Ole has not clearly thought through the matter of lost revenue to the government . If the Israeli government loses $32,000 in taxes, each electric car driver gains $32,000 for spending on something else. Since there is a VAT tax in Israel, the government will regain some of that $32,000, but the economy will have more money spread about the population for discretionary spending. People most often spend their own money more judiciously than governments. It is a full win-win for everyone if transportation costs drop, but miles-traveled remains the same. You cannot beat the laws of thermodynamics, but the direct production of electricity in Israel by thermo-solar systems that are being developed will allow for much cheaper electricity because there are only two conversions – photonic to electrical to mechanical. Some loses in power through long transmission lines and resistive losses in converting DC to AC and back to DC. That’s it.
