Posted on 08/31/2022 4:21:46 AM PDT by 3RIVRS
There are a host of reasons why the Left is absolutely determined to force Americans out of their privately owned, gasoline-powered cars and trucks and into unreliable public transportation and costly Electric Vehicles (EVs), none of which have to do with “saving the environment.”
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They live in The Cities. They have public transportation. Who needs a car? That’s coming next. Ban cars entirely from city limits.
78% of EV owners also own an ICE vehicle.
Why?
Europe’s population is much more dense and urban, the US is much more spread out. I suppose that is the ultimate goal is to make the US less spread out. But ironically the push to working from home may make that very difficult to achieve.
Thanks for providing some naked truth to the EV “claims.”
1. EVs are powered by fossil fuels. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), fossil fuel-based power plants — coal, oil, or natural gas — create about 60% of the nation’s electrical grid, while nuclear power accounts for nearly 20%.
2. The batteries of EVs rely on cobalt. An estimated 70% of the global supply of cobalt emanates from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a country with deplorable working conditions, especially for children.
3. A study released earlier this year by an environmental group showed that nearly one-third of San Francisco’s electric charging stations were non-functioning. The population of San Francisco represents roughly two percent of California.
4. Supporters of the California law admit there will be a 40% increase in demand for electricity, adding further strain to the grid and requiring increased costs for power and infrastructure.
5. According to one researcher, the strain of adding an EV is similar to adding “1 or 2 air conditioners” to your home, except an EV requires power year-round.
6. Today, 20 million American families, or one in six, have fallen behind on their electric bills, the highest amount ever.
7. Utility companies will need to add $5,800 in upgrades for every new EV for the next eight years in order to compensate for the demand for power. All customers will shoulder this cost.
8. The average price for an electric vehicle is currently $66,000, up more than 13% in just the last year, costing an average of $18,000 more than the average combustible engine. Meanwhile, the median household income is $67,521. For African American families, the average is $45,870, and for Hispanic households, $55,321.
9. A 2022 study found that the majority of EV charging occurs at home, leaving those who live in multi-family dwellings (apartments) at a real disadvantage for charging.
10. The same study also noted that many drivers charge their EVs overnight when solar power is less available on the grid.
One other significant detail is that electric vehicles rely on energy conversion. Massive loss converting fossil fuel to electricity and then stored in battery for later use. Likely around 70% of the energy is lost.
What happens to millions of spent toxic batteries year after year? And what is the shelf life of a Tesla car?
I expect to see California highways and streets to begin looking like Cuba with patched up decades old ICE vehicles kept running by people who can neither afford an EV or the cost to recharge them. As gasoline prices keep rising I could see home brew substitutes for gasoline including the wood burning vehicles like in WW-II where wood pellets were heated to produce a burnable gas fuel. Of course California politicians and Hollywood celebrities will continue to fly in private jets, be hauled around in gas guzzling limos, have heated swimming pools and live in air conditioned comfort.
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I am highly skeptical of this number (unless it only covers infrastructure upgrades exclusive of building new power plants) because if they plan on meeting the increased demand with nuclear power generating stations, those alone will cost nearer to $7000 per BEV.
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