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Re: First town in America to ban new gas stations

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Post by CivBase » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 1:30 PM UTC

londons_explore wrote: post #110

CivBase wrote: post #62

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It will be several decades before the vast majority of vehicles on the road are EVs. Even if all new vehicles sold were EVs starting tomorrow, the cars currently out there would account for the majority of road vehicles for at least another decade-and-a-half. There's plenty of time to recoup investment on a gas station. Besides, most money for a "gas station" is made from the convenience store. Like you said, gas pro…

But if there are already enough gas stations to service all gas cars, then building another when the number of gas cars isn't going up makes little business sense. I'd understand it in a town with regular queues at gas stations. But there aren't many of those left today.

It's not about there being "enough" gas stations. It's about location. If people are willing to go to a new gas station because it's in a more optimal location for them, then there's a market for it. People often prefer one station over another just to avoid left turns.

There may also be other factors at play with the convenience store. Is there a store like that within walking distance? That's another market opportunity. In my home state there is a gas station chain who is very popular for their pizza. They actually opened another station in my home town specifically to keep up with demand for the pizza.

Re: First town in America to ban new gas stations

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Post by dghughes » Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 2:07 AM UTC

FridayoLeary wrote: post #20

dghughes wrote: post #13

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And can people even charge a electric vehicle at a public charger if they don't have a credit card or a smartphone or both?

Who doesn't?

Maybe I live in a poor blue collar town and have a warped view of the world but quite a few people I have known who are low income don't have a credit card.

Many don't even have a driver's license they get a "voluntary ID" card, government issued. At best they'd get a pre-paid credit card or maybe a debit card. But most often it's cash only. All those payday loan stores exist for a reason!

Re: First town in America to ban new gas stations

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Post by captainredbeard » Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 2:51 PM UTC

FridayoLeary wrote: post #45

captainredbeard wrote: post #35

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A growing set of conscientious objectors.

I would like to believe that but i think their numbers as a % of the population will make them less and less relevant. More people are adopting technology than giving it up.

Do minorities (as in groups, not race) matter? What happened to our pluralistic society?

Re: First town in America to ban new gas stations

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Post by elif » Sat, Aug 21, 2021, 5:30 AM UTC

emodendroket wrote: post #102

elif wrote: post #100

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Superchargers are almost always next to a restaurant. I've never seen one near a convenience store.

In a world where electric cars were the most common means of transportation wouldn't there be a need for chargers about as widespread as gas stations now? I am having a hard time seeing why it wouldn't take a similar form. Perhaps there would be somewhat fewer because you can fit some in restaurants, stores, and other places, but I don't really imagine them eliminating the category.

the difference is EV owners only really use chargers when they are road tripping. 95%+ of their charge comes from home so the charging infrastructure can be 95% smaller than gas infrastructure and still basically function.