Interesting conversation evnow, Dave and thankyouob, although perhaps it should be continued on another thread. As motivation for same let me offer a little story, eating lunch with some guys, one of the guys puts all his trash in the trash can including an aluminum can, even though there was a recycle can next to the trash. Trying not to be too uncool about it, I asked him why would anyone put aluminum in a landfill. He response was "because I don't care".
So after three years of making high lease payments on a suboptimal personal finance decision to drive an ev in a sea of status quo internal combustion I somehow want to think that effort wasn't in vain. Realizing that what I do is inconsequential to the environment, world peace, greenhouse gases, or any other cause you may hold dear, what matters is what everyone else does. If you need confirmation of that ask KJD how much the air quality in the salt lake valley has improved through his efforts.
I really want evs to succeed for a lot of reasons, and I mean really succeed, to the point where people in salt lake city don't have to stay inside 4 months out of the year, we don't have to worry about the free flow of oil at market prices or any of a number of other things. For that to happen evs need to be compelling, and trading a gasoline bill for a battery bill won't motivate the masses. That isn't Nissan's fault, it is what it is, I was just hoping for more by now.