First of all, thanks for
First of all, thanks for using efficient vehicles. I wish more people would do that.
I'm curious why you have a problem with someone being encouraged to buy a plug-in car by being able to keep more of his own money instead of paying it in taxes, but you seem to have no problem when our military spends $80 billion per year protecting access to the world's oil (I have the link, but this site will not allow links to be posted).
These costs are exclusive of the wars we fought for oil. The Iraq war has cost over $1.5 trillion and thousands of dead soldiers. This is a huge cost and one we would not have paid had Iraq no oil.
Further, there is much medical research that concludes thousands of Americans die prematurely every year from the effects of internal combustion pollution. Hundreds of thousands suffer ill effects but don't die. Many are children who, through no fault of their own, happen to live proximate to freeways or downwind from refineries.
The environmental degradation from extracting, shipping, refining, distributing and burning of oil is enormous. The Gulf oil spill caused the loss of thousands of jobs, and is still causing major problems there. Oil spills in pristine rivers happen all the time the world over.
None of these costs are in the price you pay at the pump. You are being heavily subsidized by our treasury, the lives of our soldiers and fellow citizens, and the environmental damage done by the fuel you use. Seems if you were a fair minded person, you would take those things into consideration.
You are also still claiming these cars are impractical. Over 80% of Americans drive less than 40 miles per day. Please explain why you think a car that can drive 100 miles on a charge, and be charged from any plug anywhere, is impractical.