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To: Jamestown1630
I don’t know a single person in my circle who could afford one of these EVs and the ongoing expenses of it.

My wife and I are happy doing most of our driving in an EV. As many miles as we drive it's cheaper. IMHO, with prices of gas and power in Alabama last year (ranging from $2.60 to $3.00/gallon, 15¢ to 16¢/kWh), the threshold is you ought to drive at least 12K miles per year to consider the next car being an EV. My wife and I put 26K miles on our last year, with 16K of those miles charged at home.

But this thing the Dims do of pushing it onto people is stupid. There is no warmageddon to save us from. And EV's aren't a good fit for a lot of people (i.e. live in cold climate, or can't charge at home, or is single and need just one car, etc.). Even for those of us an EV is good for, I'm not comfortable being solely dependent on EV's (our other car is an ICE pickup). Last but not least, the gubment ain't got not business anyway telling us what we can and can't do.

12 posted on 01/23/2024 6:27:12 PM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tell It Right

My husband and I have about 40K miles on a 2013 car. We’re just not the market (or the tax bracket) for an EV, and wouldn’t want to drive out to get it charged.

(I’m hoping our little car goes on another ten years :-)


15 posted on 01/23/2024 6:31:38 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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