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I imagine when the subsidy expires, the costs of making electrics will have gone down. Interesting point on the road tax though. Maybe we should all have a driver's license tax. Or to be perfectly fair, a meter we install on our cars that reads the number of miles driven and charge us by the mile. Personally, I'll keep my gas cars forever. But more power to those who want to be green... leaves more gas for me! Russ --------------------------------------------------------- "Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same." Oscar Wilde On Sep 29, 2011, at 10:40 AM, Dennis Hale wrote: > Will it be so fuzzy happy after "they" figure out that you owe $2500 a year > in "fair" road maintenance tax you're not paying at the pump? Will "they" > just add road tax to all electrical bills? And when "they" delete the $7500 > subsidy to the folks rich enough to play the electric game will it still be > so good to putt along in the truck lanes in a heavy short range sled? Is this > the Miata list or the Toyota Pious list? > Dennis Hale > From: Brian Pifer <[email protected]> > To: Larry Alster <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 10:14 AM > Subject: RE: Miata electric conversion > > I don’t normally chime in because others have more knowledge and are faster > than I. But I take issue with your assertion that “battery electric cars are > still a stupid idea.” > > Yes, they have drawbacks (limited range & higher initial cost), but they also > have advantages (lower operating cost & less foreign oil dependence). > Current electric cars are not for everyone and you really need a second “long > distance” car for road trips. > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
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