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Turning all cars electric in Britain needs boost in power supply
Switching all cars in the country to electric would drain the National Grid of nearly a fifth of its capacity unless the equivalent of another six new nuclear power stations are built, claims a report.

The Royal Academy of Engineering said that to convert the countries fleet of 30 million vehicles would increase current demand by 16 per cent or an extra 10 gigawatts of power.

The solution is more and better public transport. Preferably electric. It's an insane idea that each person needs their own large vehicle for commuting. Put them all in one vehicle.

Los Angeles

The history
Los Angeles was once home to one of the most thorough intraurban transit systems in the country. From 1910 to 1950, the Pacific Electric Railway connected the greater Los Angeles area with over 1,000 miles of track, including lines that ran along the proposed route of the Aqua Line. As early as the 1920s, an organized—and illegal—group of automotive corporations (including General Motors, Standard Oil, Firestone Tires, and Mack Trucks) drove the railway to the ground by systematically buying up and dismantling the transit lines, creating today’s automotive city as we know it.

Put them all in one vehicle.