sb2677 t1_jdoxovk wrote on March 26, 2023 at 1:15 AM

Reply to comment by CriticalStrawberry in Metro accelerates transition to electric buses by walkallover1991

Agree with all of these points. One other consideration is that we don’t have the grid capacity and currently along the East coast a lot of our electricity is powered coal lol

CriticalStrawberry t1_jdoyggv wrote on March 26, 2023 at 1:21 AM

The grid will adapt. I always like to remind people that we went from no one having A/C to basically everywhere having A/C running all hours of the day in just a couple decades. The power companies enjoy their legal monopolies, so they'll spend just enough to provide what's needed.

As far as transitioning to renewables for power generation. I have my doubts about that ever happening in my lifetime. American politics are too fucked up to make any meaningful progress.