Comment Re:unhappy with EV charging (Score 4, Insightful) 155
Counterpoint, the transition to EVs will create incentives for private companies NOT to let their power grids go the way of deeply unregulated states like Texas. It also provides incentives for more decentralized power generation, like solar.
Oddly enough, here in New Mexico we aren't facing rolling blackouts or any sorts of downtime. I can't remember the last time the power went out. Maybe unregulated utilities are the problem?
Did you know that those same natural disasters also affect pipelines, oil storage, and processing plants?
In any case, without a real comparison of down times, this is wildly speculative handwaving. I get that you want to find reasons why EVs are bad and ICEs are good, but motivated reasoning like that only leads to foregone conclusions. You start from the outcome you want, like "EV bad, ICE good" and you reason back to find evidence to support your desired world view, while ignoring other evidence that does not support your desires.