Good letter. - Mark
Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Jul 19, 2019, at 10:14 AM, Robert Bruninga via EV <[email protected]> > wrote: > > There was an editorial in the Baltimore sun written by the “Gasoline > Distributors Association” condemning subsidies for EV’s. Three days > later, they published my response: > > > > *From:* Robert Bruninga > *Subject:* Stop subsidizing gasoline and polution > > > > In the piece to stop subsidizing electric vehicles(EVs) (15 July > Balto-Sun), the Petroleum Distributors Association fails to mention the 26 > Billion dollars in subsidies that the fossil fuel industry receives every > year. They are being paid to continue the status quo, further polluting > our air without penalty. Gas cars get a free ride on the environment while > EV's protect the environment and get a free ride on the roads. > > Be fair. The equitable way to fund our roads and clean air is to add a road > tax on EV's but equally, to add an equal pollution tax on gas cars to cover > the heavy cost that their continued operation is making on our environment > (Maryland's toxic air was worst of all 50 states). Mark the fall of 2018 > as the turning point as sales of fossil fuel vehicles began to decline > while sales of EV' are still growing exponentially. > > With over 45 modern EV's on the market in 2019, half now have ranges over > 350 miles* and more than half now cost less (with incentives) than the > average gas car.** With every vehicle manufacturer now committed to over > 200 models just in the next 6 years it is time to move forward. With good > range and low cost, EV's are now better, faster, cleaner, safer, quieter, > cheaper to buy, half the cost to operate and 10% of the cost to maintain. > There is a good EV or plug-in hybrid for almost every car need. > > Before you buy another gas car, which will still be on the road in 2035, > long past the turning point in our ever worsening air quality, at least > look into an EV. Plugin every night and have full range every morning and > never have to go find a stinky gas station again. > > Bob Bruninga, PE > > IEEE Committee on Transportation and Aerospace Policy > > Author: http://aprs.org/Energy-Choices.html > > [email protected] > > *http://aprs.org/Energy/EV/EV-ranges-color-b.pdf > **http://aprs.org/Energy/EV/EV-costs-color-c.pdf > ----------------------------- > > http://aprs.org/EV-misinfomation.html > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20190719/f27547b7/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at 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 Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
