Comments on: Change is Hard, Necessary: Rethinking Our Electricity System Post-Sandy http://www.clf.org/blog/clean-energy-climate-change/change-is-hard-necessary-rethinking-our-electricity-system-post-sandy/ For a thriving New England Tue, 17 Sep 2013 23:46:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Seth Kaplan http://www.clf.org/blog/clean-energy-climate-change/change-is-hard-necessary-rethinking-our-electricity-system-post-sandy/#comment-2433 Seth Kaplan Tue, 13 Nov 2012 17:14:30 +0000 http://www.clf.org/?p=12167#comment-2433 A point worth pondering Annette – but consider this: an electric car (or even a plug-in hybrid) can “gas up” just about anywhere there is power while gasoline powered vehicles are out of luck if the local gas station is out of power or is out of gas.

Converting to “fuel” that is much more widely available (and can actually be locally manufactured by solar panels, wind turbines or even a properly wired exercise bicycle) is a step towards a transportation system that is much more resilient and able to withstand disaster.

]]> By: Annette http://www.clf.org/blog/clean-energy-climate-change/change-is-hard-necessary-rethinking-our-electricity-system-post-sandy/#comment-2405 Annette Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:50:57 +0000 http://www.clf.org/?p=12167#comment-2405 When looking at what is happening with gas lines, the lack of electricity for the gas pumps, have you thought about what it means to convert our vehicle fleet to all electricity?

I am struck looking at the maps of how many people in the mid-Atlantic region are without electricity and watching the news about people desperate for gasoline, that if everyone transitions to electric vehicles (which I support in concept), the scene would be quite different, especially in those areas where the grid has been seriously damaged.

Is it smart to rely on grid power to fuel our the vehicle fleet, with the grid so vulnerable to these extreme weather events?

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