Pete Buttigieg: Rural Drivers Should Buy Electric Cars Because They Use the Most Gas

The Hill ^ | 11/29/2021 | CHARLIE SPIERING

[ChicagoConservative27]

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday rural and suburban voters should buy electric cars because they burn the most gasoline.

“The people who stand to benefit most from owning an EV are often rural residents, who have the longest distances to drive, they often burn the most gas,” Buttigieg said in an interview with MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart.

He also argued low-income suburban drivers would benefit from electric vehicles because gas near urban areas was more expensive.

“They would gain the most from having that vehicle, but these are the very residents who have not always been connected to electric vehicles that are viewed as kind of a luxury item,” Buttigieg said.

He promoted Biden’s Build Back Better social entitlement bill for restoring a tax credit of up to $12,500 for union-made electric vehicles, noting “families who once they own that vehicle will never have to worry about gas prices again.”

[ChicagoConservative27]

$12,500 payoff to buy a electric vehicle?? This is unreal. Nobody wants them.

[brownsfan]

Leftist insanity. And the media loves it.

[John S Mosby]

Yeah— drive from Missoula to Fargo in an electric truck. Try that out butt gig.

[BipolarBob]

But “families who once they own that vehicle will never have to worry about gas prices again.”
No, they will have to worry about electricity prices (from shutting down coal fired power plants) and charging stations.

[realcleanguy]

Just knock off 12,500 off the price of a Tesla. No tax credit. Do the same for a Chevy Bolt.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Hey Buttwipe, why don’t you worry about the supply chain mess and stay away from electric vehicles in the winter.

[curious7]

Not to mention the battery replacement costs when that time comes, as it will.

[JonPreston]

Pete, men shouldn’t try to breastfeed.

[Tench_Coxe]

"“The people who stand to benefit most from owning an EV are often rural residents, who have the longest distances to drive, they often burn the most gas,” Buttigieg said in an interview with MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart."

Stupid and clueless don't begin to describe that statement.

[Openurmind]

Makes perfect sense... Push them on those who need them the least. Those who have the least reliability of power.

[Terry L Smith]

the electric chatgers won’t be “rural” for years, and if they do drive “there”, there will be a night-long charge!

[Seruzawa]

I was going to do a detailed rebuttal but decided that this would be better:

[Linda Frances]

I don’t think feed, hay, fertilizer….will fit well in a Prius.

[SteelPSUGOP]

What a moron. How pathetic is this ass hat.

[Brookhaven]

My relatives in rural KY have to drive an hour just to get to the nearest grocery (a Wal-Mart).

Unless they can expand the range of electric vehicles, they are impractical in rural areas.

Do you think Mayor Pete knows that, or cares?

[frank ballenger]

But aren’t country people helping ecology by outdoor toilets? No need for those gallons of city water.

The Left complains about beef because of the gallons of water needed to raise their food compared with tofu patties for dinner.

[qaz123]

Has anyone did an analysis of the stock holdings of all the Democrats?

Take away the tax breaks and start charging the owners to use the charging stations as you would charge someone for a gallon of gas and you’ll see EV ownership start to dwindle. If your some liberal hipster or Baby-Boomer Democrat that wants to be Green and you don’t have to pay to charge your battery when you go shopping, it’s FREE, right? Someone is footing that bill.

And, since they all want to be so GREEN, when they apply for the tax breaks let them prove that they charge their vehicles using a renewable system installed at their homes. They wanna talk the talk, they should be forced to walk the walk.

[cgbg]

The rule of opposites—do exactly the opposite of what the “experts” say and you will live long and prosper.

[CodeToad]

Typical mentally ill homosexual. A moron