Re:Canada Invests in Ontario’s Electric Vehicle Network
by clouddrover on Sunday February 16, 2020 @06:09AM
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> Gas stations are built without our tax dollars
Are they? They need fuel to sell. Where does that come from: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/15/climate-change...
> Imagine a future where we wait for our government-mandated chargers to charge
This is infrastructure building. Canada's got the right idea here. Build roads, build chargers. Makes sense.
Re:Canada Invests in Ontario’s Electric Vehicle Network
by breitling on Sunday February 16, 2020 @06:59AM
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You're comparing charging stations to gas. A more logical comparison would be electricity in charging stations vs gas in gas stations.
Re:Canada Invests in Ontario’s Electric Vehicle Network
by clouddrover on Sunday February 16, 2020 @07:04AM
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It's all part of the same system. What use is a gas station without gasoline?
Do you want $3.3 billion going to fuel subsidies or do you want $8 million going to EV chargers. If you're interested in a smaller government spend, you want to pick the EV chargers.
Imagine a future where we wait for our government-mandated chargers to charge. Hopefully there’s an app for that.
If costs keep dropping, EVs will become a no-brainer for most. Scrap the government incentives and we will achieve the inevitable.