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"One of the most read stories on
The Driven’s sister site
Renew Economy
this past week has about Opposition leader Peter Dutton’s extraordinary claim
that rooftop solar PV cannot charge an electric car and a household battery at
the same time.
It was not clear exactly what Dutton was referring to, and why, but it appeared
to be a muddled defence of his proposed continued dependence on centralised
baseload power – coal and then nuclear.
It did confirm Dutton’s, and his party’s, lack of knowledge about the concepts
of flexible demand and supply, and – our readers suggest – might just be one of
the dumbest things the Coalition has said about new technologies since his
predecessor Scott Morrison claimed that EVs won’t tow your boat.
The remarks have caused a flurry of emails to
Renew Economy and
The Driven
from readers who do exactly what Dutton says they can’t do, charge their
batteries and their cars at the same time (and also power their house and in
some cases send surplus power back to the grid).
There were plenty of responses from readers in our comments section. Here are
some examples."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
