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Yes

10 Comments
Pam Ratcliff
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Pam Ratcliff

I already have a hybrid and love it!

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Paige Crenshaw
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Paige Crenshaw

I had electrical work done last year and put power in close to the driveway for my future hybrid or electric car.

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Jane
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Jane

Yes! But only after this car wears out. In ten years. I think they’re a good idea.

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Caryn Erdberg
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Caryn Erdberg

Not an elextric but I own a hybrid.

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Mary Hoffman
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Mary Hoffman

I have PV on the roof producing most/all the household need s for electricity, hot water solar panels providing in floor heat. My 20 plus yr old 48 MPG (hwy) gas car is well past 200,000 miles, so this just seems the next step in what I can do towards helping preserve our mother planet

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Mac Kinder
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Mac Kinder

Hybrid so i’d have the fossil fuel option.

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Joyce Koch
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Joyce Koch

If the price is reasonable.

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Barry Rashford
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Barry Rashford

I like them and save the world

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rover6rover
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rover6rover

its the way of the future!

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Hilary
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Hilary

It's the price of one that is holding me back, mainly. I simply cannot afford a newer (used) car.

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No

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Carl Evans
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Carl Evans

That is going to add more load to an already overstressed electric grid. No thanks.

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Carol Hawrylak-Giordano
Carol Hawrylak-Giordano

I didn't even think about that. The cost of the whole thing, price of car and cost of charging station install, is prohibitive, but you make an excellent point. California can't keep the lights on during heat waves as it is. If everyone had electric cars they wouldn't be able to charge them anyway!

Bonnie Batten
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Bonnie Batten

At my age, there's no way I can afford one.

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Carol Hawrylak-Giordano
Carol Hawrylak-Giordano

Bonnie, you and me both! Someone mentioned the additional stress to an all ready over loaded power grid especially in the American Southwest! They have rolling blackouts during heatwave now. How would they charge their cars with no power?

Larry Ewart
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Larry Ewart

Electric vehicles is just one more way to control society. Eventually travel will be limited due to infrastructure inadequacy

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Jeanette Johnson
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Jeanette Johnson

I won't be able to afford this kind of car. I live in Imperial county 115° just today, I wouldn't have to where to charge it definitely not here at my apt.

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Sandra Carmony
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Sandra Carmony

They cost too much, replacement batteries batteries after three years will cost more than the value of the car, the raw material necessary to produce EV batteries wreak havoc on the environment, the electric grid can't handle cold weather now, so how can it support 100 million electric cars?

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Jo Locke
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Jo Locke

The elements to make the battery are toxic to our atmosphere and to the poor who mine it. When they no longer work, there is no safe way to dispose of them which means the toxicity will live on.

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Larry Sabulsky
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Larry Sabulsky

I have no use for an electric vehicle. I travel across the country for work and it would take me forever to get to my locations if I had to stop and charge up my truck.

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Thomas Hunt, Jr.
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Thomas Hunt, Jr.

Why anyone would need one out in the middle of the country is beyond me.

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Tina Bouthillier
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Tina Bouthillier

Not worth the expense and headaches for me!

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Carol Hawrylak-Giordano
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Carol Hawrylak-Giordano

They are too expensive for the car AND to have a charging hook up put into my house would cost approximately $10,000. Who can afford that? Certainly not a disabled old woman like me. I'll keep my 2 gas efficient Ford SUVs. My husband agrees with me.

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Max DeYoung
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Max DeYoung

Any business the government runs, it ruins.

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Max DeYoung
Max DeYoung

Competition from other companies, and civil lawsuits for unsafe performance, are the best regulations available.

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No

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Yes

7 Comments
Rick Allen
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Rick Allen

Yes, that way I don't have to worry about someone spilling gas on my rig. But some credit card devices on the pumps can be difficult. So having someone to help at times in necessary.

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Jeffery Roodhouse
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Jeffery Roodhouse

We should not need to change the time anymore. The most important question is whether we should stay at standard time or daylight savings time. As Arizona and Hawaii have been very successful with staying at standard, so should the rest of the country.

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Don Polson
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Don Polson

Do it all the time.

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Jane CommunityMember
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Jane CommunityMember

I already do, when I'm in one of the 18 counties where it's allowed. Much faster, and I don't have to worry about someone dribbling gas or dinging my paint job. I should be able to do it in Bend.

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Paul Bianchina
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Paul Bianchina

How about letting us have a choice. Many stations don't have enough help, resulting in longer waits than necessary. Give us a choice!!

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aundrea leese
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aundrea leese

I think it should be an option. A lot if gas stations in redmond that are significantly cheaper have huge long lines because they don't have enough staff.

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Jack Johnson
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Jack Johnson

because it would save money

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No

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Dianne Price
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Dianne Price

I'm 82n& those days are over for me!! Why not have 1 full service pump, for those that need ii!! It also take jobs away for some that need it!!

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Bob Johnson
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Bob Johnson

Most states have 2 different prices for self service or full service. And that cuts down on pumps for full service and or self service. And the question I have is how many jobs would be lost. If they went to full self service

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Jane CommunityMember
Jane CommunityMember

That would continue be illegal here, just as it is now in the 18 Oregon counties where self-serve is currently allowed.

SunnySunshinestein
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SunnySunshinestein

I know how to pump my own, did it for decades. I'm in good physical shape and am very capable of getting out into the weather. I. Just. Don't. Want. To.

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Diana Mackenzie
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Diana Mackenzie

I don’t want to get out of my car in the winter weather, when I’m dressed up & on my way to a special occasion or when I’m in another State and have no clue the rules!! I don’t want all those those employees to lose their jobs. We’re getting rid of so many workers for robots, it’s too much.

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Mary Kay Boldajipour
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Mary Kay Boldajipour

It is a pleasure to have someone pump my gas. I have see way too many accidents by people pumping their own gas. For safety and employment I think we should still have gas station attendants.

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Randy Damon
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Randy Damon

We should adopt a No self-serve policy nationwide. With approximately 135,000 convenient store gas stations in the US alone that could potentially create 270,000 jobs. This could put selective homeless people back to work.

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Jane CommunityMember
Jane CommunityMember

Or we could close down all the Home Depot's and Lowes' to create thousands for more contracting jobs. Makes as much sense as this idea.

pontiacman “Pontiacman”
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pontiacman “Pontiacman”

Self seevice puts people out of work

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Latterdaysaint
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Latterdaysaint

Why would anybody want to pump there own gas in the bad weather plus it provides jobs

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CB
CB

Being that I'm not lazy and am completely capable of pumping my own gas, me.

Alma
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Alma

No, this is one of the things I like about Oregon. Our seniors and handicapped people are not going to like the change. And no, they won't have people there to help, heck they hardly have people there now.

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Jack Elliott
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Jack Elliott

Why would I want to pump my own gas or mine my own salt?

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Phil Spreier
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Phil Spreier

There are no shortage of manual labor jobs in Bend. In fact, businesses here close every week due to lack of staffing. Please stop clutching your pearls over jobs…

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Phil Spreier
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Phil Spreier

Because it is STUPID to not allow it.

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