Re: Surplus electricity

From	Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid>
Newsgroups	sci.electronics.design
Subject	Re: Surplus electricity
Date	2026-03-25 02:25 -0700
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On 3/25/2026 12:14 AM, Ross Finlayson wrote:
> On 03/24/2026 09:21 PM, Don Y wrote:
>>> Seems the most valuable use-case for "surplus electricity"
>>> would be "gasoline-producing machines".
>>
>> LOL!  It would be easier -- and safer -- to just buy an electric
>> vehicle and dump charge into that.
>>
>> But, that assumes your vehicle is always in need of charging...
> 
> There are a wide variety of devices, systems, and vehicles
> that depend on liquid fuel.
> 
> The grid is nowhere near capable of fulfilling that.

It doesn't have to be.  Do you, personally, care if your
neighbor has power for his vehicle?  The pizza delivery guy?
etc.

If *your* needs are met (for every "your"), then that is sufficient.

I suspect I could easily live with an EV -- even with their
limited range, lack of charging stations, charge times, etc.
I don't drive much (~4000 miles/year) and rarely outside of a
~15 mile radius from home.

I know many people in a similar situation.  And, others who
drive their vehicle to work and let it sit, out in the sun,
for 8+ hours while they are working.

I burn "petrol" because cars have always burned "petrol"
in my life.  I like being able to repair, modify, tweak,
etc. them -- something that an EV would likely deprive me of.

> For example, in urban environments, there are not
> enough extension cables and not enough outlets,
> to trickle charge into various technologies of
> electrochemical batteries.

In North Dakota, parking meters have electric outlets
controlled by the time remaining on the meter.  The outlet
allows the driver to connect the block heater for his vehicle
to a source of power so the engine oil doesn't become so
thick that the vehicle won't turn over in the cold weather.

And, there is nothing that says a driver will deplete his battery
getting *to* work just like I won't empty my tank getting to
some place that isn't a fueling station.

> In rural environments, there is not enough range
> of the vehicles. Also the construction equipment
> is not anytime soon having a new fleet.
> 
> Mostly there aren't enough extension cords or outlets.
> 
> Maybe it would just be easier to pull the motor
> and put in a hybrid drive-train.

A more practical solution may be to just avoid commuting
unnecessarily?  Do you *really* need to be *at* work to
*do* work?  (I've only personally met one of my clients in
the past 40 years having done all of the negotiating,
specification and design work via telephone/email/snailmail)

Do *you* NEED to drive to a set of stores/vendors to purchase
the supplies you need to live each week?

It's too easy to assume that cities and towns *have* to be
laid out the way they are, simply because they HAVE been laid
out, that way.  How do other countries *somehow* manage to
get by without the same energy dependence?

> Anyways commercial offerings of gasoline producing
> machines that turn carbon dioxide and hydrogen monoxide
> into hydrocarbon fuels with electricity is already
> about the $7/gallon range.
> 
>

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