Trans Sec Buttigieg calls EVs "generators"

Gnatguy:

He didn't call them generators.

"So, in an extreme event, from a neighborhood resiliency perspective, they can actually work basically like a generator"

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Yikes. Where does 4 KW go without a/c?

What's your monthly bill?

An ev, or a gas car, is good for charging cell phones. But who wants a dead car during a power outage? Who is willing to bet on how long an outage is going to last?

Some idiot called the new GM electric truck a "power plant."

That is saying that "gasoline works basically as an engine." No, a battery IS NOT a generator - it is ONLY an energy storage device, and one of limited capacity. And there is no recharging it in a situation like this, so you are trading off mobility for convenience. As I already pointed out, it is by FAR more cost effective to install a REAL generator.

That was what I read off at that moment from my energy monitoring system. I got our latest utility bill and totaled the usage for the full year; that worked out to be 2.15 KW.

As I just pointed out in my last post (which should have been obvious, but what is obvious to most is not obvious to some posters on SED). EVs might be useful for short-term outages of a few hours, but at an insanely high cost. I will bet that Generac will start running a bunch of ads in Florida. Personally, I would not go to the expense considering the very high reliability of electric power in our area, plus the fact that our power is distributed thru underground lines. But if I lived in a more rural area with a lot of trees I would think differently.

What about tumbleweeds?

Any real energy storage device has a limited capacity.

But in an emergency you won't have the opportunity. And emergencies usually get resolved rapidly, so it make sense to use up the power you have got handy to keep yourself alive until the emergency recovery services can kick in. Insisting on keeping your electric car fully charged isn't a constructive reaction in an emergency. but it is the sort of reaction you could expect from an idiot like Gnatguy.

Hey Bozo, just tell me that a BATTERY is a GENERATOR.

Why would I do that? I could tell you that if you needed power urgently, and only for a short time, you should be just as happy to get it out of a battery as out of a generator, but you are much too stupid to understand that.

Like a gas tank.

Batteries and generators both convert chemical energy into electrical energy.

That was a stupid thing to point out. Nobody said to buy a truck instead of a generator.

The world is beaming with expanding wave functions. By refining, we self-actualize.

This is a real generator.

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No, you retarded piece of shit, but a moving mass... a car in motion can be and is in many cases, such as that of an EV which has regenerative braking incorporated into its design and function.

You are only about as stupid as a senile old ReThugLeTard can get. You are a pathetic UNamerican PUNK, at best, chump!

Because it would force you to admit that Buttigieg is a TOTAL IDIOT, which he is.

ehicle to power a high efficiency inverter, works in a pinch, fuel mileage is NOT good, but those inverters give you a lot of functionality for the price, and they cut off on low battery so you can still start the vehicle. They're really intended for building contractors working on a non-electrified site, so all the big tool manufacturers sell a lot of them.

LOL! What a f****ng idiot you are!! By "all-electric" I mean EXACTLY THAT: EVERY appliance in my home, furnace, heat pump, hot water heater, dryer, washer, dishwasher, TV, microwave, coffee maker, toothbrush, etc., IS ELECTRIC.

As I have already mentioned, my average load over a YEAR is 2.1 KW.

No, you CAN'T DIY an EV-to-home inverter.

The government already has a plan to "shed loads": they cut off ALL OF YOUR POWER. PERIOD.

A home generator system needs to be designed by a licensed expert and installed by licensed electricians. Anything less is a DEATH TRAP.

Yes, you are FUCKING WRONG, Generac is a well-respected producer of standby generators. Their life expectancy is 25-30 YEARS:

Gnatguy really is a total idiot so he might actually believe that.

Gnatguy certainly couldn't. I probably could, but since I haven't got a local electrician's license I'd have to pay somebody else to hook it up.

The license doesn't make it safe. The expertise does. Licensed electricians are mostly fine when they are dealing with the kind of stuff they've been trained to deal with. They might have trouble with a new design.

That will be 25-30 years with regular scheduled maintenance. Gnatguy wouldn't bother.

And you probably could build your own nuclear reactor - in YOUR OWN MIND!

The license means it conforms to electrical codes and ISN'T a death trap. BTW, I AM NOT talking about electricians, fool.

HA HA HA HA! Translation: Bozo ADMITS that he was WRONG!!!!!!