Since mid-size electric sedans can get 4-5 miles per kWh if you don't drive like an idiot, electricity will have to cost more than $1 per kWh before it costs more than driving a 30 mpg sedan, and it will have to cost $2 before it costs more than driving a 15 mpg truck. And that all assumes you're buying your electricity. If you were smart you made the capital investment in energy independence and generate your own.
At least where I'm at, solar panel installation is a huge racket. The cheapest price I was quoted for installing a 10 kW system was over $50K. I'd likely never break even on the cost of electricity.
If I could install my own setup, it would definitely be worth it, but that's a little beyond my expertise.
The article said Germany is discussing charging 1.10 Euros per kilowatt. That's (currently) $1.11 per kilowatt.
Call me when the US is entirely dependent on foreign adversaries for the fuel to generate electricity.
Europe buys more than a third of all Electric Vehicles IN THE WORLD. They buy 5x to 6x the number of EVs as the USA. IF EUROPE quits buying EVs, the Western EV is effectively dead. Like, done.
You forget that government will start to tax 'energy independent' people. Why you think that government will miss this opportunity? In fact this is very clever. Sell to people gear ( and receive good money from bribe... mean "funds" from lobbyist which manufacture this gear ) , give them some tax benefits, then squeeze his balls when time come. So you will waste much less money to invest in new energy plants, and in same time people will pay taxes and fill your pockets... mean budget.
Like old people say, you can turn around as much as you want, but your ass is always in the back.
You forget that government will start to tax 'energy independent' people. Why you think that government will miss this opportunity?
Of course they will, and they'll tax everyone else too. They're not going to be like, "Man, we wish we could tax that guy but he doesn't have solar panels. Curse him! Fouled again."
Whatever... I see that you are brainwashed for good. I'm not against 'green energy'... fuck I talk about ecology in mid "70, in time when most of people don't know what this word mean. Now brainwashed internet genius give lessons to me. So I stop here, fell free to support these assholes.
I think it's California, if you get solar and/or battery, you have to grid tie to get to be up to code. However, they have to be able to take over control, and in an "emergency" they can force the inverter to feed the grid, not your house.
I think about taxes. You buy with your money gear ( and pay zillion taxes ), you maintain it using your own time and work, you pay for repairs, yet government consider that you own some money to his piggy bank.
Confiscation is something different, government in any moment can seize whatever they want, not only in US. Entire world work in this way.
For example if food shortage continue, government will start to seize food from farmers and pay them minimal price or give them useless piece of paper.... and demand them to pay taxes, of course. Same is with water, so why electricity will have different treatment.
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