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Don't worry Warren, the big companies will find a way to make a huge
profit at the expense of the underwealthed while the Govt watches glassy
eyed and thumbs up their bums.
What amazes me is the perception that going electric will lessen the
strain on the environment.
Cheers
Barrie
On 4/7/2021 11:11 PM, Mogrits wrote:
>
> > Of course, there is a chicken/egg problem with public charging
> stations.
> > No one wants to spend a lot of money installing public charging
> stations
> > until there are a lot of EVs to use them. Conversely, many
> buyers are
> > reluctant to buy an EV because there are not many public
> charging stations.
> > That is why one of the features of the proposed infrastructure
> bill now
> > being debated in Congress includes funding to build charging
> stations.
>
>
> Can someone explain for me this concept of a "public charging
> station"? The ones I've seen in my town, available to the public, do
> not appear to have card swipes or coin slots. Are these "public
> charging stations" free? (Regardless of your answer, they are not
> "free"). So how long can the taxpayers afford to pay for peoples "gas
> money"? If the government is building charging stations, are they now
> in direct competition with gas station owners? Is this a good thing?
> In most States, only authorized Utility companies can legally sell
> electricity. If the States decide to "charge to charge", or if
> charging stations got privatized, are the charging station owners
> selling anything at their "pumps" other than electricity and is this
> legal? Will the Utility companies end up owning the "gas pumps" at
> these private stations and will there be competition from street
> corner to street corner for lowest $/kwh or will people have to buy
> their gas from a monopoly which is what electric companies are?
>
> None of this has been well thought out, and it will have major
> repercussions. Power generators will need ever more coal and natural
> gas while domestic sources have been bankrupted and shut down. The
> environment will suffer overall, both in CO2 (not that there's
> anything wrong with CO2) but most especially, the additional global
> mess that will happen from lithium and coal mining and petroleum
> extraction in countries with less controls than we have here in the
> US. A lot of people will get rich off the back of US taxpayers, but
> the "environment" will only get worse.
>
> Warren
>
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<font size="-1"><font face="Arial">Don't worry Warren, the big
companies will find a way to make a huge profit at the expense
of the underwealthed while the Govt watches glassy eyed and
thumbs up their bums.<br>
<br>
What amazes me is the perception that going electric will lessen
the strain on the environment.<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
Barrie<br>
</font></font><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/7/2021 11:11 PM, Mogrits wrote:<br>
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rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">> Of course, there is
a chicken/egg problem with public charging stations.<br>
> No one wants to spend a lot of money installing public
charging stations<br>
> until there are a lot of EVs to use them. Conversely,
many buyers are<br>
> reluctant to buy an EV because there are not many
public charging stations.<br>
> That is why one of the features of the proposed
infrastructure bill now<br>
> being debated in Congress includes funding to build
charging stations.<br>
<br>
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</div>
<div>Can someone explain for me this concept of a "public
charging station"? The ones I've seen in my town, available
to the public, do not appear to have card swipes or coin
slots. Are these "public charging stations" free?
(Regardless of your answer, they are not "free"). So how
long can the taxpayers afford to pay for peoples "gas
money"? If the government is building charging stations, are
they now in direct competition with gas station owners? Is
this a good thing? In most States, only authorized Utility
companies can legally sell electricity. If the States decide
to "charge to charge", or if charging stations got
privatized, are the charging station owners selling anything
at their "pumps" other than electricity and is this legal?
Will the Utility companies end up owning the "gas pumps" at
these private stations and will there be competition from
street corner to street corner for lowest $/kwh or will
people have to buy their gas from a monopoly which is what
electric companies are?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>None of this has been well thought out, and it will have
major repercussions. Power generators will need ever more
coal and natural gas while domestic sources have been
bankrupted and shut down. The environment will suffer
overall, both in CO2 (not that there's anything wrong with
CO2) but most especially, the additional global mess that
will happen from lithium and coal mining and petroleum
extraction in countries with less controls than we have here
in the US. A lot of people will get rich off the back of US
taxpayers, but the "environment" will only get worse.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Warren</div>
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