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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've seen a few. At first I thought it was just something different. After having tripped over them a couple of times, I now accidentally kick them out [/quote]

Good job!  EV's should only be for suburban people that can afford to have a garage or carport.  [/quote]

If you can afford to live in DC, you can afford to live in the burbs and have a house with a driveway or garage. What you do with the extra money leftover is up to you. [/quote]

Evidently you cannot because according to one calculation earlier in the thread, DC charges 10/gal equivalent for charging.  Maybe DC residents should buy Stanley Steamer coal steam engine powered cars since the city wants pollution.[/quote]

If the city was truly progressive it would be investing its transportation monies and designing its public spaces around everything but cars.

Given that DC is not doing that (and I think they should be) I'm torn about the extent to which DC should be putting efforts into making it easier for people to charge their EVs in public spaces.

I think what tips it for me is that the neighborhoods where space is tight and people don't really have garages/off street parking also tend to be the most walkable and dense neighborhoods and hence the neighborhoods where it really doesn't make sense to facilitate residents driving, even if using an EV is slightly less harmful to the environment than a fossil fuel powered car.

So I'm in the camp that DC should put its efforts into building a city that is more walkable and has better bike infra and public transportation all of which would allow people who genuinely care about the environment to actually practice what they preach rather than pretending they are doing something for out planet - I think most of those people are driving Subarus anyhow.[/quote]

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