Editor:
Your article on electric vehicle (EV) chargers needs clarification. In the article (“B.C. offers EV charging rebates for condo, apartment dwellers”, Oct. 29), you refer to both Level 2 and Level 3 chargers as “fast chargers”. EV chargers installed in condos are not “fast chargers”, but are actually Level 2 chargers (240 volts) and should not be confused with fast chargers (480 volts). The 480-volt chargers are also called direct current fast chargers (DCFC). DCFCs can charge an EV in about 30 minutes, while Level 2 chargers take about four hours to charge an EV. Level 1 chargers (120 volts) are also quite handy, and are simply a standard wall outlet and the cord that comes with the vehicle.
While this information might be interesting and helpful to someone purchasing an EV or building a condo unit, it does very little to address the serious issue of the climate crisis. B.C.’s new rebate program is miniscule compared to what is needed to minimize future harms to humans. In B.C. we have very considerable greenhouse gas emissions both from gas cars and oil and gas home heating, but also from fracking and LNG export. For the fracking and LNG, we give monetary benefits to a few rich, private, oil and gas corporations in terms of royalty credits and fewer taxes.
One way we could address the situation would be to end all tax and royalty credits to oil and gas developments and corporations. Another way to address climate harms would be to ban oil and gas heating in all new home construction, a move that Vancouver city council has made. The provincial government needs to act rapidly to address a broad range of emission sources.
Penny Brown, Sechelt
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