• 87Six@lemmy.zip
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    5 hours ago

    I calculated this. Came out to somewhwre under $5k to drive my Golf 4 for like 8 years including the buying price. But yea whatever floats your electric boat big dog.

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      5 hours ago

      $5k doesn’t buy 8 years of gasoline. Also, note that it’s always the gasoline people who think using names like “big dog” is a good idea.

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        4 hours ago

        My wife’s plug-in hybrid charging (at home) costs the same as fuel for an ICE vehicle that gets 60mpg running 87 octane. Electricity is cheaper, but it’s also not free.

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          4 hours ago

          Condolences to your wife. The rest of us are very happy with our PHEVs. Electricity is not free? Are you saying nuclear plants, hydro-dams, power grids and wind turbines aren’t free? Ok I’ll keep that in mind, thanks!

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            4 hours ago

            Not where I live. All those charges for the use of their electricity here. I definitely do not have space to set up my own personal nuclear reactor on my patio. Not even sure I could scavenge enough free materials to build it, even if I found free designs/blueprints.

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              4 hours ago

              An uncle on my mother’s side used to hike in the backwoods with a wheelbarrow and a pitchfork to get materials. On a good day, he’d have a nuke reactor done by dinner. I assumed it was free but who am I to know.

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                3 hours ago

                Phew! I hoped that had come off as snarky and fun. Hard to tell with text.

                I’m fairly crafty but I may need some tips from that uncle of yours.

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                  2 hours ago

                  I pondered different directions but as my wise uncle Rad always said: “M’eh, whatever”.