So not driving then?

A New Job for Electric Vehicles: Powering Homes During Blackouts

A (paywalled) story from this morning's New York Times — not linked because it reads like a press release from the power company (I used to write them so I know) — enthuses…

By soaking up power when it’s abundant and releasing it when it is scarce, electric vehicles…could serve as “a bigger rubber band to absorb the shocks [to the electric grid] and manage them day to day and week to week.”

Of course, while your electric car or truck is acting like a rubber band powering your house it's not driving anywhere, and furthermore…

In the auto industry, some experts have warned that frequently using cars to power homes or the grid could degrade batteries faster, reducing range — the distance that vehicles can travel on a full charge.

Big automakers, however, are down with the idea — "keen on marketing the versatility of their battery-powered models to people who have suffered power outages or fear blackouts."

What is the sound of one hand washing?

[If you're keen on reading this story for yourself, it's here.]