At some point it may be the petroleum industry in the paid charging infrastructure side - but now it's not.
Also, at least here in California, most filling stations are NOT owned by the oil industry. They've mostly divested. That said, this is where their products get sold, so many of your points are still valid. When the California Air Resources Board was considering a regulation requiring the industry to fund hydrogen fueling infrastructure, the reply was "why should we pay to put ourselves out of business?" The argument is not too much different for charging infrastructure unless a business transition is planned. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 25, 2014, at 12:22 PM, EVDL Administrator via EV <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Most posts in this thread are vastly underestimating the immense inertia of > the status quo. > > The petroleum industry has a huge investment in filling station > infrastructure, and a huge revenue return from it. If EVs really catch on - > and that's not a given, for many reasons - they are not going to stand by > and watch their profit base erode. > > They will use their media partners (ad revenue is a powerful motivation) to > push paid public charging as "safer." A few sensationalized stories about > home fires and electrocutions vaguely associated with EV charging will go a > long way, and they won't stop there. > > They will form astroturf "nonprofits" to promote paid public charging. > > They will use their legislative influence to get laws passed that encourage > paid public charging, if they don't explicitly discourage or even ban home > charging for as many people as possible. > > We are up against a hugely profitable industry. Do not think that these > things will not happen. > > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > EVDL Administrator > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not > reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my > email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
