Comment by mlyle
1 day ago
> You just tell the car "make sure you're charged by 7AM", and the car will do the right thing.
If we end up with a surplus of nighttime electricity, sure.
But if my car needs to be charged sometime from 8PM to 6AM, it's going to be some mix of nuclear, storage, and wind that goes in, and one cannot reasonably build enough wind to cover more than doubled nighttime use.
> I hope you got something out of your excellent comments since you're talking to somebody who isn't listening,
I'm listening, and I don't understand why my counter-commenter has to call names and call people out like that -- or why you do.
> But if my car needs to be charged sometime from 8PM to 6AM
If your car truly needs to be charged too 100% before 6AM because you are going on a road trip then you of course are willing to pay a tiny bit extra for the more expensive electricity at that time?
For all the other ones. If don't know how many nines after 99%. I they start their day with 60% or 80% or 100% does not matter in the slightest for their daily commute.
That is the entire point. Pay extra only when you need it to get reliability. With wasting money on new built nuclear power we would be making an entire generation poorer because you assume everyone wants to go on daytrips every single day.