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Originally Posted by Sliver
Consumers and industry.
And government regulations.
EVs is the perfect example. They're basically all hypercars. Lower their power, that will result in smaller battery packs that take less energy to charge.
Put a cap on their weight. Do we really need or want EV Hummers and Cybertrucks when a hybrid Maverick will do basically the same things but better? The Hummer weighs SEVEN times more than a Maverick. It takes a lot of energy to move that.
Acey is being a total weirdo and I'm surprised at you, too.
Never in a million years did I think the idea of reducing consumption would be controversial lol.
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It’s not controversial, it’s just not a reasonable solution. We are only becoming more and more reliant on the grid. Look at our goods today versus 20 years ago. Laptops, ebooks, baby cams, ring cams, cars, iPads, smart homes, watches all take electricity. To assume the solution is to consume less is not grounded in reality or practicality. Sure you could have the government step in and control products and their use of electricity but no government is going to do that.
Ok top of that, The government wants to start eliminating natural gas appliances. Imagine the load increase last night if everyone had an electric stove, dryer, and hot water tank…