Big Katuna wrote:
Check out energy prices for PA on this website.
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Sorry, those rates are only showing the ELECTRIC GENERATION COST, PERIOD. It does not include ALL of the other CHARGES and costs and taxes..
The generation rate IS THE CHEAP PART OF THE BILL.
You can not compare of make a good judgement by using those numbers.
As I stated and you have SEEN my numbers the ACTUAL electric bill IS costing me $.31 to $.35 PER Kwh. That is a long way away from using that website info at $.08 per Kwh!
Comparing the generation rate cost is apples to oranges and does not reflect the real and true cost of your electric bill.
When comparing an electric car to gas and the energy costs associated you need to take the ENTIRE ELECTRIC BILL Kwh cost, not the generation cost. Tells a more realistic story.
When you buy a gallon of gas you ARE PAYING state road taxes, Federal road excise taxes. Take those taxes away (IE ignore the taxes) and you will find an electric car IS many times more expensive to operate.
Gas/diesel unlike all other items is priced AT THE PUMP WITH THOSE TAXES FIGURED IN.
Anything else you buy the tax is not included in the price and is added on at the end of the sale.. Your electric bill does not include road taxes but it IS taxed after all the other charges are added to the bill.
