On 20/08/16 16:54, Sam Plusnet wrote:
In article e4aab173-f98d-4d2c-847a-0336c2bbd4f7
@googlegroups.com, says...

On Friday, 19 August 2016 22:32:50 UTC+1, Bob Eager wrote:
On Fri, 19 Aug 2016 14:25:56 -0700, harry wrote:

http://www.independent.co.uk/environ...e/netherlands-
petrol-car-ban-law-bill-to-be-passed-reduce-climate-change-emissions-
a7197136.html

All cars to be electric.

Well, that's a bit of a leap. Banning sale, not use.

And not until 2025.

And the legislation is not a certainty.

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A good way to kick start their economy if thy have made the preparations.

Have they factored in the increased load on electricity
generation?

I wonder just how big that increase would be as a
percentage of current(!) demand?

I did that calc once. Hard top be exact but to move to all electric
vehicles is probably around doubling the grid, and to move to all
electric everything else is around trebling it.

IIRC the total UK consumption of energy is around 350GW average, but of
course some of that fuel burn is in inefficient IC engines.

100 Hinkley points would power rhe entire country for everything.

Dont even ask how many solar panels....or windmills


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