08-31-2022, 08:31 PM
an additional meal really doesn't make much difference in terms of power usage
Mostly true, they have a somewhat fixed cost of opening for business. But restaurants with grills and gas stoves and kiawe wood ovens use far less electricity than electric ovens. So way not say that? Also, a homeowner has a fixed cost of running a fridge which is a high energy appliance. It uses power whether you eat at a restaurant or at home. If you have a gas stove it would use less electricity than getting a pizza at a restaurant which uses an electric oven.
And HELCO recommending driving. It may not use electricity but it'a short sighted in reducing overall energy consumption and our carbon footprint. Almost like trimming tree branches 6" under the power lines so the tree company needs to come back in a year or two and trim again.
What say you EV folks ?? Please explain how its all gonna work out.
The current energy shortage is from 5-9 PM. I can schedule my car to charge from 10 PM to whenever. Or plug it in before I go to sleep. You asked in another thread what we EV owners do while our cars charge. We sleep. We don't have to pull in to a gas station, wait 5 or 10 minutes for the guy in front of us to pay at the register because he doesn't have a credit card, then pump a highly flammable liquid into a tank under the vehicle we sit on top of, oblivious.
Mostly true, they have a somewhat fixed cost of opening for business. But restaurants with grills and gas stoves and kiawe wood ovens use far less electricity than electric ovens. So way not say that? Also, a homeowner has a fixed cost of running a fridge which is a high energy appliance. It uses power whether you eat at a restaurant or at home. If you have a gas stove it would use less electricity than getting a pizza at a restaurant which uses an electric oven.
And HELCO recommending driving. It may not use electricity but it'a short sighted in reducing overall energy consumption and our carbon footprint. Almost like trimming tree branches 6" under the power lines so the tree company needs to come back in a year or two and trim again.
What say you EV folks ?? Please explain how its all gonna work out.
The current energy shortage is from 5-9 PM. I can schedule my car to charge from 10 PM to whenever. Or plug it in before I go to sleep. You asked in another thread what we EV owners do while our cars charge. We sleep. We don't have to pull in to a gas station, wait 5 or 10 minutes for the guy in front of us to pay at the register because he doesn't have a credit card, then pump a highly flammable liquid into a tank under the vehicle we sit on top of, oblivious.