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[STEMO]

All these electric cars lined up on the street for a quick charge. Such temptation.

I wonder how many small boys will find it amusing to pull the plug out as soon as the owner has walked away?

I certainly would have done.

You fiend! 

[Marks DTM Calib]

Basically 3 extra Hinkley point C's coming online from 2040 onwards will do it. Is the planning permission in place yet? 

Yep, off we go cap in had to the French and the Chinese again...

..and then there's the supply network needed to support it - right down to the local distribution level which relies on diversity and is not designed to support every property in a street taking many kilowatts of power out of the gird for hours on end.

We will need a smart mechanism at a local level to coordinate whose car takes charge when and hope that the basic network has the capacity to satisfy all users. If that doesn't work it's a simple matter of digging up every road in the country to upgrade the infrastructure. 

You want to see some of the confidential research we have going on at the moment.

It ranges from smart everything where the grid can back off the wattage of your kettle and shut down your freezer to, high power induction loops at traffic lights to give your car a boost of power (and no doubt fry any local hedgehog or cat who gets a bit close) whilst you wait.....with the talk of extending the red time for 10s of seconds based on charging needs!

[aaronjb]

It ranges from smart everything where the grid can back off the wattage of your kettle and shut down your freezer

Given there are indicators that parts of the control systems for our power distribution network have already been compromised by likely state actors, I can only imagine this ending wonderfully!

[Doctor Gollum]

Good excuse to go off grid... Drinking water can be delivered as can generator fuel... Throw in a wind turbine (which can simultaneously pump water and produce electricity), along with some solar panels (which can heat your water and produce electricity), and before you know it, you don't need to rely on the state for your energy needs...

[Marks DTM Calib]

Good excuse to go off grid... Drinking water can be delivered as can generator fuel... Throw in a wind turbine (which can simultaneously pump water and produce electricity), along with some solar panels (which can heat your water and produce electricity), and before you know it, you don't need to rely on the state for your energy needs...

Your going to be living a long way from anybody else then! (they don't work in built up areas due to turbulence from housing roof structures and surrounding builds)

[STEMO]

Good excuse to go off grid... Drinking water can be delivered as can generator fuel... Throw in a wind turbine (which can simultaneously pump water and produce electricity), along with some solar panels (which can heat your water and produce electricity), and before you know it, you don't need to rely on the state for your energy needs...

Your going to be living a long way from anybody else then! (they don't work in built up areas due to turbulence from housing roof structures and surrounding builds)

That's not what the salesman who sold us our roof mounted windmill said. He said that we would generate enough to keep the whole street going, and he only charged us £18,000. I tried ringing him after installation to confirm, but he seems to be unavailable. 

[Doctor Gollum]

The alternative is to bury an RB 211 in the garden

[chrisio]

Just throwing this out there..... I can forget to tank up with diesel on the way home. But it's not a problem, as even with fuel light on I can nip to Sainsbury's and tank up with £65 of canal boat fuel in the morning on the way to work. Instant 700 mile range 

What happens when you forget to plug your car in one night, like a mobile phone it's easy to forget now and then 

You will be a bit stuffed in the morning 

That's never happened to us 

At least 90% of the miles the car does is local so as long as its plugged in for about an hr it will give us enough range to do the school run - most of the time!

[Marks DTM Calib]

The alternative is to bury an RB 211 in the garden

Could be useful for cooking with to!

[Doctor Gollum]

Indeed enough heat and wind to actually supply the street...

Noise, what noise? I can't hear anything

And the best bit... Jet A1 is half the price of red diesel

[Marks DTM Calib]

Indeed enough heat and wind to actually supply the street...

Noise, what noise? I can't hear anything

And the best bit... Jet A1 is half the price of red diesel

Can you not sneak a few flasks full out after every shift 

[Doctor Gollum]

Indeed enough heat and wind to actually supply the street...

Noise, what noise? I can't hear anything

And the best bit... Jet A1 is half the price of red diesel

Can you not sneak a few flasks full out after every shift 

Well... we do use a couple of those water cooler bottles each shift...

Not sure a 60 litre tank would last very long though

[steve6367]

Just throwing this out there..... I can forget to tank up with diesel on the way home. But it's not a problem, as even with fuel light on I can nip to Sainsbury's and tank up with £65 of canal boat fuel in the morning on the way to work. Instant 700 mile range 

What happens when you forget to plug your car in one night, like a mobile phone it's easy to forget now and then 

You will be a bit stuffed in the morning 

If you need 700 miles range an electric car is not going to work for you.

If I forget to plug is in it will tell me so on my phone and if I ignore than I will pop to a Rapid in the morning.

It does require a little more thinking sometimes but that fine for me.

Steve

[steve6367]

All these electric cars lined up on the street for a quick charge. Such temptation.

I wonder how many small boys will find it amusing to pull the plug out as soon as the owner has walked away?

I certainly would have done.

Unless you break into the car you can't as it will be locked in.....

[Kevin Wood]

Indeed enough heat and wind to actually supply the street...

Noise, what noise? I can't hear anything

And the best bit... Jet A1 is half the price of red diesel

Can you not sneak a few flasks full out after every shift 

A mate of mine used to have a deal with the Police helicopter pilots. He used to provide a "disposal service" for the A1 samples they were required to collect before each shift. Seems they took about a jerry can's worth each time. He'd mix it with veggie oil and run his Vectra B on it.