Who pays the price of going green?
The City Council is in the process of adding three grant-funded electric car charging stations to a ramp next to City Hall.
The city will pay for the electricity costs, which energy manager Brian Millberg said could be less than $1,800 a year. But one councilmember who supports electric cars, Gary Schiff, says not charging for the electricity is a step in the wrong direction.
"Consumers who make the choice to go electric have already decided the pros and cons of such a vehicle (electricity is cheaper than gas)," Schiff posted on Facebook. "Energy isn't free, and that's the point, no matter what the source is. It simply won't be sustainable for Minneapolis tax payers to pay the energy costs of the next wave of consumer change."
Schiff owns a hybrid Honda Insight, but said electric cars "are the way for a cleaner, more sustainable future."
