40 Posted under Ars Technica's "Information Technology" section: "High fossil fuel prices are good for the planet—here’s how to keep it that way" (archive.ph) posted 4 years ago by altmehere 4 years ago by altmehere +40 / -0 15 comments share 15 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Read the full thing.
Also check the comments. The comments are ROASTING the fucker writer.
They're claiming this is to penalize oil companies, and what's the big deal right. You'll get all your money back as a tax refund during tax season!
Do these retarded fucking idiot fucks not realize keeping gas prices high hurts EVERYONE, AND IT DISPROPORTIONATELY HURTS THE WORKING CLASS THE MOST?
One of them even points out that this article is written by someone who is rich and has EVs aka from a "very high high tower"
Thank god there's sanity there even among leftists.
Why would I get money back on my tax return because of high gas prices? By buying an EV that I can't afford even with the tax "credit"?
Even if you can afford it, not sure it would be worth anything in 10 years when the battery dies
I mean cars are the most famous depreciating asset*, but they're not that bad
*if you have the right model of car you can actually hold or increase your value
I could, theoretically keep my 2014 charger running indefinitely through parts and even a full drive train and/or engine swap from junked cars.
Those batts are fucked once they're dead, unless someone does the smart thing and makes hot swappable batteries in series.