Comments on: Future of Energy – Glen Hiemstra in The Economist http://www.futurist.com/2008/08/19/future-of-energy-glen-hiemstra-in-the-economist/ This is the blog of Glen Hiemstra, futurist speaker, keynote speaker, futurist consultant, and founder of futurist.com Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:46:31 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Glen Hiemstra http://www.futurist.com/2008/08/19/future-of-energy-glen-hiemstra-in-the-economist/comment-page-1/#comment-78616 Glen Hiemstra Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:56:27 +0000 http://www.futurist.com/?p=505#comment-78616 Alan, My understanding is that if you used the excess capacity at night for most charging activity, you would need about a 17% increase in total capacity, and the whole fleet could be electric. Might not be as big a deal as we think. Also, Sweden and Israel are in a joint project to have the cars act as back-up power on the grid. Of course, changing out cars is just one of many taks to get to new energy future. Alan,

My understanding is that if you used the excess capacity at night for most charging activity, you would need about a 17% increase in total capacity, and the whole fleet could be electric. Might not be as big a deal as we think. Also, Sweden and Israel are in a joint project to have the cars act as back-up power on the grid.

Of course, changing out cars is just one of many taks to get to new energy future.

]]> By: Alan Troupe http://www.futurist.com/2008/08/19/future-of-energy-glen-hiemstra-in-the-economist/comment-page-1/#comment-78534 Alan Troupe Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:37:31 +0000 http://www.futurist.com/?p=505#comment-78534 "Plug-in All Electric: This is the dominant play, I believe, and the one with the most critical implications for the lubricant industry. A plug-in electric is a simple solution. All you need is an electric motor....." Where does electrical energy come from? How clean is that car if the energy comes from a coal-fired plant? If we all drive electric cars will there be enough electrical energy left to for our microwave ovens? Of course, in a perfect scenario the energy would come from solar arrays &/or wind generators. Hydro is pretty much tapped out. “Plug-in All Electric: This is the dominant play, I believe, and the one with the most critical implications for the lubricant industry. A plug-in electric is a simple solution. All you need is an electric motor…..”

Where does electrical energy come from? How clean is that car if the energy comes from a coal-fired plant? If we all drive electric cars will there be enough electrical energy left to for our microwave ovens?

Of course, in a perfect scenario the energy would come from solar arrays &/or wind generators. Hydro is pretty much tapped out.

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