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Letters: Electric vs. gas

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Re “Electric or gas? Choice comes into Focus,” Business, April 26

Having trouble deciding between an electric or gasoline car? I have experience with both.

A Nissan Leaf, after federal and state rebates, costs about $25,000, the same as a gas-powered Ford Focus. An electric Focus will cost a couple thousand more. With the gas car, over 10 years you’ll spend $25,000 on fuel and emit asthma-causing pollutants and more than 100,000 pounds of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that is irreversibly changing our climate.

With the electric car, you’ll put solar panels on your house for about $15,000 and never stop for gas or an oil change again. The solar panels will last for 30-plus years, saving you thousands in electric bills. Your car will be fun, zippy and quiet to drive. Heads will turn.

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You’ll feel like you’re part of the solution rather than the problem. You’ll never want to buy another gas car in your life.

Katie Davis

Goleta, Calif.

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