EVs and hybrids shoudln't have significantly different brake wear. Factored in oil changes, which includes the oil filter. I've never needed to add any other fluids in any car I've owned other than wiper fluid, which an EV also requires. I guess I left out the air filter, but that's such a tiny maintenance cost compared with the other stuff that it almost isn't even worth mentioning.

Belts and transmission do wear out eventually, but that's not an issue unless your car is outside of its warranty period, and an out-of-warranty EV can also have things go wrong. The only straightforward comparison is between two in-warranty cars, because it's impossible to predict the costs for an older vehicle reliably. It might go 300k miles or it might blow a head gasket 10 miles out of warranty.

Jiffy Lube in the Bay Area. And while cars are under warranty, if you don't do an oil change at the recommended interval, it can negatively impact your ability to get engine problems covered under the warranty, so most people do so.

In their more enlightened future, we are told, they only pursue the more benign science of longevity.

Bah, we swap blood with juice boys too!

Of course, they also charge you more for your heat and air during the day. With a whole-home time-of-use plan, they're likely to get their money either way.

I'm pretty sure the only way you're not going to get screwed with your pants on is to have a separate meter on an EV-B rate plan. Totally worth $1.50 a month. Too bad I'm not currently eligible because of where I live (because PG&E doesn't own the meters). Then again, I have unlimited supercharging, so I guess I probably wouldn't use it anyway. :-)

Sure, but only if you also have a Powerwall or similar. Otherwise, your car is going to be at work during the day, rather than charging at home, and you're going to be getting jack s**t for your excess solar during the day thanks to PG&E's rate structure, and then buying that power back at night at full price.

Your prose indeed is usually beautiful. In this case, I think you'll have to agree that:

This impacts nearly(*) everyone, indirectly.

The reason being that the statement applies to Europeans, which is almost(*) everyone who pays for Microsoft products.

(*)virtually

PG&E nearly went bankrupt with lawsuits over their mishandling of gas pipe maintenance (San Bruno explosion) and high tension line maintenance (multiple wildfires). If they can't make a profit from cutting corners on maintenance, their only choice is to make a profit with extortionate rate hikes. /s

In all seriousness, the biggest mistake multiple California governors have made was not letting PG&E go bankrupt, buying up the assets, and starting over with a state-owned not-for-profit power company. For-profit essential utilities are like for-profit medicine: you pay more for less. Competition never really works when you have a natural monopoly like essential utilities or when comparison shopping is impractical, such as emergency medical care. That's why certain essential services are generally better off socialized. And anybody arguing otherwise doesn't have a solid grasp of economics.

In California, even if you can charge at home, the cost per mile is more than many gasoline-powered cars:

Model 3: 3.7 to 4.2 miles per kWh. PG&E residential service averages 45.33 cents average per kWh. That's 10.79 to 12.25 cents per mile.

My usual gas station is $3.90 per gallon. A Prius hybrid gets 56 miles per gallon. That's 6.9 cents per mile. Add to that an oil change for $100 every 5,000 miles on oil changes, which is 2 cents per mile, and the Prius hybrid is still 2 to 4 cents per mile cheaper than the Model 3.

The only way you save money per mile with an EV in California is if you have free unlimited supercharging or free workplace charging. And even then, somebody is paying for your charging, just not you.

Colloidal silver is almost certainly useless when taken orally, but don't knock silver in general. It is used in wound dressings for a reason. Candida auris is one of those reasons. From the article:

You don't have to take over a country to get that. The U.S. brain drains countries that aren't democratic just fine. There are a few that we arbitrarily choose not to brain drain or sell to (currently Cuba, Iran, and North Korea, I think), but very few countries are on that list. And Cuba was one of the countries that I was thinking of as a country that has nothing worth taking over, because if it did, then those gains combined with eliminating the risks associated with having a country like that so close to our borders would probably have been enough to tempt someone to overthrow its government long ago.

Then again, Republican war hawks have started thumping their chests about Cuba now, so who knows. It might still happen.

The Chinese EVs may be technically superior and better value, but they are not available in Musk's adopted home market for.... reasons.

Is it? Or is it wishful thinking? Some of us have stricter standards than you.

I have commented on this, in excruciating detail, many times in the last 4 years on slashdot. You're welcome to look up my comments. They have all borne out experimentally, in hindsight.

I don't think you know what the word "virtually" means.

Because incels on Twitter have never seen real ones?