tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142988674703954802.post6592052402778446967..comments2024-03-11T04:54:26.827-07:00Comments on THE HOCKEY SCHTICK: How taxpayers subsidized Tesla to make the rich richerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142988674703954802.post-80680864430863773142014-10-12T21:09:39.140-07:002014-10-12T21:09:39.140-07:00Very good comment. This is one benefit I have not...Very good comment. This is one benefit I have not heard before.Grant Klokeidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01580276325623366570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142988674703954802.post-57413658267360529142014-05-15T17:00:15.696-07:002014-05-15T17:00:15.696-07:00Yes, creating the batteries does have CO2 impact. ...Yes, creating the batteries does have CO2 impact. Yes, charging them does as well. That's not the point. The point is to increase awareness of electric cars. Government incentives create competition in the EV market, and there is a massive push, now more than ever, in R&D funding. There will be breakthroughs in battery tech that will allow batteries to be produced in a way that does not have a negative impact on the environment. Charging the car only creates CO2 because of burning coal for electricity. If a Tesla owner chooses to install solar panels on the roof of his or her house, then charging it does not put any CO2 into environment. <br /><br />As a company Tesla paid off everything the Obama administration gave them 9 years early. Tesla is a private company that owes nothing to America, but will nevertheless create jobs and foster innovation. Tesla is a growing company that has plans to make a sub-40k, middle class electric car and the gigafactory will help them realize this goal. Without government loans they would be years behind where they are nowishouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08226976912983156644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4142988674703954802.post-27426022395997478302013-06-20T14:51:12.121-07:002013-06-20T14:51:12.121-07:00I think people should consider pretty much only th...I think people should consider pretty much only the local air quality issue when evaluating EVs. Southern CA air quality is bad enough to require many interventions, so driving an EV and even subsidizing it there, makes sense. Not so in many other places. Don't care about the CO2 effects - too hard to calculate. EVs move pollution from the inversion of the LA basin to other places (generation site and downwind). Spreading the pollution, but reducing the concentration in LA metro area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com