[Mgs] Mgs Digest, Vol 167, Issue 3

[Barrie Robinson]

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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