consumers will be made to pay at the pump (charging station). Guaranteed.
Of course, except now one's pump can be at home. After materials it is free-ish. I suppose it's only fair to include the cost to replace batteries (if used), panels, etc. in one's own solar charger at whatever interval required. This is the "ish" part. Maybe $2000 every 20 years...? $100 a year?
By comparison it is a rare individual who has his own oil rig and gas refinery in his backyard producing free-ish energy for himself.
Not quite. There are people who make their own biodiesel and the government has already come after them. You (possibly we) will end up paying per mile. They're already looking into the options. You're just enjoying a grace period right now.
Not that I'm against electric. I wouldn't mind having one myself but the Leaf couldn't do the round trip (and is fugly besides)