Did67 wrote:For my part, two debates intersect, although this is not always clearly stated:
a) EV and the new electricity needs it generates
b) get out - or at least limit - nuclear ...
If we don't care about nuclear power, or even if we are in favor because we find it formidable, then, in fact, there is considerable room for maneuver, because, indeed, it is possible to "program" a good share of recharging during off-peak hours. And then the EV will be a market with an increase in electricity demand justifying a few more EPRs. And even though today, the need to schedule charging at low times is not necessarily in mind - I'm afraid the majority of current owners will come home at 19 p.m. and plug in their batteries. VE, at the same time as they turn on the heating, put the roast in the oven and start the dishwasher ... No problem.
If we think that nuclear poses some problems, and if ethically, as I explained elsewhere, we are against it, then the equation is more difficult. Even with a PV installation, there will be a lot of constraints: insufficient production in winter, travel, production during the day when EV is likely to be parked elsewhere ... The risk of using fossil fuels, therefore lead to the balance sheet C , is real. And, alas, many proponents of EV are also anti-nuclear and campaign against global warming. AIE Aie Aie !!! Lo and behold, apart from the fact that I still haven't won the lotto, I still don't have an EV.
Yes, it is quite well problematized ... It is even fundamentally the choice that presents itself to humanity ... not only on the question of means of transport ... But it is not, in worldwide, a simple nuclear / renewable energy alternative, multiple combinations that can be developed ...
Just one point, however: in terms of vehicles, the substitution of petroleum by electric is ipso facto a significant reduction in the final energy consumed, by a factor of about 4 ... And on this point, no alternative choice ...