GetOffYourGas said:
cwerdna said:
Re: bolded part, not really. I no longer have an ICEV but when I tracked lifetime mileage of my former Prius, it was around 44 mpg. A gas station I used to frequent is just under $3/gal now. If I paid $3/gal and only got 40 mpg, that'd be 7.5 cents/mile.
Currently, because I have to WFH and changed out of a TOU plan that would've killed me given I work during the day (w/horrific rates except in the middle of the night) an that I'm being pushed to tier 2 due to WFH, my marginal cost to charge an EV at home (I can only charge at L1) is about 31 cents/kWh. If I manged 4 miles/kWh including charging losses, that's 7.75 cents/mile. If I had a more realistic 3.5 miles/kWh, it'd be 8.85 cents/mile and that probably won't be possible in winter w/my Bolt w/its power pig heater.
So what you're saying is that you have a pretty extreme edge case and are an exception to the rule. Fair enough. I'm still not sure that paying 8.85 cents/mile qualifies as a "hardship".
I'm in a similar situation - I got "free" charging at work (technically I pay a flat $12/mo, but my company hasn't waived that for the pandemic, so I'm still paying while I WFH). Meanwhile, my home electric usage is higher than it has ever been. I'm charging two EVs from home and running the A/C all day since the family is all home. Although I pay about the national average - $0.12/kWh. Gas is down around $2/gallon. 40MPG at $2/gal is 5 cents/mile. 4 miles/kWh at $0.12/kWh is only 3 cents/mile. Plus I'm driving fewer miles to begin with (no commuting).
Mine's not an extreme edge case. This is what we get for Pacific Gouge & Extort. My former ICEV was on the more efficient side, yes, but if I had a gen 3 or 4 Prius, that has better FE than my former gen 2.
See https://mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?p=585141#p585141 about my rates and https://mynissanleaf.com/viewtopic.php?p=513907#p513907 about how baselines are set. I'm now on E-1 and also pay 1 cent/kWh extra for supposedly 100% renewable electricity via my city.
We cannot dream of 12 cent/kWh rates in PG&E land. Even the cheapest rates on a TOU plan are higher than that.
Can't write more at the moment. It will have to wait until tonight/the weekend.