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Originally Posted by Serebo1
I think that what they're saying is that $170k for an electric car vs. 50k for it's (very) low emissions gasoline equivalent which gets ~30 mpg is stupid. Meaning, if depreciation is not a factor, you'll break even after driving the equivalent mileage needed to consume ~$120k worth of gasoline. Actually, more, because of course electricity costs something. That's ~30,000 gallons of gasoline, or 900,000 miles. Rounding sure, but again, I didn't account for electricity costs.
Either my math is WAY off (very possible) ... or it's just plain stupid.
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I do like how when I read about the plug in hybrid cars people always forget the cost of electricity and the fact that over half of the electricity in the US is created thru burning coal, which puts sulfur in the air and helps create acid rain. Although they may be good over all still these types of cars are far from zero overall pollutants. Currently there is a big political push to take down some current dams for ecological reasons and most nuclear reactors sit idle because were worried about nuclear waste. Given that and windmills are just expensive and take a lot of resources to build as we increase our electrical demand (more eclectic cars or whatever else) about 90-95% or any new capacity will be gained thru coal. With that and the fact there is a loss of energy in just exchanging chemical energy into electrical, then again into kinetic, I’m not a fan. Still if you’ve got the $170k in cash to spend and you just hate oil companies