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25. Do you also complain about free parking, free refills, free concerts, free lunch?

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #5)

Fri Jul 8, 2022, 12:35 PM

Jul 2022

Because they're not much different. Those things also cost someone else money.

If someone wants to spend the money to put up a free charger, then that's their right.

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North Carolina Looks to Remove Public EV Chargers, Probably to the Trash (Not from the Onion) [View all] PdamnedQ Jul 2022 OP

Nc is schizophrenic nt XanaDUer2 Jul 2022 #1

It has always been! nolabear Jul 2022 #20

I wonder if Elon Musk will have anything to say about this? bullwinkle428 Jul 2022 #2

I'm sure he hates that they're free... Wounded Bear Jul 2022 #4

Nothing is free MichMan Jul 2022 #10

It's a wonder any humans survived before money was invented... hunter Jul 2022 #21

If his objection is that the use of the chargers is free, why not just charge for usage? LoisB Jul 2022 #3

yeah, a $0.0001 per kwh should do it. just drop a penny in the slot. no change issued.... getagrip_already Jul 2022 #13

Right? LoisB Jul 2022 #17

Good. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #5

I'm sure our policy makers will find a way to fix the tax base. PdamnedQ Jul 2022 #7

That is merely an ad for a Chevy Bolt. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #19

Sorry, you that you think that I'm a shill for GM. PdamnedQ Jul 2022 #23

No, no, no, no, no. I do NOT see that link is your being a shill for GM. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #26

No worries. PdamnedQ Jul 2022 #29

This is sort of like, I forget what they are or were called, PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #31

Today, GM is fourth largest in terms of number of vehicles sold Jack the Greater Jul 2022 #33

Through partnerships in China. PdamnedQ Jul 2022 #52

in many cases.... getagrip_already Jul 2022 #14

Not all people can charge at home karynnj Jul 2022 #18

Interesting point. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #27

Check this out :) PdamnedQ Jul 2022 #32

Interesting, but I suspect of very limited use. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #35

They might have bought it before they moved karynnj Jul 2022 #44

Do you also complain about free parking, free refills, free concerts, free lunch? tinrobot Jul 2022 #25

No. Because those are very different. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #28

Free parking, among other car-centric features, killed the soul of Kansas City - Ron Green Jul 2022 #36

These days, getting parking on the Plaza in Santa Fe is rather difficult. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #38

If you want free parking you can always go out on Cerrillos Road, Ron Green Jul 2022 #39

Let's see, park in Albuquerque, walk to Santa Fe. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #40

Don't forget your bicycle! We can do this. Ron Green Jul 2022 #41

Bicycle? What bicycle? PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #42

I'll be 75 next birthday, and I try to do as many of my trips around town Ron Green Jul 2022 #43

Just to be fair. PdamnedQ Jul 2022 #51

If there were better public transportation here, that would help enormously. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #46

There's much evidence that cars, and infrastructure for cars, Ron Green Jul 2022 #47

The first seven years that I lived in the Washington DC area I didn't own a car. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #48

That's great, and as you've said yourself, many places Ron Green Jul 2022 #49

It is important to know that the major car companies PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2022 #50

As they slice off their noses... SergeStorms Jul 2022 #6

Huffing Electricity Turbineguy Jul 2022 #8

We need lots more chargers in NC fescuerescue Jul 2022 #9

Why would a business pay to build one if there are "free" ones available MichMan Jul 2022 #12

You should read the bill. It's pretty funny. jmowreader Jul 2022 #11

I'm sure the oil companies would love their product being given away for free! Initech Jul 2022 #16

Free gas pumps? Ha ha ha ha. Good luck with that one! Initech Jul 2022 #15

Those right-wing pos are idiots. It just shows how corrupt the fossil fuel industry is with repukes rockfordfile Jul 2022 #22

I can't refine gasoline in my back yard. I can produce electricity, cheaply. Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #24

Wow Demovictory9 Jul 2022 #30

Of course my state goes stupid once again..... CRK7376 Jul 2022 #34

They should charge them the going rate for electricity ripcord Jul 2022 #37

Idiocracy sarcasmo Jul 2022 #45