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Since you posted almost exactly the same comment further up the thread. It's important to consider that ICE vehicles have been puking out air pollution and CO2 for more than a century, killing thousands, if not millions of people and contributing greatly to climate change, which is getting worse.

It frustrates me that people take umbrage at being charged money for using energy and polluting the environment.




>It frustrates me that people take umbrage at being charged money for using energy and polluting the environment.

I take issue with it when those people are mostly only the people who do so because they cannot afford to do better (which will likely be the case in 2035+).


And then in the next breath you question the need for a government subsidy.


There's a difference between a subsidy and kicking who's already down.

I was questioning the need for a government mandate in 2035 by pointing out that electric cars are soon to be viable without subsidies so if the market's gonna go that way anyway what's the point of the mandate?


> There's a difference between a subsidy and kicking who's already down.

Dude what? If it's economically viable then it's not kicking anyone, up or down. Besides, these are complete opposites (penalty vs reward)?

I literally cannot understand what in the heck you are trying to argue because your logic is self-refuting.




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