Electric future

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[quote=""Chris GTO TT""]Sorry Steve but you’re grasping at straws there. Claiming rolling blackouts are everywhere in CA is a lie. There has been 1 rolling blackout ordered by CalISO in CA in the last 20 years. The ones incurred before that (when Gray Davis was governor) have been proven to have been engineered by Enron.

Power outages are likely up in general across the country because of an increase in severe weather. It’s not worth my time to go look it up since you’re so stuck on ‘libs are evil’ comments[/quote]

Never made a claims about rolling blackouts being everywhere. My initial remark/concern was for the impeding future blackouts due to increased strain on CA existing power grid. A grid that many feel isn't adequate enough.

I lived in CA during Gray Davis' term. I remember the blackouts and experienced them several times.

I'm not even going to bother with your last sentence. :rolleyes:
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[quote=""ChargerX3""]Never made a claims about rolling blackouts being everywhere. My initial remark/concern was for the impeding future blackouts due to increased strain on CA existing power grid. A grid that many feel isn't adequate enough.

I lived in CA during Gray Davis' term. I remember the blackouts and experienced them several times.

I'm not even going to bother with your last sentence. :rolleyes: [/quote]

Your original post was CA with no power on while the surrounding states are 'fine' with Newsom on it and a comment saying "can't wait for rolling blackouts again" don't get mad when people infer things based on that. Make real comment instead of shit post memes with a clear bias.
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I am not the one getting upset over this.
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[quote=""Chris GTO TT""]Yeah I’m not sure the current crop of electric vehicles would work for us either. Their range would be fine, but the interior space seems to be fairly limited on all but the higher end ones.[/quote]

Well I tend to think the insane need for space in cars here is ridiculous as well :p What can I say - it is the European in me.
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As a claustrophobic person who is also big, big cars a really nice.
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[quote=""alienviking""]Well I tend to think the insane need for space in cars here is ridiculous as well :p What can I say - it is the European in me.[/quote]

Our biggest problem are car seats the space you need between the front seat and the back seat now is kinda ridiculous. The rear facing infant carrier barely fits in the rear seat of my parents expedition. Then if you want to take a traditional stroller (not mini umbrella stroller like for dolls) that eats up a lot of cargo space. If not for kids I might have pushed for a bolt or volt for my wife. My commute (when in the office) is so short the math for going electric doesn't really pan out. I'd also want to add a few more solar panels to not have to buy electricity from PG&E.
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We still love our Volt, and it gets driven all the time. It failed because most people think it is electric only, with a 50 mile range. If they understood that you can drive forever on gas if you want (with reasonably good MPG), then they probably would've sold a lot more of them.

We took it on a trip out to Yellowstone and back and it handled that perfectly. Just keep it in "Mountain mode" and it maintains a couple bars of charge for better responsiveness and climbing power. I think our overall MPG for that trip was around 38.
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I didn't hate my Volt. Just needed something bigger and more practical for me. I posted images before about how cramped I was in it.
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I really was gonna get a volt, but got a Humvee instead. I kind of went the opposite way. Lol.


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Danielle is really debating on trading in her Kia. She is struggling to trust it lately and she never got attached to it like all the other vehicles she had. Might have her look into electric or plug in hybrid. Volt blind spots was too bad for her to drive so I know she wouldn't get one.
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[quote=""Chris GTO TT""]Our biggest problem are car seats the space you need between the front seat and the back seat now is kinda ridiculous. The rear facing infant carrier barely fits in the rear seat of my parents expedition. Then if you want to take a traditional stroller (not mini umbrella stroller like for dolls) that eats up a lot of cargo space. If not for kids I might have pushed for a bolt or volt for my wife. My commute (when in the office) is so short the math for going electric doesn't really pan out. I'd also want to add a few more solar panels to not have to buy electricity from PG&E.[/quote]

The rest of the world somehow manages without land yachts even with kids :p
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