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To: Kirk © who wrote (14528)	9/28/2022 11:47:58 AM
From: Kirk ©	1 Recommendation Recommended By sixty2nds Respond to of 26434

And from before we were told there was not enough electricity for a very warm week to cook our food or run our computers.... Electrical homes are the future. The grid isn’t ready. mercurynews.com This all-electric goal means every new single-family home is gas-free, as well as a mass conversion from gas to electric appliances in existing buildings. Natural gas would be shut off, either by disconnecting the service to each individual home or sealing the valves to the mains that serve an entire block.

To: Kirk © who wrote (14528)	9/28/2022 11:51:46 AM
From: TigerPaw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26434

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.