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its not the governments job to deal with this. europe made the same bullshit law. if electric can beat gas at the same price point people will naturally pick th

its not the governments job to deal with this. europe made the same bullshit law. if electric can beat gas at the same price point people will naturally pick that. especially if elon is correct about his telsa stuff. if you could spend 25k and get a model 3 that did almost 400 miles and RWD i think it would kill a lot of car models.

josho 6y ago
The free market solves for things that we price. It often fails when externalities are not accounted for. Ironically free market advocates often are against pricing in externalities through things like a carbon tax. If we priced carbon appropriately decades ago then the market would look drastically different today and this new zero-emissions requirement wouldn't be needed.
staplor 6y ago
It is the governments job to deal with this. Polluting the atmosphere may be cheaper for an individual consumer, but is a negative externality for everyone else on earth. If the government didn’t involve itself in any green energy, Tesla would not be profitable.[1] [1] https://realmoney.thestreet.com/investing/stocks/tesla-s-main-product-isn-t-cars-it-s-subsidies-14769263 https://realmoney.thestreet.com/investing/stocks/tesla-s-mai...
golemiprague 6y ago
In Europe the situation is even more complicated because many people don't have houses and garages like in the US so you need also to build infrastructure for charging overnight in the street. In Norway they seemed to deal with this issue but how is it going to work in places like London or Paris I am not sure
mhh__ 6y ago
> its not the governments job to deal with this. Right... Unless you have something like an aggressive carbon tax (at the consumer level), why would the free market work? Climate Change is clearly a tragedy of the commons (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons) The technology is clearly possible, but getting past a local equilibrium requires some energy.

josho 6y ago

The free market solves for things that we price. It often fails when externalities are not accounted for. Ironically free market advocates often are against pricing in externalities through things like a carbon tax. If we priced carbon appropriately decades ago then the market would look drastically different today and this new zero-emissions requirement wouldn't be needed.

staplor 6y ago

It is the governments job to deal with this. Polluting the atmosphere may be cheaper for an individual consumer, but is a negative externality for everyone else on earth. If the government didn’t involve itself in any green energy, Tesla would not be profitable.[1] [1] https://realmoney.thestreet.com/investing/stocks/tesla-s-main-product-isn-t-cars-it-s-subsidies-14769263 https://realmoney.thestreet.com/investing/stocks/tesla-s-mai...

golemiprague 6y ago

In Europe the situation is even more complicated because many people don't have houses and garages like in the US so you need also to build infrastructure for charging overnight in the street. In Norway they seemed to deal with this issue but how is it going to work in places like London or Paris I am not sure

mhh__ 6y ago

> its not the governments job to deal with this. Right... Unless you have something like an aggressive carbon tax (at the consumer level), why would the free market work? Climate Change is clearly a tragedy of the commons (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons) The technology is clearly possible, but getting past a local equilibrium requires some energy.