Posts by dj-master-tune-out

taxes..companies don't really pay any tax at all.

In reality COMPANIES, never pay taxes. They ALWAYS pass along the extra costs, to the consumer. To PEOPLE. People pay taxes. You're at the end of the line , with no-one to pass along the tax to. If you have a company that makes widgets, for instance, what ever tax, fee, "carbon tax" you decide to levy on that company that makes the widget, will be passed along to the person who eventually buys the widget. Basic economics. It doesn't matter whether the widget is oil, corn, wheat, iPhone, Android phone, tablet or iPad. Go ahead, decide that iPads should have a carbon tax on it. Apple mearly will charge MORE for the iPad. You think your are free because you don't buy iPads? You are wrong, because you do buy food, and the companies that produce food who buy those iPads will charge more for the food.

Not here , not yet, not without the subsidies

Subsidies by the government or in the current high price. The vehicles last 5 to 10 years, at best,

with a batteries needing to be replaced in between. Add to that they are environmentally bad (mining the rare metals required to make them), and they are "not ready for prime time".

AND don't quote the sticker numbers, use the real world values instead. Like the Prius drivers I see on the highway going 70 MPH. Those are no more efficient than the comparable gas powered Toyota, Honda, or Nissan. The LECCY's cost more that the comparable diesel cars, which give consistent high mileage.