John Adam

A Smart Electricity Solution for Transportation

John S Gordon,

It would be nice if a human dispatcher could "instantaneously" do what you imply he can. If that were actually possible "off peak" rates would not exist or make sense! What I described is computer process control of electric power transmission, distribution and use system by adjusting the number of electric vehicle batteries being charged. The dispatcher does not have a clue as to how much electric power customers are currently considering using to dry clothes or charge batteries. Computers at millions of homes could make requests over a smart grid and computers controlling the grids could schedule them and authorize them to manage the grid at a micro level that your human dispatcher obviously could not.

The dispatcher could reduce the amount of electricity being generated but this takes time. However the burning coal producing heat can not be put out nearly as rapidly. Even if you could extinguish the burning coal you would waste energy extinguishing and reigniting it over and over again. It would be nice if your dispatcher had such god like power, but unfortunately massive hot processes are not easily controlled.

Computer process control for smaller processes does work in most of the things we do already. Humans can be a good fail safe control but otherwise computers are clearly superior.

A Smart Electricity Solution for Transportation

John S Gordon,

It would be nice is a human dispatcher could "instantaneously" do what you imply he can. If that were actually possible "off peak" rates would not exist or make sense! What I described is computer process control of electric power transmission, distribution and use system by adjusting the number of electric vehicle batteries being charged. The dispatcher does not have a clue as to how much electric power customers are currently considering using to dry clothes or charge batteries. Computers at millions of homes could make requests over a smart grid and computers controlling the grids could schedule them and authorize them to manage the grid at a micro level that your human dispatcher obviously could not.

The dispatcher could reduce the amount of electricity being generated but this takes time. However the burning coal producing heat can not be put out nearly as rapidly. Even if you could extinguish the burning coal you would waste energy extinguishing and reigniting it over and over again. It would be nice if your dispatcher had such god like power, but unfortunately massive hot processes are not easily controlled.

Computer process control for smaller processes does work in most of the things we do already. Humans can be a good fail safe control but otherwise computers are clearly superior.