Gulf of Maine warming

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by zimmy

I see that said a lot but that sounds pretty disingenuous. Guessing it is a right wing talking point coming from faux news. People could drive a corolla for 15k and double their fuel economy and have a pretty large net impact as a whole. No sympathy for people getting 20 mpg in their daily drivers when it comes to gas prices. Plenty of inexpensive new or pre-owned efficient cars. Also, a fully electric mid sized kia is about 12k below the average price of a car last year, after incentives; 5k below average without.
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it’s not a right wing talking point that our secretary of transportation, recently suggested that if people are struggling to pay $4.50 for a gallon of gas, the answer is to buy a tremendously expensive electric car. or to take the bus.

lots of people have honda and toyota sedans and they’re paying the same % increase at the pump.

biden didn’t cause all the hike in gas, much is due to a post covid surge in demand, and that was going to happen regardless of who was potus at the time. but his administration likely made it worse, and their reaction has been very elitist and tone deaf. hence the polling.

just looked at kias website, cheapest electric i see is $39,999. then there are $7500 tax incentives? i actually like the look of that car a lot. but there no way there’s nearly enough of them. there’s not enough electric cars, they’re too expensive, their range makes them
impractical for many, there aren’t nearly enough charging stations, and if there were enough, there’s not enough nearly enough electricity.

and i have a nissan leaf that i love, with a home charging system
that’s great . whenever i’m driving myself, i drive that. but we also have a minivan and an f-150 because we have to have them. three big teenage boys, all their crap, a big camper, and a big goofy golden retriever.
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