Most posts in this thread are vastly underestimating the immense inertia of the status quo.
The petroleum industry has a huge investment in filling station infrastructure, and a huge revenue return from it. If EVs really catch on - and that's not a given, for many reasons - they are not going to stand by and watch their profit base erode. They will use their media partners (ad revenue is a powerful motivation) to push paid public charging as "safer." A few sensationalized stories about home fires and electrocutions vaguely associated with EV charging will go a long way, and they won't stop there. They will form astroturf "nonprofits" to promote paid public charging. They will use their legislative influence to get laws passed that encourage paid public charging, if they don't explicitly discourage or even ban home charging for as many people as possible. We are up against a hugely profitable industry. Do not think that these things will not happen. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
