ELECTRIC CAR GOAL ALONE WON'T ASSURE CALIFORNIA'S GREENER FUTURE

Posted by Rod M (W) on December 12, 2022 at 11:56:34

I'm all for renewables, but there are challenges. A new article in the paper today proposes that we need to stop living in the suburbs to reduce miles driven. I'm doubtful that people will want to move to city centers and live in dense neighborhoods with much smaller homes to use mass transit that doesn't work in California right now.

Of course, we also need to upgrade the infrastructure to support peak power by another 50% and increase battery storage by 8X without building any new power plants. I better start saving for batteries and a good generator.

California has vowed to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars and trucks by 2035, making way for an electric vehicle boom. But researchers and state officials say even that is not enough to meet the state's ambitious climate goals.

People will not only have to embrace cleaner vehicles but trade long car commutes for dense, walkable neighborhoods serviced by transit, experts say. Simply building expensive rail projects, they cautioned, won't help achieve the state's benchmarks unless homes and businesses are tightly packed.

The average person will need to drive no more than about 17 miles a day, down from nearly 25 miles a day in 2019, to meet the state's target of carbon neutrality by 2045, according to the California Air Resources Board. That's partly because nearly a third of personal vehicles in the state are projected to still run on gasoline by then.

"This is a far superior environmental strategy than just promoting electric vehicles, not just because of how these transit-oriented communities can reduce driving miles but also because they spur construction of more compact homes that require less energy to heat and cool and water to irrigate," said Ethan Elkind, director of the climate program at UC Berkeley's Center for Law, Energy and the Environment.

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The state will need to roughly triple annual instillation of wind and solar while increase battery projects eightfold during the next two decades to achieve its climate goals and maintain the grid, according to the California Energy Commission. During the September heatwave, the state set a new record for peak demand at 52,061 megawatts. The agency is preparing for regular spikes up to 78.5 megawatts by midcentury.

-Rod

https://www.pressreader.com/usa/san-diego-union-tribune/2022 (Open in New Window)

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Topic - ELECTRIC CAR GOAL ALONE WON'T ASSURE CALIFORNIA'S GREENER FUTURE - Rod M 11:56:34 12/12/22 (36)

RE: ELECTRIC CAR GOAL ALONE WON'T ASSURE CALIFORNIA'S GREENER FUTURE - pictureguy 15:35:23 12/14/22 (0)

One can now charge their electric boat on Lake Tahoe - Craiger56 11:36:20 12/13/22 (1)

RE: One can now charge their electric boat on Lake Tahoe - pictureguy 21:17:08 12/14/22 (0)

What's with the ALL-CAPS posting title? /nt - Feanor 05:05:42 12/13/22 (4)

Did you read the article? - Rod M 07:12:51 12/13/22 (3)

I just thought - Uncle Mike 08:53:35 12/13/22 (1)

ALL CAPS used to be shouting... - Ivan303 11:41:11 12/13/22 (0)

Okey-Doke - Feanor 08:48:28 12/13/22 (0)

"instillation" of wind and solar? They makin' alcohol with that stuff? ;) (nt) - mhardy6647 14:22:24 12/12/22 (6)

RE: "instillation" of wind and solar? They makin' alcohol with that stuff? ;) (nt) - Ivan303 20:01:31 12/12/22 (5)

Wind turbines kill whales and birds.... - Rod M 20:13:17 12/12/22 (4)

Windows kill piles of birds - Steve O 21:58:04 12/12/22 (3)

Our windows killed a bird last year. - srdavis2000 10:17:49 12/13/22 (0)

Tons of dead birds... - Ivan303 06:19:56 12/13/22 (1)

RE: Tons of dead birds... - JDK 17:04:17 12/13/22 (0)

One can only adapt and change is in God's hands - Wojciech 13:09:24 12/12/22 (13)

RE: One can only adapt and change is in God's hands - B. Scarpia 07:35:24 12/13/22 (0)

That makes it even worse from the atheists POV /nt - Feanor 05:07:13 12/13/22 (0)

RE: One can only adapt and change is in God's hands - beach cruiser 13:55:39 12/12/22 (10)

RE: One can only adapt and change is in God's hands - tedk. 16:10:36 12/12/22 (0)

RE: One can only adapt and change is in God's hands - Wojciech 16:10:25 12/12/22 (8)

just read a summation of international energy report you might enjoy - beach cruiser 07:12:15 12/13/22 (1)

Thanks for pointing this out. - Wojciech 09:34:02 12/13/22 (0)

LOL. You contradict yourself in your first three sentences - Steve O 18:31:54 12/12/22 (5)

What kind of remedy comparable in force to total nuclear annihilation - Wojciech 19:38:47 12/12/22 (4)

Now you're trying to change the "rules" - Steve O 21:50:44 12/12/22 (3)

No , I'm not changing the rules - Wojciech 05:12:15 12/13/22 (2)

Sure you are - Steve O 05:31:42 12/13/22 (1)

Semantics - Wojciech 06:43:57 12/13/22 (0)

RE: ELECTRIC CAR GOAL ALONE WON'T ASSURE CALIFORNIA'S GREENER FUTURE - beach cruiser 12:58:43 12/12/22 (2)

Note that one also will never miss a target if there is none (nt) - mhardy6647 14:24:07 12/12/22 (1)

RE: Note that one also will never miss a target if there is none (nt) - bjh 17:13:26 12/12/22 (0)

RE: ELECTRIC CAR GOAL ALONE WON'T ASSURE CALIFORNIA'S GREENER FUTURE - JDK 12:57:27 12/12/22 (0)

Duh? /n - Ivan303 12:19:15 12/12/22 (0)

Agreed 1000% - Jay Buridan 12:09:42 12/12/22 (1)

Only 150% for me :-) n/t - jedrider 10:03:10 12/13/22 (0)

ELECTRIC CAR GOAL ALONE WON'T ASSURE CALIFORNIA'S GREENER FUTURE

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