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Originally Posted by Mortal1
are paying for this bill for many years to come and I personally don't wish my hard earned cash to pay for someone else's charging station. If you need a charging station then add a surcharge to those using electric vehicles to pay for it.
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I never wanted my hard-earned cash to pay for someone else's kids' public education, or someone living in a different state using the roads in my state, or snow plows to plow a road I don't personally ever use...
But there's a price to pay for being civilized. And I'm willing to pay that price in exchange for civilization.
Your mileage may vary.
As for the topic itself - charging stations - there are charging stations up north, they're not all over the place but they're not rare either. Mostly for electric cars. There ARE people here in the Villages who drive electric cars. And there ARE people who live outside the Villages who drive electric cars into the Villages.
Unfortunately because of the "me" mentality around here, it's not going to be practical to set up charging stations courtesy of the government. They'll have to be set up as a pay-per-use system. If I know the person ahead of me is PAYING for that electricity I'm not as likely to whine about them taking too long because MY electricity is more urgent than theirs.
They'd need to set up a whole bank of them though, and require that the credit card remain inserted in the machine until the person is ready to drive away. Otherwise people will just park, charge, and leave their carts there while they go shopping.