Indeed, apart from the last bit. The steady decline was until about 2013. As I said before, since then there has been a progressive increase, rising to a level in 2016 which was appreciably greater than the 2005 peak.
Yes, that would be consistent with the TEL hypothesis. However, as above, the UK violent crime figures seem to indicate that, since 2013, something even 'worse' at increasing violent crime has taken over from environmental TEL !
And the reason you are deliberately trying to make yourself look stupid is what, exactly?
Work out the current required for that, bearing in mind that that these batteries are sized in 10s of kWH
And then work out what's needed power station wise to supply all that power In terms of what foxhole was suggesting, it's only in the peripheral parts of the distribution network that the astronomical currents would cause (astronomical!) problems. Further upstream, because of 'averaging' ('diversity' if you wish) it would not matter to generators or distributors whether each consumer used, say, 10kW for 5 hours or the equivalent 12,000kW for 15 seconds to charge their battery/capacitor. The total kWh required of the generators would be the same in either case, as would (roughly) the average current in the EHV parts of the network.Work out the current required for that, bearing in mind that that these batteries are sized in 10s of kWH
Work out the current required for that, bearing in mind that that these batteries are sized in 10s of kWH
I think that "only" trivialises the problem, given that it would affect every single filling/charging station in the country.
I wasn't attempting to trivialise the problem; if such has been my intention, I I doubt that I would have described it as an 'astronomical problem'!
1l of petrol is 9.5kWh, 1l of diesel is 9.9 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density#Energy_density_in_energy_storage_and_in_fuel).
Don't know if it would.
Quite apart from the problems associated with using HV, that's only about a factor of 50 different from 230V, so, using the example I gave, I think you would still be talking about around 1,000A (at 11kV) for a 15-second (50kWh) charge. Furthermore, you presumably are not suggesting that the capacitor would be charged to 11kV, so that the current within the car after the voltage had been 'down-transformed' would again be 'thousands of amps'.
Indeed. I think that's what most of us have assumed, and the reason why threads here about EV charging almost invariably relate to installation of 'home charging' facilities. There is, however, the issue of getting one's vehicle close enough to the 'home charging connection' - which would be difficult (at least, difficult to guarantee) or impossible in a fair proportion of cases.
Most discussions here, and elsewhere, about electricity provision over the next few decades have related to concerns that, as things are going, there are uncertainties whether we will have the generating capacity to cope with present-day demands (i.e. with minimal EV charging), with all sorts of fears about 'rationing' etc. - so there has got to be even more uncertainty as to what would happen if there were a very substantial increase in demand due to EVs.
That obviously depends on (a) as above, whether they are able to (reliably or at all) get their car close enough to a home charging connection and (b) whether their driving is such that the car's 'range' is adequate for their home-to-home round trips.
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