Politically, we can't get rid of fossil fuel subsidies without providing
substantial EV subsidies. Many lower income people depend on driving
their own car to get to work, services, and shopping. Urban areas tend
to be too expensive for them to live there, so they are relegated to the
suburbs and exurbs. If we eliminate subsidies, their cost of
transportation will go up and their pushback won't be pretty. Of course,
the cost would go up for middle and upper class, too, but they can
afford it. And those subsidies are coming from taxes paid mostly by the
middle and upper classes.
Ideally, lower income people shouldn't have to drive so far for
everything. But changing that is also very difficult.
On the other hand, if we eliminate all fossil fuel subsidies but ensure
the lower income class can buy cheap EVs (or get some other kind of
subsidy), we might have a workable plan.
Peri
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------ Original Message ------
From: "nathan christiansn via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org>
To: ev@lists.evdl.org
Cc: "nathan christiansn" <nrc71...@gmail.com>
Sent: 13-Feb-22 15:08:44
Subject: Re: [EVDL] $7.5bn for ev charging across the US
I think I much better way for the government to promote evs would be to get
rid of fossil fuel subsidies. This would increase the price of gas which
would undoubly make owning an ev more appealing. Additionally, the
government would be spending less money instead of more, which makes
eliminating fossil fuel subsidies a very appropriate decision for a
government that is $28 trillion in debt.
Subsidizing both fossil fuels and ev charging seems to just be creating
needless bureaucracy to me.
-Nathan
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