This appears to be garbage.
The average American drove 14,263 miles/yr in 2019. Let's call it 15K/yr even. 1/
kbb.com/car-advice/ave….
The average American drove 14,263 miles/yr in 2019. Let's call it 15K/yr even. 1/
kbb.com/car-advice/ave….
https://twitter.com/jjstyx/status/1502067224898588674
~15K miles x ~331M people = ~5 trillion miles/yr driven nationally.
My Kia Niro EV, which is pretty typical of 2022 EVs I believe, gets ~250 miles/charge on a 64 kWH battery.
5T miles / 250 = ~20 billion full charges.
20B x 64 kWH = ~1.3 trillion kWH, or ~1.3B MWh per year. 2/
My Kia Niro EV, which is pretty typical of 2022 EVs I believe, gets ~250 miles/charge on a 64 kWH battery.
5T miles / 250 = ~20 billion full charges.
20B x 64 kWH = ~1.3 trillion kWH, or ~1.3B MWh per year. 2/
via the U.S. EIA, the *smallest* nuclear power plant in the U.S. produced 4,727,764 MWh in 2021.
It would take around 275 *small* nuclear power plants to produce enough electricity to power every EV assuming all 331M Americans used them. 3/
eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq…
It would take around 275 *small* nuclear power plants to produce enough electricity to power every EV assuming all 331M Americans used them. 3/
eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq…
The *largest* nuclear power plant in the U.S. produces 6.7x as much electricity. Let's say the average is in the middle: 15.6 million MWh/year.
That means it would take around ~83 nuclear power plans.
Currently, there are 55 of them nationally, so we'd only need ~30 more. 4/
That means it would take around ~83 nuclear power plans.
Currently, there are 55 of them nationally, so we'd only need ~30 more. 4/
Thankfully, nuclear power isn't the only clean, renewable source of electricity in the U.S.
Around 20% comes from solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, etc., and that capacity is growing quickly; it's nearly doubled in the past decade. 5/
eia.gov/energyexplaine….
Around 20% comes from solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, etc., and that capacity is growing quickly; it's nearly doubled in the past decade. 5/
eia.gov/energyexplaine….
Now, if your goal is to get off of fossil fuels above all else, it'll take awhile since 60% of our electricity is from coal, natural gas and, yes, a tiny bit of petroleum...but that's shrinking.
If your goal is simply to get off of *petroleum*, though, it's doable. 6/
If your goal is simply to get off of *petroleum*, though, it's doable. 6/
Of course, we don't just use petroleum for gasoline. 1/3 of the petroleum we use goes towards industrial use, heating and so forth. And there will still be a need for *some* gas-based vehicles for a long time. But the premise of the OT is absurd. /END
eia.gov/energyexplaine….
eia.gov/energyexplaine….
P.S. Note that the OT claims he "did the math" yet provides...no math. Or sources.
UPDATE: Whoops! One important correction: We'd need 83 *more* nuclear power plants, not 30 more, since of course the 55 existing ones are being used for other electrical needs (including the small % of EVs already on the road).
UPDATE x2: On the other hand, the ~15K/yr per person estimate may be 15K per *driver*, not the total population. If so, it looks like the avg. *per person* is only ~10K/yr.
If so, that means we'd only need ~55 more nuclear power plants, give or take.
If so, that means we'd only need ~55 more nuclear power plants, give or take.
https://twitter.com/swampsteve/status/1502348267354345474
Now, obviously this all assumes maximum efficiency, no waste, etc. And not every EV gets 250 miles on 64 kWH. But even if you DOUBLE the amount of electricity needed, you're still talking about perhaps 100 or so more nuke plants theoretically required, not 15,800!!
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