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Friday, January 14, 2011

Oil Has To Get to Between $174 and $254 For Volt, Leaf To Be Economical -- Not a Bakken Story

Link here.

Original story here.

And that's with all the incentives. Once the incentives go away, they will never be economical.

Remember: the US government says the price of oil will stay stable through 2035 and might even fall in price.

I can't make this stuff up.

4 comments:

  1. i think all autos/pickups should have a CO2 sticker,This would state how many Tons of CO2 the car generates going 12,000 miles a year at a highway setting. I still can not believe that they can not embrace LNG, or CNG powered cars and light trucks. All coal powered cars should base their CO2 on 60% coal generated electric recharge power..

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  2. Yes, I think folks are going to be surprised at the inconvenience of plugging in their cars (when not at home); the higher electricity bills; etc.

    LNG: just add another pump at existing service stations, I would imagine is all it would take.

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  3. if all cars would be battery operated who would pay for the lost revenue of the gas taxes ? jj

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  4. Years ago I remember hearing that argument. Somehow that concern has been lost. Thank you for reminding us. Isn't that interesting? Taking it a step further, some could argue that those driving coal-powered cars are getting a free ride (pun noted). They use the same roads and highways we do, and don't pay road taxes.

    It will be interesting to see which state figures this out first and assesses road use fees (not taxes, mind you) during annual registration. It should be a simple formula.

    Some folks have argued that actual mileage be used for insurance rates; that makes sense for road taxes as week. Even without technology, most states now enforce annual safety checks. Odometer data could be collected and certified at that time. Or it could be a line item on state income tax form with certification/validation required.

    You brought up an argument that's been conveniently ignored, perhaps on purpose. Thank you for reminding me. This could be a stand-alone posting.

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