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Old 09-25-2012, 11:55 AM   #37
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Originally Posted by jammies View Post
I still don't see your calculations. All that is very nice, but if off-hours consumption + new consumption isn't greater than the current peak consumption, your original assertion still fails. The two figures you are looking for are: Current Off-Hours Peak Consumption, and Projected Additional Consumption after converting 5% of Alberta vehicles to Electric Drive. That graph was a nice touch, another one of those would be spiffy as well.
Have you ever taken an economics class? It does not matter if consumption is still below capacity. Economics don't require calculations in the case I have presented, its a simple qualatative analysis.

Bolded part: Does not matter, greater demand and inelastic supply will dictate increased prices.
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