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They can happen at the same time. Especially with programs encouraging people to build their own solar. I did that and at least in the summer months cover 90% of my power usage. Winter is more of an issue but this doesn't need to be in a bunch of discrete ordered steps.

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Solar is least effective when (in this case) demand is the highest - winter, especially during a big storm.

Cities are also the least effective place (in general) for solar, with lots of obstructions, higher density of demand, etc,

> They can happen at the same time.

Ok, maybe I should have said "one of these depends on the other"

Yes, but they are not milestone events. They are trends in ongoing processes. You don’t need to finish A to 100% before you start B. They can run in parallel.

Is anyone denying this? You seem to be the only person introducing complications into the electrification of Calgary by having a weird polemic about EV cars you can't articulate.

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> that's to start improving the grid and increase the use of EVs. Notably, one of these needs to occur before the other."

The point was that while they are related, you don't need to wait for the grid to increase to also increase the number of EVs. They can happen in conjunction.

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