At the same time, we need to stop thinking about worth in pure $$$. that's a very cynical, reductionist measure, excludes positive externalities and unquantifiables.
As it should, since the original post encompasses the "fossil fuel industry" not just ICE fuels.
Done.
Yes, North America is a global region. Your point?
Read figure 7 again. Explicit means direct.
LOL. You state that externalities should not be counted for fossil fuels but you include them when discussing the minerals needed for battery production. Can't have it both ways and be objective.
Read the link you cited. $20 billion is the figure for DIRECT subsidies. When accounting for all subsidies and externalities the figure is $649 billion. An order of magnitude more than EV subsidies, I would say.
Your link makes that statement without offering data. Any credible citations?
I like the concept but implementation is tricky. How is ROI measured, and over what time scale?
maybe a geography lesson? North America consists of countries other then the United States, at least the last time I checked,
Take another look at Figure 7.
The title of the study is A Global Update of Fossil Fuel Subsidies.
Actually I don't, since I'm retired and will foreseeably be only driving for a few more years.
Do what you want.
Valid concerns.
Not important. I'm a fireman and I put out a ICE fire and it's out. Period. No drama. Rarely is it the fuel cell or engine. Generally it's contents fires. I guess it's possible for the ICE battery to burn, but I've yet to see that in the 43 years I've been a fireman. I have seen them smashed, crushed and cracked. Lead-acid batteries just aren't exciting.
I loose about 2 mpg with my diesel towing my 10k trailer. No big deal, a 3 minute stop at the truck stop solves this problem, easy-peazy. No prolonged re-charge stops. EV trucking is even more problematic. Watch this video:
If sex between consenting adults is legal, then why should it be illegal to charge a fee for giving that consent? Because you think it's evil? Hence the need for freedom from religion (the establishment clause) an not the notion that freedom of religion (the free exercise clause) means the ability to impose one's personal morality on others.
I'll give you the national vs. regional apples-to-apples point. Can you show any data on vehicle fires per vehicle mile for EVs vs.ICEVs. To the best of my knowledge, EVs are no worse, despite the hype from EV detractors.
Of course it does. But, if we're to debate honestly, we must concede the "fill up" for an EV is a lot greater than that for an ICEV, and the fill up time becomes a bigger issue when the rages of both types of vehicles are reduced.
Answers to the OP question.
Can an ICE fill up from a station in your garage while you sleep?
No and neither can an EV. Like many people in a condo our insurance carrier explicitly prohibits EV charging in any form as one of their new conditions of coverage.
No.
I don't know; not a whole lot.
An overnight charge will probably do for most people most of the time.
I took @cbrarick's comment about towing to be about special occasions, or that he is one of the rare people who tow trailers with their cars/pickups routinely. If EVs weren't so epensive, I'd own one now, and rent and ICEV for those special occasions on which I need to tow something,
Point of fact: I don't think Blue Origin ever had a contract for ISS resupply. There were two US companies awarded those: SpaceX and Orbital Sciences (which was well established but small, and the COTS program allowed it to expand its not so well developed launch business). Blue Origin, on the other hand, is just a footnote.
The objective response would be something like "Not if you don't own a home and garage".
If you read your cite closely it says that in those sates the owner is responsible for insurance. Top rated insurance carriers have recently begun making no EV charging a condition of continuing coverage for multifamily complexes. They have also begun making the elimination of gas BBQs a new condition of coverage. When faced with an alternative of no insurance HOA's are free to ban EV charging, and BBQs for that matter.
Im curious. How would you recommend managing and maintaining a condo complex where everyone owns a fractional interest in the common assets ( in my case pools, garages, covered docks, Pickleball courts, parking and building exteriors) without an HOA?
HOA’s in my state are only allowed to do what the by-laws permit them to do. Since by-laws are known and agreed to upon purchase and since HOA board members are elected by owners it’s ultimately up to the owners as to how there complex is managed and maintained.
Too late for that. The government (people) is getting a bargain with SpaceX. All the gov does now for access is just pay. Also, the other associated industries (albeit small) benefit as well. It's always "cheaper" to subcontract service if you can so in a sense, it's not a subsidie. No way has the gov spent directly on SpaceX the value it has received from having SpaceX.
