https://youtu.be/ol07hIAtfR0

This. I have a whole house battery system and make it a point to run off battery during peak hours.

It is a real and very common problem that gets no press because a lot of people work very hard to ensure that the line temps do not reach critical. That said, it only becomes a real problem during times of high demand like heat waves and cold snaps. Our infrastructure is absolute dog shit at the moment, and I think the fear is that if every home had one or two EVs charging overnight, then every night would be a high demand event.

We need to bring our infrastructure up to adequate.

The name you are looking for is Residential Time-of-Use. A lot of customers are not aware that their utility company offers Residential Time-of-Use rate plans. Some even offer multiple options, but many do not advertize it. If you are not subscribed to a Residential Time-of-Use plan, you are over paying.

1000% I get to see some of the budgets for projects we are involved in and they are pathetic (IMO) given the importance of what we do.

I think there is a big misunderstanding here. The power grid suffers from a distribution problem not a production problem. The concern with households with EVs is getting the power from the power plants to the houses. During high demand, the powerlines overheat. It’s a delicate power regulation dance to keep the flow at maximum capacity without having fully shutdown any power routes in order to cool. If you do not, you will lose the lines which means a significant downtime for that path.

Datacenters are getting direct lines from the production sites. I believe that for some datacenters, retired nuclear power plants are being spun up in order to serve them exclusively.

SOURCE: Grid management is one of the things my firm specializes in.

EDIT: Believe it or not, households with solar panels that feed back into the grid can be a problem sometimes because the unexpected capacity in the lines can also overheat the lines and hampers the ability of the utility company to regulate lune temps. If you are doing solar, consider adding battery banks to catch the excess.

Puerto Rico:

Nintendo looking shady on this one.

“Chat, the billionaires are acting super sus while hungry New Yorkers are in need of a carry. So let’s flip the script. Spend your Bezos bucks here and you’ll help the needy. Let’s goooo!!!”

X: “Well, we’ve absolutely hit rock bottom here. At least there’s nowhere to go but up now…am I right?”

Y: “Actually no. We can absolutely move laterally, suffering from tragedy to tragedy, each at equal levels of suck, whilst remaining at rock bottom.”

They burried him at the Pet Sematary.

They are both definitely doing it for me in that photo tbh. You gotta give credit to Taika for the casual hotness in that photo too.

I cannot see that photo without instantly becoming desperately thirsty.

Good thing LTT is based in Canada. His golden jet is safe!

Translation: “ZOMG, das mee!! OH I’m hansum! So hansum!!! Hey! Come see how hamsum I haz!!!”

Dog looks like he’s been a roadie for Metallica since the Kill’em All days.

What a shocking turn of events…but not really.

I kinda dig the aesthetic.