John in CR
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Hillhater said:Probably not until an effective, practical, affordable, alternative , ...is available.John in CR said:...The real question is when will the world stop subsidizing vehicles with ICE's. .....
That day is already here. I will be selling package deals including an electric motorcycle with an electric car for under $4,000 usd unless I missed some of the incoming fees and taxes on my first container load. At that kind of price combined with the extremely low operating and maintenance costs a young couple on a tight budget has more economical transportation than riding the bus even using a cost recovery period as short as 36 or 48 months. The only thing that rivals that kind of transportation cost is young couples riding double on a cheap motorcycle (something quite common here), but depending of course on the length of their commute the payback period only goes out to 48-60 months before they come out ahead with the electric. That's attributing 0 value to no longer being forced to ride in the rain quite a few days a year.
The problem isn't just the subsidies for ICE's, but the major car companies too, who just like the government and public utilities are out to extract as much of everyone's take home pay as possible, so the con the public into believing they need houses on wheels when simple basic transportation is enough.