Las Vegas Sun

April 25, 2024

LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

Power grid can’t handle an influx of electric cars

I have to laugh every time I read an article promoting electric cars. The people have a nice dream, but the reality is, where will all the electricity come from?

My sister-in-law lives in Southern California where rolling blackouts are quite frequent in the summer. I can just imagine 5 million or 10 million electric car drivers coming home from work at 5 or 6 in the evening and plugging in their electric cars.

Are you kidding me?

Maybe if they built 10 or 20 nuclear power plants it might work. Yeah, I can see that happening.

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