FYI/in the program Horsepower the generating capacity of Hoover Dam is estimated at 200,000 KW The city of LA uses 24% of that power to provide drinking water, that’s before the first Tesla leaves the factory. You may be startled to learn an electric vehicle requires between 1500/20,000 kW to charge or about four times the power required by your clothes dryer!See the site calculator.net under electricity calculator.I accèssed this site looking for information regarding statements which didn’t add up in a recent program talking about power requirements for the LA Lift plant, So-called hybrid electric technology is like driving the wrong way on a one-way street because it relies on steam technology for recharge. Now, if we could just locate those redwood charging stations in the California Sequoia forests our lives would be so much simpler to manage. Closing Music courtesy of Harpeth Presbyterian Church -- Ode to Joy (Beethoven) Tucker Biddlecombe playing.
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