But you failed to include the most important word, that is, "negative" in your post, did you? So now, you are introducing new information by stating that "negative" incentive is what you really meant. First of all, "negative" incentive would be equivalent to "penalty" which is what I originally asserted in my posts above, so you are actually agreeing with me. But your post seems otherwise. Secondly, it's ok to introduce new information and/or verify what you really meant. But acknowledging that your original post didn't contain the said new information would be an intellectually honest thing to do.
a) You appear to have me confused with someone else. b) I can’t tell if you’re agreeing or disagreeing that negative incentives are still incentives. I’ll assume you’re agreeing (and trying to save some face), so this pedantic argument can be over now.
a) Yes I have. b) I agree that "negative" incentive is equivalent to penalty/deterrent. But I don't agree that "incentive" itself is applicable to this instance. Because the word "incentive" has an inherent positive connotation that promotes, encourages and advocates something. What we are discussing here is to "discourage" a negative behavior (taking up charging spots), and citations and/or idling fees are examples of carrying out this "discouragement". By calling a "deterrent/penalty" a "negative" incentive is no different than spinning - fragrant fouls in ball games - late fee for missed payment of mortgages - penalty and interest in owed taxes etc etc as "negative" incentive. And the original post was about "monetary incentive" and not about "monetary negative incentive", hence my responses accordingly Finally, I don't view these exchanges as "arguments" but "debates".
That’s dancing around the question. It’s a simple yes/no… do you agree that a negative incentive is still an incentive? Actually, I don’t care. I feel I’ve made the point. I’d say “incentivizes”, which could go either way. Some call it “using the English language.” Wait… what were you just saying about ‘spinning’? Can we end this here with a laugh? Please?
An incentive is motivation to do something. It can be positive or negative. You're grasping at straws.
Yeah, I wonder... I'm guessing the average city/apartment dweller probably drives 10-20 miles a day. That means a fill up every week or so, assuming no other charging at work or while shopping. So, two slots should serve 14 up to maybe 20 EVs (and that's assuming only one full charge, per slot, per day). In a 150 unit complex, that's about 5 to 10%, about the percentage of EVs on the road. Coincidence, or the market adapting to demand?
She took delivery of the S; it's beautiful and wickedly fast. So, I got the 3! To celebrate, I got a new custom plate.
What's the little "R" in the middle that makes your plate work so well (especially for an F14 pilot)?
In Texas, the maximum number of characters on a tag is seven. But, you can add a space to the seven. So, I requested AFT_BRNR and then added a vinyl decal "R" in the gap. I chose a one-inch decal so as not to appear to be obfuscating the plate's real lettering. Many people here do the same thing with little heart decals or other punctuation.