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Re:Tesla Unveils New Finance Product by makomk on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @05:12AM (#5485040)
I suspect that would cause problems for the urban poor. Possibly also anyone for whom food makes up a large proportion of their annual budget, given both how reliant growing and transporting that is on oil and how reliant farmers are on internal-combustion vehicles.
Re:Tesla Unveils New Finance Product by dllthomas on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @11:32AM (#5486709)
Unfortunately, I'm not finding the numbers I need to get a good estimate. The important question is what portion of petroleum use winds up servicing those poor people versus the rest of the economy, because while it is certainly true that a small percentage increase in the costs of necessities hurts these people disproportionately, the money returned is a much greater portion of their income, and could very well dwarf the increased costs (indeed, this is what I would expect).

The very worst case, of course, is any who find themselves paying higher prices but unable for whatever reason to access the stipend.

Re:Tesla Unveils New Finance Product by eru on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @06:17AM (#5485180)
Why? The average person will come out exactly neutral. Use less petrol than the average, and you come out ahead. Use more, and you are a net payer.

Transporting stuff doesn't need to use all that much oil. Neither does growing.