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   -=> Aaron Thomas wrote to Ron L. <=-   
      
    RL>  AT> The prices posted on the windshields of the cars are shocking. In 201   
    RL>  AT> I bought a 2008 Jeep Patriot with about 45k miles for $11k. There's n   
    RL>  AT> deal like that around now.   
    RL>   
    RL> No, but the main reason is that people don't want to buy a new car   
    RL> (yet).  So they are hanging on to their old ones, which means lower   
    RL> supply in the used car market, which means higher prices.   
      
    AT> That's understandable and likely. Personally I also believe that people   
    AT> are still scared about the threat of being forced into EVs. It seems   
    AT> like all that discussion make the prices go up, and Trump can't quell   
    AT> that fear in 4 years' time.   
      
   I'm one of these that is not scared about EV. I would like to try one   
   out! The ony thing that bothers me is the range, but 99% of my driving   
   is to work, around the schools, and back home. Maybe 50 miles a day. When   
   I travel more than 100 miles one way in a day is when it will become an   
   issue for me.   
      
    RL>  AT> I've been complaining about unprecented electric bills since last   
    RL>  AT> summer, and the worst ones started in about November, and they still   
    RL>  AT> are out of wack.   
    RL>   
    RL> I'm getting concerned about that too.  Consumers Power is asking for yet   
    RL> another rate increase (the first one hasn't been approved yet) and our   
    RL> Whit-less Tyrant is pushing for more unreliable power sources.   
      
    AT> I'd love to quit using electric and start using a gas generator, but I   
    AT> don't think my family in in agreement on that yet. (Imagine telling the   
    AT> electric company that the relationship is over!)   
      
   LOL :-)   Our house is not perfectly North/South, but close enough that a   
   solar panel on the 'back' would work. I've started looking into that. Would   
   be nice to be able to knock my electric bill down to just a few dollars a   
   month, and maybe even 'sell back' some? I was reading about a 'power cell'   
   (don't remember exactly what it was called) that would basically hold spare   
   power so even in an outage your house can still function.   
      
      
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