The components of electric cars have a new argument that as EVs become more prevalent,

the grids won't be able to keep up with the demand for more electricity.

Is there any truth to this?

Or is it just one more item on the long list of fossil fuel industry talking points?

We're going to find out today unskeptoid.

Five years ago, a CNN reporter received a phone call from someone who said she could prove

James Brown was murdered.

CNN's new True Crime podcast, The James Brown Mystery, follows reporter Thomas Lake as he

investigates James Brown's death and tries to answer the question, was the godfather of

soul murdered?

Listen as he explores a story of secrets, intimidation, and suspected foul play.

Listen to CNN's The James Brown Mystery, on Apple podcasts Spotify, iHeartRadio, or

wherever you listen to podcasts.

Or listening to Skeptoid, I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

Electric Cars and the Power Grid.

If it seems like there are too many skeptoid episodes about electric cars this year, that's

because it's a show about popular myths.

And hardly any topic is more timely and popular as electric cars.

We have states and whole nations requiring that increasing percentages of new car sales

be for zero emission vehicles.

We have climate-driven heatwaves, putting extraordinary demand on power grids.

We have an election year when misinformation and disinformation tend to take over the

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