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Can we plug electric cars into the grid at home?

By keithold thanks all baggers Asked Nov 7 2009 4:46PM
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by Sarah M on Nov 7, 2009 at 4:56 pm Permalink

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You can but if you get too many electric cars we will have to build more power plants to compensate for the tremendous increase in electrical consumption which kind of defeats the point of having electric cars to conserve energy and reduce pollutants.
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Avatar csimme01 and Ninja Cooper UNMASKED Nov, 07 2009 at 04:57 PM
Very good point!
Avatar keithold thanks all baggers Nov, 07 2009 at 06:07 PM
Thanks Sarah.
Avatar Anonymous Nov, 08 2009 at 03:16 AM
We solve virtually all of those problems by building clean, safe, nuclear power plants. This would also solve our foreign policy problems by ridding us of the need for foreign oil. If we didn't need foreign oil, we would not need to be in the middle east fighting wars to protect Israel.

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by rose1980 on Nov 7, 2009 at 4:52 pm Permalink

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Why not? The car is electric and there is always adapters if it doesn't fit, right?
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Avatar keithold thanks all baggers Nov, 07 2009 at 06:07 PM
Thanks Rose.

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by csimme01 and Ninja Cooper UNMASKED on Nov 7, 2009 at 4:51 pm Permalink

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The Chevy Volt plug in hybrid car will come with two different charging methods. A 220V charger that you will install in your garage and a 110V on board charger.
The 220 charger will allow you to quickly charge the batteries. The on board charger will plug in to any normal outlet home or away. This will charge the battries as well but it will take much longer for a full charge.
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Avatar keithold thanks all baggers Nov, 07 2009 at 06:07 PM
Thanks Csimme01.

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by Anonymous on Nov 7, 2009 at 4:47 pm Permalink

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Only if WE have an electric car>>>> then YES!
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Avatar keithold thanks all baggers Nov, 07 2009 at 04:51 PM
Thanks Anonymous.

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by qwerty on Nov 7, 2009 at 5:53 pm Permalink

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yea, but it pollutes more
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Avatar keithold thanks all baggers Nov, 07 2009 at 06:05 PM
Thanks qwerty.

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by pepe09 on Nov 7, 2009 at 5:27 pm Permalink

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Yes, we will be able to do that.

A 2007 plug-in study estimated that annual U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 would drop by 163 to 612 million metric tons as plug-ins hit the market. For context, that's 2 to 8 percent of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2007.

The benefits would rise if full-electrics catch on. But the potential isn't unlimited: Today, cars and light-duty trucks account for 16 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
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Avatar keithold thanks all baggers Nov, 07 2009 at 06:06 PM
Thanks Pepe for a detailed answer.

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by Anonymous on Nov 7, 2009 at 4:47 pm Permalink

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errrr no
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