Comments on: More County Tax Liens Filed Against Backers Of Century Electric Car Plant

By: Anthony Borelli

Anthony Borelli — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:46:43 +0000

A full charge will cost 50 cents and last for about 60 miles.

That’s about 1 cent per mile, compared to about 5 to 10 cents per mile in a gas car.

I hope we get the plant. I’m not sure why some folks seem angry about the idea.

By: Domenick

Domenick — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:59:35 +0000

With regards to an electric car costing more to charge than a gas car, that is simply not the case. The cost of running an electric car, including the electricity, is often estimated to be between 1 and 8 cents. A gas car? Lots more.

I invite you to look around the web at some different forums that discuss electric cars. http://www.diyelectriccar.com/forums/ is pretty good and http://www.teslamotorsclub.com/ though mostly centered around the Tesla Roadster is a great source of information.

Electric cars aren’t for everyone yet but more practical models with better prices should start appearing in the couple of years.

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:04:55 +0000

This electric car fallacy stinks worse than the Main Street sewer plant in downtown Pensacola. If Century is holding out hope that these car bubba’s are going to deliver them into prosperity, then I’ve got some ocean front property in Tennessee that I’ll sell to Century to help boost their tourism revenue. It’s time to move on and find some other dollar to chase because this one aint it. Some more food for thought: There is a whole lot of hoopla over electric cars and how great they’ll be. But no one is telling the full story… You have to re-charge the batteries using your electricity. Just how much will this cost you? Probably a lot more than gas.

By: Anonymous Coward

Anonymous Coward — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:42:39 +0000

If you could avoid paying taxes, wouldn’t you? They did. Big deal.

This area needs more and diverse industry. Tourism is lagging, the military base can’t be trusted to stay around and grow, Solutia is all but closed, GE is laying off permanent staff, and I’m sure there are more closings. Property values continue to spiral down, educated college graduates leave this city by the dozens, and there appears to be very little good news on the horizon.

Hey, I know! Let’s throw the baby out with the bathwater! YA!

Let’s step up on our moral soapbox and put down these guys for not paying all their taxes. There will be a better opportunity just moments after we block the electric vehicle plant. That’s how it works on TV, right? We live in a television show, right?

This city needs an economic shot in the arm. I’m sure we can get over several thousand dollars in back taxes if it means the Patel’s will generate several thousand job and make Pensacola look like a forward-thinking city.

Nah… screw it. Block the EV plant. I’m moving soon, it doesn’t matter to me.

By: SQ

SQ — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:18:49 +0000

It if walks like a duck, talks like a duck…then Century, Escambia County and the stae of Florida are going to get ripped off. I can’t borrow $25,000 on my house down at the bank if I have a tax lien, much less get a 2,500,000.00 grant.

By: N

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:20:31 +0000

Even though Century definately needs an economic boost, I hope we don’t let this go through, so that we are once again in same situation again with unpaid debts from lease holders.