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TANSTAAFL--There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch--even electric cars need oil based energy--and at a higher price. Instead of paying for the energy at a gas station, you pay through your home electricity bill--and as you know-0-that will be immense.
"California's tiered rate system was put in place to discourage high energy use and make the state more green. The more electricity you use, the higher the rate.
A new Purdue University study says that means Californians will end up paying the highest costs for charging electric cars. The Purdue study shows a plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt for example, would increase a household's electrical usage by 60 percent.
Even accounting for charging at night at off-peak rates, the Purdue study says costs in California will still be higher than elsewhere because the state's rates are 35 percent higher than the national average."
Oh, and that does include the taxpayers subsidy of $7500 JUST for General Motors Cars (GM is owned by the government and unions--so they are using YOUR money to sell their cars). The Chevy VOLT is expensive!! Especially when the car can only go reliably 35 miles before another costly full charge.
This is what happens when you have centralized planning like the Old Soviet union--look what happened to them.
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"California's tiered rate system was put in place to discourage high energy use and make the state more green. The more electricity you use, the higher the rate.
A new Purdue University study says that means Californians will end up paying the highest costs for charging electric cars. The Purdue study shows a plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt for example, would increase a household's electrical usage by 60 percent.
Even accounting for charging at night at off-peak rates, the Purdue study says costs in California will still be higher than elsewhere because the state's rates are 35 percent higher than the national average."
Oh, and that does include the taxpayers subsidy of $7500 JUST for General Motors Cars (GM is owned by the government and unions--so they are using YOUR money to sell their cars). The Chevy VOLT is expensive!! Especially when the car can only go reliably 35 miles before another costly full charge.
This is what happens when you have centralized planning like the Old Soviet union--look what happened to them.
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