02-22-2021, 11:20 AM
(02-21-2021, 04:17 AM)bioman_imp Wrote:(02-20-2021, 09:58 PM)jimgl3_imp Wrote: I'm still stuck on the mental picture of someone running a gas or diesel genny to charge their electric car because the power is out!
and on the news last night they had some poor woman that unplugged everything in her home and only ran heat to warm home and electric bill was $600 !!! think if she had charged a car!
Well, our house is also heated by electricity only (via so-called baseboard heaters). This is very common in my part of the woods (rural British Columbia). I don't think it is the most energy-efficient way of heating a house, but it does the job.
Regarding the car-charging + heating costs: we pay about CA $200 per month for electricity. (But we have no other energy costs, e.g. for natural gas). I think this is reasonable.
And in our case the electricity comes from our own little town which has its own hydro-power plant. So the electricity that powers our EV is reasonable green (or at least greener than the fuel that our other (ICE) car is gulping....
P.S. Please let's not start an "environmental costs of EV batteries" thread!
Well, our house is also heated by electricity only (via so-called baseboard heaters). This is very common in my part of the woods (rural British Columbia). I don't think it is the most energy-efficient way of heating a house, but it does the job.
Regarding the car-charging + heating costs: we pay about CA $200 per month for electricity. (But we have no other energy costs, e.g. for natural gas). I think this is reasonable.
In So/Ontario/GTA we pay monthly average of: C$175 = C$85 gas/heating/hot water tank + C$90 hydro/electric stove.
Conditions: two story-detached, three habitant + a small dog, average inside: +21*C in winter and +23*C in summer when a/c is on, programable thermostat.
No electric vehicles.