Councilor McNary rejected a bylaw requiring small businesses to provide EV outlet parking. “So, they’d be forced to become a gas station?” he asked. “They would have to pay for the electricity?”           Alpine Engineering in Kelowna, a consulting firm whose services cost taxpayers alot, are currently overhauling our “outdated” bylaws. Alpine also suggested a bylaw requiring homeowners to retrofit and install a 240-volt outlet, which Mayor Hopfl took umbrage with. Councillor Wiebe said new residential builders should not be mandated to include EV outlets. Councilor McNary informed council that “the BC Government is backing off EVs, our hydro grid cannot cope with EV charging.” 

Watch the lively discussions on YouTube, District of Lillooet, Sept. 16^th at 49:00 minutes and Oct. 7^th at 1:15 minutes. Public discussion and 3^rd reading will be held on Nov. 4^th.    

SOME FACTS: 

(1) EVs are NOT GREEN.

(2) A mine takes 16 years to get up and running—Net Zero requires hundreds of thousands of mines and they destroy ecosystems.

(3) We don’t have electrical grid capacity.

(4) EV battery lasts about 170K kms, unless it bursts into flames or freezes in the winter. The cost to replace is $50K.

(5) People aren’t buying them.

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