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Originally Posted by Phoenix
I don't have a dog in this fight. In fact i don't even have a dog. However a charging station is a charging station no matter where it is. It will charge a car completely and then another and another. Quite a bit different than having a gas can in your garage.
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That's a bingo!
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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
The U.S. And Canada just need more nuclear reactors.
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I agree. I'll get a serious beating for saying this, but Nuclear is safer than coal.
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Originally Posted by Phoenix
Ugh...i am not a fan of nuclear power. I always thought of it as the lazy approach. Best used for when you are without other options.
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True. I'd rather see a lot more solar and wind turbine generators, but Nuclear reactors, especially the new ones now being designed, would be much better than more coal and oil.
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Originally Posted by RebelR
My point was to illustrate the bias of the article more than anything and to play Devils Advocate. Using sensationalist headlines to promote a rosy view of the actual truth is not what I think is responsible reporting. Even the article states that when you compare the number of gas pumps, it exceeds the number of "charging stations"
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But the title is : "Japan now has more EV chargers than petrol stations : Renew Economy", so is it wrong?
I'll admit that if you read the title quickly, you assume they are comparing Public / Paying Charging stations to Public / Paying Gas stations, and not including home stations, but in reality public and private charging stations are the same in this context.
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Originally Posted by dyna mo
it's completely inaccurate to compare a gas station with multiple pumps to 1 charging station that can only charge 1 car at a time, in addition to many of those charging stations being private. be a lot more accurate to figure in the # of pumps per station, not counting private homes, etc.
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I disagree. What difference does it make if you charge your car at home, or charge it at a station? It takes about the same amount of time, and the cost is similar. If you think about it from the drivers point of view, he now has more choices to get his "fuel".
I'll agree that it's slightly bent, and that sure its a talking point that Nissan can use to sell more cars, but is this really that much of a stretch?