Drove past a coal plant in West Virginia and it finally clicked

I was heading to a job in Morgantown last month and drove right past the Fort Martin Power Station. Saw that massive pile of coal and the smoke coming out, and I realized all my talk about climate action was just talk while I was still driving a gas truck and using a gas generator on site. Next day I ordered a DeWalt battery system for my jobsite tools and started looking into an electric van for next year. Anyone else have a moment where you saw the source of the problem up close and it pushed you to actually switch something in your own life?

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cameronf8816d ago

Check if your local utility has rebates for EV chargers before you buy anything.

jake_torres6815d ago

Oh man, I don't know, I feel like people make too big a deal out of these rebates sometimes. Like yeah sure, it'd be nice to save a couple hundred bucks if you can get it, but is it really that serious? I mean, by the time you look up your utility's website, figure out what they want, fill out the forms, and wait for approval, you could've just bought a solid charger and been done with it. Maybe it's just me but I feel like the hassle isn't always worth the payoff unless your local utility is super easy to deal with.