Laser310
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Again, we've done the maths a dozen times.... Even if every car in the UK was EV and doing the same mileage as now, the amount of power the UK would need annually would be less than the historical peak. We are currently 24% below that peak in 2005, and the trend is down, not up, even with all the EVs on the road...,
United Kingdom Energy Information.
This is largely the result of de-industrialiazation.
Britain now imports its high energy products, rather than making them - so the energy use has been transferred to other countries. This trend will continue.
The question of whether de industrialization - not making things - has been good for Britain is beyond the scope of this forum...
Obviously, if people are still to have consumer goods, not every country can de industrialize.
nevertheless, we are still talking about converting all trucks and automobiles to electricity, converting the heating/hot water of every structure in Britain, even other forms of transport: planes, ships...
I still say there is no credible plan to produce that amount of electricity, so the result will be rationing, and there will be less energy available for leisure pursuits.., including unnecessary use of your electric car
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