#ben moss

I’ll be doing a few photo dumps of the props I made for a Thir13en Ghosts themed room I planned, and scare acted in this Halloween. Here’s the lawyer!

Dana: *Pulls out knife.*

A bill currently in the works in the North Carolina legislature would allocate $50,000 to get rid of free public EV chargers unless free gas pumps are built alongside.

North Carolina Republican state Rep. Ben Moss has filed legislation that takes aim at free electric vehicle charging stations, both those constructed by private businesses and those constructed by towns and cities.

Rep. Moss’s bill bans state and local governments from providing free electric vehicle charging stations unless they also provide gasoline, including diesel, “through a pump to the public at no charge.”

Moss also wants to require businesses that provide privately owned electric vehicle charging stations that are free to the public – say, ones in a store or mall parking lot – to print on every receipt how much of that person’s purchase goes to pay for the free electricity, whether or not they are using the charging station.

Car and Driver’s Ezra Dyer, who happens to be Rep. Moss’ constituent, says his state representative has “decided that his animating principle is Being Mad at Electricity.”

Dyer, in his opinion piece, notes that “electric-car company VinFast is building a 2000-acre factory just up the road that will employ 7500 people, and Toyota is building a battery factory outside Greensboro that’ll employ 1750 people.”

David Badash at NCRM: 

North Carolina Republican state Rep. Ben Moss has filed legislation that takes aim at free electric vehicle charging stations, both those constructed by private businesses and those constructed by towns and cities.

Rep. Moss’s bill bans state and local governments from providing free electric vehicle charging stations unless they also provide gasoline, including diesel, “through a pump to the public at no charge.”

Moss also wants to require businesses that provide privately owned electric vehicle charging stations that are free to the public – say, ones in a store or mall parking lot – to print on every receipt how much of that person’s purchase goes to pay for the free electricity, whether or not they are using the charging station.

Banning electric vehicle charging stations at places except gas stations in North Carolina is an anti-freedom move. 

Dear Gus & Magnus,

Aunt Laura and I are in our new Atlanta office today and tomorrow to make a couple of videos and strategize Garver's takeover of the Georgia market. Good meeting with a fun group of people who are all enthusiastic about Garver's continued growth.

Dad.