It’s easy, actually. Stop demonizing oil producers, stop pandering to the green new dealers, stop shutting down pipelines, stop shutting down leasing on federal lands, stop meddling in energy markets. Just stop.
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California is the model, right?
ABC News (10/20/21) reports: " The AAA website says it all: 'Sorry Folks, but the cost of gasoline is still going up.' That is painfully true in California, where AAA said the state average for a gallon of gasoline is $4.52. It’s much higher in the rural town of Gorda, where the cost of a gallon is a mind-numbing $7.59 a gallon, KFSN reported. That’s for regular. Premium gas tops off at $8.50 per gallon, the television station reported. And you cannot go across town to shop for a cheaper price. The gas station in Gorda is the only one in town. A sign at the station informs customers that the nearest gasoline station is 12 miles to the south and 40 miles to the north, according to KFSN. Gorda is located along the Big Sur coast about 40 minutes north of San Simeon, the television station reported. 'Compared to the price of gas a year ago, it now costs consumers about $17 more to fill up their vehicles,' AAA spokesperson Andrew Gross said in a news release. 'That’s the cost of a large pizza with toppings. And unfortunately, it doesn’t look like drivers will be finding relief at the pump any time soon.'"
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The headline of this article is: "Study compares electric vehicle charge costs vs. gas — and results were surprising." Really? To who?
Detroit Free Press (10/22/21) reports: "Last year, Patrick Anderson went electric: He got a Porsche Taycan EV in dark blue. Anderson, who is CEO of East Lansing-based economic consulting firm Anderson Economic Group, loves the zippy acceleration and 'exciting' features the car offers. He also gets satisfaction in knowing that driving an EV benefits the environment, he said. But Anderson's joy comes with a dark side. 'They are a wonderful driving experience. But at the same time, they're an enormous burden in time and in energy in finding chargers and getting them charged,' Anderson said. 'And you’re not really saving much in terms of charging costs ... you may be paying more.' Costs to drive an EV compared with a gasoline car are detailed in a report Anderson Economic released Thursday called 'Comparison: Real World Cost of Fueling EVs and ICE Vehicles.' The study has four major findings:
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There are four additional costs to powering EVs beyond electricity: cost of a home charger, commercial charging, the EV tax and 'deadhead' miles.
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For now, EVs cost more to power than gasoline costs to fuel an internal combustion car that gets reasonable gas mileage.
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Charging costs vary more widely than gasoline prices.
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There are significant time costs to finding reliable public chargers — even then a charger could take 30 minutes to go from 20% to an 80% charge."
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"If one were taking bets on the outcome of the race to zero carbon, odds are that consumer patience with soaring costs—in tandem with decreasing reliability—will be exhausted long before we have the opportunity to deplete the supply of critical energy minerals. Here, too, California is leading the way."
– Mark P. Mills,
The Manhattan Institute
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