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Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary
Ya, there needs to be incentives for them and disincentives against the alternative.
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There already are; massive ones. The federal government has a $7,500 tax credit, and some states have additional credits that total $10k or more. ICE vehicles have MPG requirements, emission requirements, various restrictions, taxes on fuel, etc. With all of these "incentives for them and disincentives against the alternative" we achieved 3% of vehicle sales.
I'm a broken record here, but the government has no business deciding EV is our salvation because how do they know, and also what about the other countless ways to reduce fossil fuel consumption?
Any scheme that seems smart because of the complexity and specificity coming from the largest branch of government is the dumbest, and any scheme that seems simplistic is likely smart. The smartest solution is to progressively tax fossil fuels and let the market determine the millions of ways in which we'll reduce consumption.