Well, as Mark Twain so astutely observed, there are three classes of untruths: "Lies, damned lies and statistics". IMO of the three, statistics are the worst, because they can be interpreted (or twisted, more to the point) to say anything the person wants them to say. In a statistics class way back when, I once proved that 79% of college students where I was attending approved of abortion as a form of birth control. I also proved that 82% of the college students where I was attending OPPOSED abortion as a form of birth control. So there you go.
After a bewildering series of clicks all I could really deduce is that it costs the owner of the vehicle about three cents more per mile driven for a gasoline vehicle than for an electric one. That's what hits the consumer's pocketbook: it says nothing about Government rebates, incentives, etc. affecting the producer, carrier or retailer of the product (electricity or hydrocarbon) in question. I choose gasoline because it is a whole lot easier to gas up when on the road than to charge up, and if the unthinkable happens and I end with a dry tank or discharged battery, it is a much more efficient to call road service and get enough gas delivered to make the next station than it is a battery charge. Probably cheaper too.
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