a) What? What does that follow?

b) Money.

... while parked at work? That is a not critically necessary flourish often added by people stuck in the idea of fitting new technology to a 20th century system of regulation and control of 20th century technology ... the "storage problem" is easily exaggerated by those who do not understand the difference between variance in supply of a component part of the energy portfolio and variance of the energy supplies by the total portfolio, leading to an exaggeration of the total energy that must come from storage.

However, the drawing power from people's batteries is not an example of something that requires social engineering: it just requires a deal. Someone plugs in and pays a certain price to be guaranteed 100% charge by a specified time or gets a substantial discount on energy cost to be guaranteed 80% charge at a specified time.

The discount is less money paid up front, the implicit cost is a long term factor - simple human nature ensures that there is some discount where there will be substantial take-up of the offer.


I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.