... by thebruce87m on Saturday September 21, 2024 @07:05AM (#41609183)
There is a reason that I pay 7p/kWh (3p/mile) to charge at night compared to 30p/kWh during the day. There is already spare capacity at night. In my country it’s mostly wind.
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Re:Porsche's Idea for a Six-Stroke Internal Combustion Engin... by xcv123 on Saturday September 21, 2024 @07:10AM (#41609217)
Is your country 100% EV now?
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Re:Porsche's Idea for a Six-Stroke Internal Combustion Engin... by thebruce87m on Saturday September 21, 2024 @07:14AM (#41609234)
No, but even if it was demand would still be lower than 2002:

> The highest peak electricity demand in the UK in recent years was 62GW in 2002. Since then, the nation’s peak demand has fallen by roughly 16% due to improvements in energy efficiency.

> Even if we all switched to EVs overnight, we estimate demand would only increase by around 10%. So we’d still be using less power as a nation than we did in 2002, and this is well within the range the grid can capably handle.

https://www.nationalgrid.com/stories/journey-to-net-zero/ele...

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Re:Porsche's Idea for a Six-Stroke Internal Combustion Engin... by xcv123 on Saturday September 21, 2024 @09:04PM (#41613819)
That’s better than I thought. But you still need to ensure that power source is clean, otherwise it defeats the purpose.
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