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Survey Says: 57% Of Americans Won't Buy EVs Regardless Of Gas Prices
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Edward Niedermeyer
(IC: employee)
Gallup has just released a new poll asking Americans to rate their likelihood of making certain lifestyle changes based on different hypothetical gas prices. The result: 57 percent refuse to consider buying an “electric car that you could only drive for a limited number of miles at one time” no matter how high gas prices go. Only moving or changing jobs encountered more resistance. Clearly betting the farm on pure EVs is going to face some challenges…
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Published May 25th, 2011 12:00 PM
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Hmmmm.... Funny how the greenwipes never consider the additional resources burned by taxpayers forced to subsidize all this crap. I can cut my fuel consumption but if I have to pay for someone else's transportation (light rail, EVs) then I have to use more resources just to break even.
Let us not forget that Comrade Obama is on tape proudly declaring that under his "cap and trade" regime electric costs will (in his words) "necessarily skyrocket." Now while he couldn't get cap and tax through Congress, his EPA is rolling it out by regulatory fiat. So those who assume that the "fuel" cost differential between EV's and internal combustion vehicles will be that great are, well, as naive as 2008 "HOPE" and "CHANGE" voters.
I am in the "would not do it no matter what" category in every one of the categories.
Gee Wally, those pesky freedom lovers won't bow down to (perceived)reality on account of other issues. -the Beaver Surprise! Surprise! -Gomer Since it has been observed that electric motorcycles are closer to their gas counterparts, how about eliminating crash standards for EVs? Double benefit of less weight /longer range and less CO2 breathing humans after accidents. Less population being the "no one wants to talk about" root issue after all.