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Will electrifying cars and home heating break Canada's grid? (www.cbc.ca)
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The government is encouraging Canadians to switch to EVs and heat pumps to fight climate change. But many CBC News readers have asked: won’t electrifying everything break the grid and drive up energy costs? Here’s what electricity operators and those researching the transition say.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Producing an EV does create higher CO2 emissions though. Not even Tesla argues against that one. It's estimated to be ~20,000 km, but can be more or less depending on your source of electricity. So between a year and two years depending on how much you drive, but could be less if you drive a lot.

Edit: Also, we have so much excess energy at night. We just need to set up and incentivize charging at night and the grid can take on a ton more.