Why I’ve Been Scarce…
Ah heck, I don’t know. I can tell you I’ve had a bad bug since the holidays that has knocked me off balance and I’m still recovering from it all. And my office computer crashed. Had some family issues to spend time on. And my dog ate my homework…
So, what’s new? We’ve got another museum moving downtown. Writing the story now. Also looking into questions about how the Projec t 180 schedule may or may not work with plans for a MAPS 3 street car system. Tomorrow I’ll have a really fun video (first of three) exploring the old Cellar restaurant in the basement of the Hightower Building (though closed a quarter century ago, the remains of the restaurant are still there). Joining me is Chef John Bennett and Oklahoman food editor Dave Cathey.
Did anyone see Saturday’s story about Project 180 possibly including two charging stations for electric cars? What do you think? Is the $15,000 pricetag too much or is this an investment in the future?
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I was a little confused by the power station story. Does $15,000 get us charging areas for just two cars or does it buy us charging stations for a bank of cars like a gas station? If it is $15K for charging just two cars in all of downtown, I’m not sure that will be highly visible at all and we should spend the money on something more visible, but just as trend setting. However, if a charging station means we get a bank of cars that can be charged (5, 10, etc.) then it seems worth it to me.
If I buy an electric car, can I expect to pay $15,000 to change it at my own home? I doubt it.
$15,000 seems way high. Who is the manufacturer?
…We should flaunt the fact that we’re OKLAHOMA City, and we’re doing well. (Remember, we still have producing oil wells at our airport, and store-window derricks at our capital.) $15,000 buys 350 tanks full of gasoline. Instead of two novelty charging stations, we should award one lucky downtown parker, at random every day for a year, with a free tank of gas! THAT would make a better news story for OKC than some girly-man plugs!
$15,000 is a small price to pay to become an absolute trendsetter in this region of the country.