If we offer incentives for EV (and renewable power), aren we skewing the “free market” and creating a situation of “social engineering?
I am all for social engineering that will take us away from imported oil and into investing in American jobs and security with locally produced, renewable energy. I truly see no benefit in sending our energy dollars to those countries that happen to be sitting on top of the oil that we “need.” We are currently spending $150 Billion dollars every year on imported oil (and rising every minute). If we could divert that annual loss INTO our economy…how much would that be worth in new jobs for construction and operation of U.S. renewable energy companies? I guess $100 Billion a year. I think it would be worth some tax incentives to accomplish that. It will probably happen on its own as petroleum dwindles away…but not before oil gets a LOT more expensive. Why not get ahead of the game and do it now? Why wait and continue to throw billions out of our economy? Many people assume that “green technologies” like BEVs, wind, solar and biodiesel will COST our economy money…and therefore we ca
