{"id":7490,"date":"2021-08-31T17:00:40","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T17:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1365236"},"modified":"2021-08-31T17:00:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T17:00:40","slug":"climate-change-is-an-infrastructure-problem-just-look-at-this-ev-charger-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=7490","title":{"rendered":"Climate change is an infrastructure problem, just look at this EV charger map"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Most of America\u2019s <\/span>107,000 gas stations<\/a> <\/span>can fill several cars every five or 10 minutes at multiple pumps. Not so for electric vehicle chargers \u2013 at least not yet. Today the U.S. has around 43,000 public EV charging stations, with <\/span>about 106,000 outlets<\/a>. Each outlet can charge only one vehicle at a time, and even <\/span>fast-charging outlets<\/a> <\/span>take an hour to provide 180-240 miles\u2019 worth of charge; most take much longer.<\/p>\n

The existing network is <\/span>acceptable for many purposes<\/a>. But chargers are very unevenly distributed; almost a third of all outlets are in California. This makes EVs problematic for long trips, like the 550 miles of sparsely populated desert highway between Reno and Salt Lake City. \u201cRange anxiety\u201d about longer trips is one reason electric vehicles still make up <\/span>fewer than 1%<\/a> <\/span>of U.S. passenger cars and trucks.<\/p>\n

This uneven, limited charging infrastructure is one major roadblock to rapid electrification of the U.S. vehicle fleet, considered crucial to reducing the greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also a clear example of how climate change is an infrastructure problem \u2013 my specialty as a <\/span>historian of climate science<\/a> <\/span>at Stanford University and editor of the book series \u201cInfrastructures<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Credit: The Conversation <\/a><\/figcaption>
<\/i><\/a>Distribution of EV charging stations in the US.<\/figcaption>