silence7M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.English · 8 months agoBiden wants network of 500,000 EV chargers. Two states are getting a head start. Ohio and Pennsylvania are leading the way in the completion of a more robust national charging networkwapo.stexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down15
arrow-up197arrow-down1external-linkBiden wants network of 500,000 EV chargers. Two states are getting a head start. Ohio and Pennsylvania are leading the way in the completion of a more robust national charging networkwapo.stsilence7M to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.English · 8 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squaresilence7OPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·8 months agoPublic chargers have two huge advantages: They provide someplace for people living in rental housing to charge They enable road trips The result of building them will be to shift some amount of transport away from burning fossil fuels.
minus-squarelntl@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoby public, you mean like a gas station? a private business that serves the public or do you mean public like the interstate system is public? a public service funded by taxes
minus-squaresilence7OPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoMore like gas stations and toll roads. They’re not providing free-as-in-beer electricity
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down10·8 months agoThese are both edge cases and shouldn’t be the focus of policy. Straight up. Its a complete mistake to prioritize these as investments. We have a grid, the VAST majority of electric car owners have access to outlets, we should be focusing on grid level storage, not charging networks.
minus-squareBeanGoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up13·8 months agoA third of Americans rent their home, that’s not an edge case.
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·8 months agoRenting a home means you have access to a wall socket. Yes, those are edge cases.
minus-squareSir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoYou’re out of touch, not just with where we are, but where we need to be.
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoAdding to charging networks is a waste of resources. We need battery storage at grid level. It’s more important and a higher priority.
Public chargers have two huge advantages:
The result of building them will be to shift some amount of transport away from burning fossil fuels.
by public, you mean like a gas station? a private business that serves the public
or do you mean public like the interstate system is public? a public service funded by taxes
More like gas stations and toll roads. They’re not providing free-as-in-beer electricity
These are both edge cases and shouldn’t be the focus of policy. Straight up. Its a complete mistake to prioritize these as investments.
We have a grid, the VAST majority of electric car owners have access to outlets, we should be focusing on grid level storage, not charging networks.
A third of Americans rent their home, that’s not an edge case.
Renting a home means you have access to a wall socket.
Yes, those are edge cases.
You’re out of touch, not just with where we are, but where we need to be.
Adding to charging networks is a waste of resources. We need battery storage at grid level. It’s more important and a higher priority.