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Please explain. Are you referring to the environmental, intangible "cost" of carbon emissions, or maybe the cost of cleaning them from the environment? What is
by dkokelley 19y ago
Please explain. Are you referring to the environmental, intangible "cost" of carbon emissions, or maybe the cost of cleaning them from the environment?
What is the cost of carbon?
(To be clear, I was trying to evaluate the 2 cars economically, without the consideration of carbon footprint or other moral duty to the environment to get in the way of the calculations.)
- Alex3917 19y agoI meant the expected cost of carbon once a cap-and-trade system is implemented. All three candidates favor putting such a system in place, so there is something like a 90% chance of getting this legislation enacted sometime within the next 24 months. McCain's bill actually is expected to go up for a vote the week of June 2nd. The calculation should ideally take into account the fact that most people would charge their cars at night when electricity is cheaper and a greater percentage of the mix comes from renewable sources (because of wind power).
- dkokelley 19y agoOk I get it now. I actually have no idea what a the cost of such a system will be, because I hadn't heard much about the legislation you mentioned. I assume that once something like that passes, it will help move more people to electric vehicles. Personally, I'm saving for the Tesla Roadster (http://www.teslamotors.com/ http://www.teslamotors.com/).