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Originally Posted by Betonov
(but doubled the power consumption from the grid)
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And there's another problem. Where I live the power grid is itself powered by a fossil fuel (coal). Also, unless your utilities come with the rent what you make up in savings on gasoline you end up paying in extra electricity. Then if everybody is driving an electric car how big a drain does it become on the citywide grid? What if there's not enough?
On real solution would be to ban motorized personal transportation altogether in urban areas and make everyone either ride a bicycle or use public transit. But that opens up its own can of worms. Some jobs aren't convenient to bus lines, and where I live the buses don't run all night, so the job I used to have to start at three in the morning would be right out.
There is no simple solution.