Originally Posted by solidstate

I don't think the sky is falling, but I'll bet the price of electricity is about to take a steeeeep turn upward. Just think, a couple of years ago, if someone were to have pointed out, gas will be going north of $5.00/gal in many states, diesel could go over $7.00/gal, someone could have posted the "sky if falling..." and gotten a good laugh. Problem, those that laughed, may have stopped laughing, one thing is for sure. We didn't hear from too many of the laughers (hope that is a word) later on, definitely not one, "Damn I was wrong....", that would be asking tooooo much. In Great Britton, they have faced the problem of electricity delivery in the same way we are going to have to do, they have Stopped any new homes in large grids. While GB actually produces enough electricity, they do not have the necessary capacity on their "neighborhood" grids, just as we don't. It appears there is enough current available to run to truck stops, but the cables, and transformers etc. are just not there, the truck stops are not ready, and in some places they may not have enough electric. I took a look at one of Americas busiest Truck Stops to see how many trucks it has every day, average around 5000! (Iowa 80 Truck Stop), IF (really big if) there were an exact steady flow, for charging stations,24 hours a day, and it took one hour from the time a truck pulled up shut down, climbed out etc. and got charged, and pulled out, was exactly one hour, not one second more, the Truck Stop would have to have 209 charging stations (208.3), again this is if no one ever waited for a charging station, each truck arrived at the exact time another pulled out. That $$$$ for this many Big Truck Charging satiations would amount to a big chunk of change. The big semi-trucks will take a lot of juice to recharge, imagine the amount power necessary to keep all 209 chargers cranking 24-7! This will not include all the other stuff found at truck stops. I'm thinking long term, copper may be a good buy, as it has been off for the last couple of years.