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re: CBS News: For some electric vehicle owners, recharging now more costly than filling up
Posted on 2/13/23 at 1:21 pm to LSUfan4444
Posted on 2/13/23 at 1:21 pm to LSUfan4444
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AKA -For most electric vehicle owners, recharging is less expensive than filling up
Correct
This seems like something that is temporary and regional
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Posted on 2/13/23 at 1:44 pm to Powerman
I love when factual posts are heavily downvoted. Because idiots would rather downvote and run than rebut.
Posted on 2/13/23 at 3:25 pm to Powerman
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This seems like something that is temporary and regional
It is but all the coal rolling baws in here think w/their feelings so they are going to hurr durr it up anyway.
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New Englanders are seeing uniquely high EV charging costs because the region currently has the highest electricity prices in the country. At about 28 cents per kilowatt-hour this fall, it's double the national average.
Ironically, it's the region's dependence on fossil fuels that's pushing these costs higher. About 45% of New England's electricity comes from methane gas, compared with about 38% nationwide, while the fuel has tripled in price since Russia invaded Ukraine a year ago. All the region's utilities are raising their electricity rates, although the specific costs can vary a lot even within a small area, WBUR reported this fall.
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One Massachusetts resident said their power company, National Grid, jacked up local electricity prices to 44 cents per kilowatt-hour — three times the national average.
"We are in pretty much the same boat in [New Hampshire] and it sucks," said another user. "Went from an average of $220 a month electric bill... to now close to $400 a month and thats with off peak charging, and its supposed to go up again significantly in February." The rate hike pushed the user to sign up for a solar array, with a monthly bill around half their current power bill, the person added.
Posted on 2/13/23 at 4:53 pm to Powerman
May not be temporary. As EV’s become more common, gas ax collections will drop. Federal and state Governments will need to find a way to recoup those costs and pay for needed infrastructure to support this shift in transportation preferences. They will then begin to allow Electricity providers to increase rates to offset thos loss in tax base. In California, it amounts to 100’s of millions of dollars that will get passed on to consumers via electric usage taxes.
Posted on 2/13/23 at 6:21 pm to Powerman
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This seems like something that is temporary and regional
Totally temporary...until EV ownership increases to the point that it over-taxes the outdated grid that's already teetering.
Posted on 2/14/23 at 8:40 am to Powerman
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Correct
This seems like something that is temporary and regional
True, but also "actual". An intentional narrative to only accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative
Posted on 2/14/23 at 2:49 pm to Powerman
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temporary and regional
It will not be temporary, unless you think of temporary as a decade. A large piece of our nations electricity still comes from natural gas, and the areas that love electric cars make it tough to bring them (cheap) natural gas.
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