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$20B is about 10,000 homes at typical CA prices, including infrastructure, or less than one small-sized city. It's significantly cheaper to spend that to upgra
by nostrademons 3y ago
$20B is about 10,000 homes at typical CA prices, including infrastructure, or less than one small-sized city. It's significantly cheaper to spend that to upgrade the grid for EVs than to re-do how our cities are laid out. California Forever, the real estate developer that's planning a new city in Solano County, has already dropped $900M on the land plus another $700M or so on incentives for the county to greenlight them, and they're still facing local political opposition and haven't even broken ground.
Electric bikes are good options for single commuters in their 20s, but have a lot of practical problems as primary transportation for families. I can't really pick up my kids from daycare on an e-Bike, or schlep a car full of groceries from Costco.
- jeffbee 3y agoMy day care has basically devolved into a contest to see who can carry the most kids on an e-bike. Your town is just behind the curve. As for the costs of development, you have made a common error. 20 billion in public infrastructure can't be compared with 20 billion in private construction activity. 99%+ of construction is privately funded. In my county, which is only the 7th-largest in California, private parties undertook $28 billion in construction in 2023, and this was considered a very slow year for construction.