The Cost of Things...
Deviating from the norm is not necessarily cheap... or effective...
This is a look at the ways we weave ourselves into thinking there is a path we must go down without looking at the cost economically and financially.
It would be wise for us to open our eyes and ears to the whole of what is out there and truly look at the options and ramifications of the legislative decisions we are making. Ultimately, what makes sense and what will damage us.
The Tualatin Chamber would like to look at how all the various choices would effect our ability to do what must be done against how it would effect today’s world before we try to save that which is yet to come. IF WE FAIL TODAY… tomorrow may never come.
In Short
Article 1 - Great news, if you live in the State of Washington, you may be entitled to a State program to subsidize your buying an EV… but you have to make less then $96K.
This $45 million dollar program will give each of the recipients up to $9K for a lease and $5K for the purchase of an EV. FYI… “Using the state’s own estimates, the program pays $1,875 to reduce each metric ton of CO2. By way of comparison, the state’s CO2 price is only $25.76, or just over one percent the amount paid by the subsidy.”
Article 2 - Torque, that is what you feel when you put your foot down on the loud pedal (accelerator) and get pushed back into your seat… the G forces, the raw in-your-face oh my goodness hang on factor… and I LOVE IT! EV’s have it and I love it too. But at what cost?
This Yahoo Finance article sheds some interesting light on what EV’s currently hold for consumers. And, as a FYI, I was bummed by this article because I like the idea of a plug-in-hybrid.
Is burning itself into a clump of glob with no cause a reliability issue??