My niece said the same. Why is it costing so much to charge my Tesla? Tried to explain it to her how batteries are actually charged. Went over her head.
Nope. They definitely don't understand that. I've tried to explain their dumb fuckery around here that even charging their car is using coal. Blank stare.
Solar is good if you live like a hermit. Most people in the US however do not live that way and certainly not me. It's not going to heat my pool, hot tub, freezers, central vac, treadmill, TV's, heat or cool my large home. And almost ALL the major advocates of solar live like I live along with having private jets and multiple homes.
To each their own. Want to live like Frodo Baggins go for. Just don't come to my pool party talking about solar panels.
Definition of "Refuse":
"Waste-to-energy or energy-from-waste is the process of generating energy in the form of electricity and/or heat from the primary treatment of waste, or the processing of waste into a fuel source. "
AKA we burn garbage for energy.
38% Wood. Carbon release anyone?
So out of 10% "renewables" 2.1% is actually a clean renewable energy source of wind power. Not sure why solar isn't there, maybe because winter sucks dick and everything (solar panels) is covered in snow.
I'll add the 6% hydro out of good will but that is imported from Canada mostly so really we are 8.1% renewables right now which honestly isn't too bad compared to previous years.
There are losses, but its fairly minimal. It's in the 96% efficiency from the wall to the car. Tesla's API lets you monitor consumption and log it. Here's the last few charges on my car.
My model 3 gets about 250-290 wh per mile depending on how much fun I'm having with it. If we use 250 wh as the measurement, that's a nice even 4 miles per kwh.
100 miles is 25 kwh. 13 cents is the national average, so $3.25 for 100 miles.
But as I said in the other posts below, my solar panels on my roof covers 100% of my car's power.
Ask a kid in many big cities where milk comes from and they freak out when they find out it is from cows. They have no clue how the world works. They drink their milk, or charge their tesla with no concept how it happened. Then they vote against their own best interest because of it.
It's like ppl dont realize when big corporations say they're going 100% electric they're lying through their teeth. The energy grid can't handle all the cars charging at once. Especially in CA or NY where they already have energy issues
My niece said the same. Why is it costing so much to charge my Tesla? Tried to explain it to her how batteries are actually charged. Went over her head.
Surely these people realize it takes more energy to charge the battery than what the battery puts out, right?
Nope. They definitely don't understand that. I've tried to explain their dumb fuckery around here that even charging their car is using coal. Blank stare.
I have solar panels on my roof to charge my car and completely power my house. ROI is 7 years because my power costs are low - $0.135/kwh.
You realize those things don't last very long right?
Solar is good if you live like a hermit. Most people in the US however do not live that way and certainly not me. It's not going to heat my pool, hot tub, freezers, central vac, treadmill, TV's, heat or cool my large home. And almost ALL the major advocates of solar live like I live along with having private jets and multiple homes. To each their own. Want to live like Frodo Baggins go for. Just don't come to my pool party talking about solar panels.
Go find your local/regional RTO/ISO website and check out how much energy comes from renewables. Our breakdown for this month is this:
46% Natural Gas 36% Nuclear 10% Renewables
6% Hydro 2% Coal
Now lets look closer at "renewables":
41% Refuse 38% Wood 21% Wind <1% Landfill Gas
Definition of "Refuse": "Waste-to-energy or energy-from-waste is the process of generating energy in the form of electricity and/or heat from the primary treatment of waste, or the processing of waste into a fuel source. "
AKA we burn garbage for energy.
38% Wood. Carbon release anyone?
So out of 10% "renewables" 2.1% is actually a clean renewable energy source of wind power. Not sure why solar isn't there, maybe because winter sucks dick and everything (solar panels) is covered in snow.
I'll add the 6% hydro out of good will but that is imported from Canada mostly so really we are 8.1% renewables right now which honestly isn't too bad compared to previous years.
There are losses, but its fairly minimal. It's in the 96% efficiency from the wall to the car. Tesla's API lets you monitor consumption and log it. Here's the last few charges on my car.
My model 3 gets about 250-290 wh per mile depending on how much fun I'm having with it. If we use 250 wh as the measurement, that's a nice even 4 miles per kwh.
100 miles is 25 kwh. 13 cents is the national average, so $3.25 for 100 miles.
But as I said in the other posts below, my solar panels on my roof covers 100% of my car's power.
Ask a kid in many big cities where milk comes from and they freak out when they find out it is from cows. They have no clue how the world works. They drink their milk, or charge their tesla with no concept how it happened. Then they vote against their own best interest because of it.
It's like ppl dont realize when big corporations say they're going 100% electric they're lying through their teeth. The energy grid can't handle all the cars charging at once. Especially in CA or NY where they already have energy issues