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Germany Will Force 80% of Gas Stations to Install EV Charging, Too (www.thedrive.com)
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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Yeah, it’ll cost something to build out infra to support that much power but honestly the US grid needs the upgrades anyhow- and if anything, electricity is relatively cheap compared to buying gas

It's a good thing that Inflation Reduction Act Biden got passed includes a crapton of money to help businesses pay for chargers and other infrastructure, eh?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Yeah. If that keeps money in small towns and going into small businesses vs. big-box chain stores, it's well-spent. Especially if it means your transport fuel dollar isn't funding fossil energy(?)

    At the moment, Michigan sources about 2/3rds of its electrical power from coal or natural gas but wind and nuclear are a growing piece of that. Where I live, in WA, most of our electricity is Hydro (and it's cheap, at ~10¢/kWh). Also, fueling up on electricity (even in MI, where electricity is ~19 ¢/kWh) was pretty cheap compared to gasoline.

    I think if we don't put those in local, small-town small-business lots everywhere it'll be bad for small businesses, small towns, and in marginal ways, for the environment.

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