News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Canada Invests in Ontario’s Electric Vehicle Network. Parent comment

Re:Canada Invests in Ontario’s Electric Vehicle Network by clouddrover on Sunday February 16, 2020 @06:09AM (#22341029)
> 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.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Canada Invests in Ontario’s Electric Vehicle Network by breitling on Sunday February 16, 2020 @06:59AM (#22341152)
You're comparing charging stations to gas. A more logical comparison would be electricity in charging stations vs gas in gas stations.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Canada Invests in Ontario’s Electric Vehicle Network by clouddrover on Sunday February 16, 2020 @07:04AM (#22341170)
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.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Canada Invests in Ontario’s Electric Vehicle Network by zanybear on Sunday February 16, 2020 @07:16AM (#22341206)
That’s what I though too. 8 million is peanuts for Canadian government. Even for the provincial one. I think it’s more a PR move.
[ Parent | on HN ]