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[-] TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Last I heard it was a performance art piece to illicit this type of conversation about where the electricity comes from.

[-] mech@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

That's a stupid conversation, though.
Electricity is made in huge power plants, which are a lot more efficient due to their size.
And a wider EV adoption allows for more renewable energy generation, since their batteries can act as a buffer to balance out the power grid.
With a smart meter, you can set your charger to draw power when the price of electricity is low (like when the sun is shining and its windy, so renewables produce a lot of power). Thereby consuming the peak power output.
And when there's no wind and no sun, you can sell a part of your battery charge back.

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