Just because you do it doesn’t mean the majority does.

I’m a electrical designer and this is a discussion we have nearly weekly. Charging EVs on a commercial scale is very different on a residential scale. Our energy grid is in shambles.

As an electrician who designs charging stations, I beg to differ. The small 120v trickle chargers work the way you imagine. There’s a much larger energy demand needed when you’re running 60-120 amps per pedestal times 10 to 20 per station times how many stations we would need for every day commuters.

Edit: Here’s a link to a fleet EV charging station . https://www.eaton.com/content/dam/eaton/products/emobility/green-motion-dc-ev-chargers/eaton-green-motion-dc-fast-charger-datasheet-td154002en.pdf

These are the chargers we install in mass for every day general public use. Your going to want to look for input amps to see how much power they require. Your trickle charger is in the single digits compared to these.

In the US, I’m worried our power grid wouldn’t handle the load if everyone swapped to EVs. We’re already struggling with all the data centers moving in.

For those downviting, I encourage you to read up on the areas where data centers are being built. Their power bills are going up and in some cases have to come up with alternate power solutions because there isn’t enough power being generated to support the data centers and people.

A windows update recently caused me to have to reinstall windows on one of my computers. It’s only running windows because of work related software. In general, it’s slow, clunky, and a terrible ux.

If they cared, they would stop being concerned and do something about it. By doing nothing, they are supporting them.

Groceries are going up in price, fuel is rapidly going up, electricity/water is going up, health insurance goes up every year. You know what doesn’t go up? Wages. I’m glad my company is making record profits and treats us to a pizza party a few times throughout the year. When are we going to do something about it? Never?

I suppose as long as they pay their bills, they can do anything they want. Let’s not care about how it affects the general population or the planet.

Do you understand how much water and energy is used in data centers that are required to run AI? It’s absolutely asinine to support them at this unsustainable rate that they’re being built.

You don’t like paying exorbitant monthly fees to pay more unknown fees on top of your co-pay when you decide to use it?