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Originally Posted by init4fun
Hi Whell, on this we agree, as much as I also like the idea of pure electric vehicles, I am not for the tax subsidies, the free market alone should be the determiner of whether they are truly ready for mass market acceptance. If any of my three gas powered vehicles manages to die before I do, I will buy an EV , whether my fellow taxpayers foot part of the bill or not. In fact, I'll go as far as to wonder; if someone wouldn't buy one unless it was subsidized, how committed are they to the concept in the first place  |
Ah, a free market purist. Except that the miracle of free markets depends on rational actors with excellent information maximizing their self interest. In the actual world both the rationality and the information are very imperfect. And the fix is in all over the place. Markets need a lot of regulating if they are to serve the interest of the community well.
08-18-2022, 04:31 PM
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