Reply #11: no they don't

[markam]

A substantial amount of the generating capacity in this country is for peak generation purposes and is typically natural gas powered turbine power. It cannot be used as baseload capacity. I am quite sure that this study looked at nameplate capacity to determine that there is sufficient generation capacity.

We cannot significantly increase our use of fossil fuels to power our transportation system. Even allowing for the increased efficiency of electric vehicles, you would be looking at at least a 50% increase in electricity consumption. The only possible source for that type of increase would be nuclear. If starting in 2007, we were to bring about 20 nuclear power plants online every year, I would say that we have a possibility of switching to electric vehicles. What are the chances of that happening?