DeSantis Gone Woke? FL Gov. Spends Nearly $70 Million on Green Dream Buses

https://nationalfile.com/desantis-gone-woke-fl-gov-spends-nearly-70-million-on-green-dream-buses/ ^ | August 30, 2022 | Paul Aubert

[SoConPubbie]

Climate change enthusiasts supported DeSantis' purchase which he claims will help fix Florida's 'air quality'

Florida’s Republican Governor recently appeased climate change activists and Green New Deal supporters by spending nearly $70 million dollars on electric transportation.

Governor Ron DeSantis ordered the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to put aside $68 million for 227 electric buses. That’s nearly $300,000 per bus.

DeSantis called the measure a way to lower the state’s emissions which will help Florida’s air quality.

“This funding will help lower emissions while also bringing our transit bus fleets to more modern standards. This is a win-win for air quality and advancing the state’s efforts to bolster growing electric vehicle usage,” the Florida Governor said in a statement.

The funding comes after the state received $166 million from automobile maker Volkswagen’s federal settlement case in 2015.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Volkswagen companies made sure their diesel-operated vehicles could pass federal emissions tests by putting software in them to rig the system.

The 227 buses will replace diesel-operated buses in 13 of the state’s most urban areas.

Conservatives across social media have criticized DeSantis over his climate change agenda.

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“Trump 2024[.] Sorry DeSantis Bros but pushing the Climate Crisis Hoax is unacceptable,” one Twitter user commented.

“A total waste of money on a non-existent problem! Once EVs are manufactured to travel for as long as and be as reliable as gas-powered cars, maybe this kind of spending would be reasonable. But for now, stick to CNG and diesel,” another user added.

Despite DeSantis charading as being against climate change policy last week by banning ESG “agenda” from playing a role in state pension investments, the governor’s recent move has invigorated climate change enthusiasts.

The Governor had knocked corporate power which shoves the climate change agenda at the expense of the American people: “Corporate power has increasingly been utilized to impose an ideological agenda on the American people through the perversion of financial investment priorities under the euphemistic banners of environmental, social, and corporate governance and diversity, inclusion, and equity.”

[Just mythoughts]

Must have gotten advice from Pappy Frankie.. how to fund the con!

[dforest]

Wasn’t I just reading somewhere that another city did the same thing and as of now, none of those buses is in working condition?

[MtnClimber]

I hope he plans on parking them in the urban, blue hive areas. Where they can catch on fire and revitalize the areas.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I have no problem with core urban transit being electric buses. They are quiet and don't put out filthy diesel exhaust. I used to ride electric buses in San Francisco in the early 70s, but they used a pantograph to get power from an enormous maze of overhead lines. Every now and then the pantograph would come off the wires and the driver would have to go to the rear of the bus to re-center it to the overhead wires. It was always comical to watch that.

Urban battery-powered buses make a lot of sense. We rode one in Banff, Alberta a couple weeks ago and it had the acceleration and quietness of those old San Francisco buses. The best thing was you could sit at outdoor cafes and restaurants and not have to endure diesel fumes and the huge noise from diesel engines. Here is one of the Banff buses disguised in urban camo...

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Should be a great means of transport as hurricanes hit /s

I don’t think there are enough eco-greenies to give DeSanctus the nomination.

[Luke21]

I used to like the guy. Now he’s another W. Bush.

[Bounced2X]

227 potential rolling bonfires.

[DIRTYSECRET]

He’s the real deal. Not afraid to be an asshole. Ask the media.

[hinckley buzzard]

Time for deSsntis to stop pretending, NG would have made some sense, but EV just rewards and encourages the scammers. Really bad judgment.

[PGR88]

The funding comes after the state received $166 million from automobile maker Volkswagen’s federal settlement case in 2015.

Free money from the thugs of Fed.gov. In this case, money was extorted from VW, who played games with asinine emissions rules created by thug Fed.gov. Usually, its just free money that comes from issuing debt in our printed, fiat currency.

Either way, ALL local government officials are hard-wired to NEVER turn down free Fed.gov money. Its like throwing a deer carcass in front of a pack of coyotes.

[BobL]

I think it’s good that he’s distancing himself from Trump and his environmentally destructive policies.

(my imitation of a NeverTrumper)

[patriot torch]

Harris applauds the green Desantis!

[packagingguy]

After a hurricane hit the Outer Banks you could drive down the streets and see transformers blowing one after the other.

Salt water spray blew onto them and shorted them out. And I was on the bay side, not even on the island.

So just wait until the next hurricane hits Florida and all those bus batteries short out and catch on fire.

[lastchance]

This is from 2022 and the money came from a settlement VW had with the federal government. It could well be that a requirement of receiving that monies was to use it for such projects. The buses are also went to urban areas.

[mewzilla]

Jackson, WY.

[SoConPubbie]

This is from 2022 and the money came from a settlement VW had with the federal government. It could well be that a requirement of receiving that monies was to use it for such projects. The buses are also went to urban areas.

Well, that makes it all better!

[qaz123]

Cuz they work so good……

E-Buses Bought From Now-Bankrupt Manufacturer By Blue Enclave Are Now All Out Of Commission

https://dailycaller.com/2023/09/27/electric-bus-proterra-bankrupt-wyoming-teton-operation/

https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/biden-spent-1-billion-to-get-schools-electric-buses-this-michigan-district-says-theirs-hardly-work/

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-environment/school-electric-buses-cost-more-performance-issues

https://www.americanexperiment.org/problems-with-metro-transit-electric-buses-show-the-technology-isnt-ready-for-primetime-2/

Don’t forget folks, like even the many on here….one day electric cars will be the best. They’ll be the greatest. One day. One day the batteries will be awesome. One day. One day, 5 year olds in the Congo won’t have to be slaves to mine the cobalt. One day.

Find someone that has Instagram to watch, if you can’t…..

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxYHIrcRr_Y/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

[dowcaet]

The Democrats would eat this guy alive in a presidential campaign!

[tennmountainman]

Yep.
Many here may not know what you are talking about.
Jackson, WY bought about 8 EV Transit Buses.
Company that made them went Bankrupt.
Now, they are sitting on a City Lot Collecting Dust.