I hear what you are saying but I don't think it is that regressive. I think of it more along the lines of getting rid of "Free Gasoline" as the number of ICE vehicles increases. You have to make those gasoline stations self supporting and maintainable.
A "fill up" of electrons is not that expensive from a SuperCharger network. I've paid anywhere from $8 to $12 for that privilege. Compare that to filling up a 10 gallon Prius tank where gasoline is around $4.50/gallon; Electricity is cheap and definitely affordable for now. I think I would like to see subsidies be in place until we are "Energy Independent". We currently use about 17 MBO a day but only produce 12 to 13 MBO a day. We know we can't drill our way out of this predicament and we were importing some of that oil from Russia. PS. The $140.25 that I pay in lieu of gasoline state sales tax goes toward road infrastructure. On Sat, Jul 9, 2022 at 4:47 PM Peri Hartman via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > That's pretty regressive. Do you suspect there is some strong lobbying > from the petroleum industry ? :) Fortunately, that's an extreme case > among the states. > Peri > > << Annoyed by leaf blowers ? https://quietcleanseattle.org/ >> > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "EV List Lackey via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> > To: ev@lists.evdl.org > Cc: "EV List Lackey" <evp...@drmm.net> > Sent: 09-Jul-22 10:25:51 > Subject: [EVDL] EVLN: NC wants to eliminate free EV charging > > >You couldn't make something like this up; nobody would believe it. On > >second thought, make that "nobody in a sane state or nation would believe > >it." > > > >PS - North Carolina already charges EV owners an extra $130 per year for the > >privilege of helping clean up NC's air. > > > >> North Carolina Lawmaker Want to Scrap Free EV Charging Stations > >> > >> The 'Equitable Free Vehicle Fuel Stations' bill allocates up to > >> $50,000 to remove charging stations. > > > >> The bill ... includes a number of provisions intended to discourage > >> the installation of free electric vehicle (EV) charging stations ... > >> [it includes] up to $50,000 for "the purpose of removing any electric > >> vehicle charging stations that do not comply with the provisions of > >> this act." ... it requires both public and private locations where EV > >> charging is offered to provide "gasoline or diesel fuel for motor > >> vehicles through a pump to the public at no charge," so other drivers > >> can make use of those stations as well. > > > >Full story: > > > >https://www.pcmag.com/news/nc-reps-want-to-scrap-ev-charging-stations > > > >David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/sub/index.html > CONFIG: http://lists.evdl.org/options.cgi/ev-evdl.org > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/sub/index.html CONFIG: http://lists.evdl.org/options.cgi/ev-evdl.org ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
