Not ready to go electric

We just had a short visit to Victoria and to Europe, where politicians are promising a real rosy outlook for the future. 

By 2030-40 we will not import any diesel or gasoline vehicles, we will be all electric. 

I assume these politicians can just pull magic right out of the wires and transformers so electric vehicles can suck out of the system? In our area, if half the cars were now electric, our service could send enough electricity to our neighbours to give them 70-80 amps of power to plug in each vehicle. 

This is the reality, not a new dream. 

Politicians cannot promise such wide new changes without doing their homework. 

Where are the funds to upgrade our power grid to be ready for all the electric vehicles? 

Then, our politicians want to give new purchasers of electric vehicles incentives – tax dollars from from me – to help them purchase a new vehicle. 

Will the system be able to cope with demand surges when mom and dad come home from work and plug their vehicles at the same time?  

Politicians should allow the public and the market to make these changes, especially if electric vehicles become more popular and affordable and are able to drive from Vancouver to Kelowna on one charge in winter time. 

Let politicians worry more about BC Hydro and ICBC and provincial long-term debts.

Jorgen Hansen, Kelowna