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Non-Tech : Kirk's Market Thoughts
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To: Kirk © who wrote (14528)9/28/2022 11:51:46 AM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) of 27132
 
free of trips to the gas station,
Yes, that is a big perk. The lines at the gas station just get longer when the price goes up. You would think a higher price would cut demand but it triggers fear of scarcity instead. The car in question is a Toyota and not a Tesla and that makes a lot of difference in maintenance, and insurance,

The combination of home solar and home charging is interesting. The electric infrastructure does not have to be beefed up as much if the electricity is produced close to where it is consumed. The kink is that a majority of the day, when the sun is shining, the car is usually at work. By the time it gets home and the driver cranks up the electric oven or something there is little to no power coming out of the panels so it has to come from further away. The good news is that it's generally easier to super-size the electric infrastructure in the concentrations of commercial and industrial office buildings than to each household. It's going to take some program of sticky-carrots to make charging easier in the work setting.

So, total cost can come down with a more decentralized power infrastructure. Power generation just has to be a better neighbor with a smaller footprint to coexist in the commercial space.
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