Quote:
Originally Posted by Cybersprings
It sounds like you are offering up capitalism as your basis for saying that EVs will REPLACE ICEs. If that were truly the case, the government wouldn't need to be spending billions in subsidies for EVs, solar, etc. BTW, I have zero objection to EVs. In fact, I own an electric golf cart, do you? (and I had to spend $1500 to replace the batteries after 5 years.) I just don't want to have to pay for you to have one (via tax dollars) because YOU choose life over money. Which means you were the one asserting climate/polution was the reason for Evs.
I thought, could be badly mistaken, was that the thread was actually about the hypocrisy of a government official having a gas vehicle block the charging station (preventing others from using it) so that she could have immediate access to it when she got there on a traveling boondoggle (oops, roadshow) showing at awesome EVs are and how easy it is to travel with them.
If we are making predictions, I predict EVs will not outnumber ICE cars for more than 20 years. Unless the government continues down the path of making me pay for something that you claim is for the profit of the corporations.
|
First of course I'm using capitalism and as far as taxpayer dollars being used in to promote this is not something knew. A few years back there was a number of states that used taxpayer's dollars to build a tank that the army did not want because it was good for their constituents.
I've lived in The Village for 12 year and am not a golfer, so when I was told I needed a golf cart I went with whatever was suggested. A matter of fact it was sitting in my garage so long without use, I just paid out over $200 bucks to have the battery replaced, just to move in from one side of my garage to the other. I agree with you the hypocrisy of a government official using ICE is a problem, but there will come a point when they'll have to change. You predict EVs will not outnumber ICE cars for more than 20 years. I would not be surprised if arguments like this were probably made when horse supporters saw the first automobiles. It took longer than 20 years, but we have the blueprints and today we move much faster. With the improvements to EVs and dropping prices I would not be shocked to see a major change with in 10.