“That is the politically created sham that we have to wipe out before it wipes out all working class Americans! They can’t afford to support the toys of the wealthy on their basic needs incomes.” —editor-surveyor
You misunderstood me, those prices are not based on subsidies. Electricity is just dirt cheap compared to gasoline, from around $1.20 per gallon equivalent down to around $0.60 per gallon equivalent, depending on your rate.
If you look at the factors, including $/gallon that we pay at the pump and miles per gallon on a typical car, we pay around 7¢ to 10¢ per mile for gasoline. Electricity costs around 2¢ to 4¢ per mile if you look at how much we pay per kWh on our electric bills and the miles/kWh that electric cars get. I ran the numbers a few weeks ago in more detail here (gas prices are about 20¢ more expensive since then):
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3245953/posts?page=111#111
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>> “You misunderstood me, those prices are not based on subsidies. Electricity is just dirt cheap compared to gasoline” <<
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Are you deliberately ignoring the herd of elephants in that room?
Electricity for transportation should carry the appropriate taxes to support our highways. It is the wealthier segment that drives the toys that are skipping out on this.
In addition, the electric grid is having to be upgraded at tremendous cost to permit this excess.
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