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by matthewdgreen 1000 days ago
Upgrading the grid is already baked into the cake. Given the rapid ocean temperature warming, surging heat waves and general acceleration of bad climate outcomes it isn’t like “do nothing and keep burning gas” is on the table. We either electrify, stop driving, or suffer increasingly calamitous environmental consequences that are much more economically dire than being forced to improve our grid.

As far as the idea that we can’t install AC wiring in public and private parking spaces, that isn’t even worth discussing. Do you know how much money it costs to build and maintain a parking space? At least chargers will come with a revenue stream that can be leveraged to pay for the construction.

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That's a delusional viewpoint. "Doing nothing" is absolutely on the table. In fact, it is the most likely outcome for a very long time to come. Pretty soon, you will hear about geoengineering solutions. Whether you like it or not, it will be seen as the most realistic solution on the table, if not the only one.