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To: Venturer

As long as gasoline remains under $3.00 a gallon, people won’t switch. But at that price point, an EV becomes financially viable.


6 posted on 11/28/2010 6:04:24 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop
Gasoline here is over $3.00 a gallon. But the weather where I am is a balmy 18 degrees above zero, (yes, that's warm for here in November) with a 24 mile per hour wind (wind chill at zero degrees) and blowing (and drifting) snow. While this isn't so much extreme weather for here as it is typical, it is 130 miles to the next major town with plenty of room to get stuck in between.

When electrics can cover the round trip with the heater, defroster, and headlights on, and plenty of extra in case you end up in the ditch far from the nearest plug-in, maybe I'll consider one. For now, no EVs, no matter if gas hits $5.00, because the electrics are a potential deathtrap here.

42 posted on 11/29/2010 3:46:15 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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