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Maine Democrat Gov. Janet Mills Urges Electric Vehicles as Solution to High Gas Prices
Breitbart ^ | 04/05/2022 | Ashley Oliver

Posted on 04/05/2022 5:37:49 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) offered electric vehicles as a solution to Mainers’ increased energy costs during a recent discussion with a Northeastern University technology center in Portland.

A host read questions to Mills during the March 30 discussion, and on one related to energy costs, which the host noted were “top of mind for many,” she asked Mills, “What do you see as the best short-term solution, and then maybe some of the longer-term ideas that you and the administration have?”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: demagogicparty; dnctalkingpoint; electric; gas; janetmills; maine; mills; vehicles
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To: Spok

Yep, it’s their “Let them eat cake” analogy.


41 posted on 04/05/2022 7:21:34 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every liberal is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Ask people in the northwest when stuck in a snowstorm
when the snowfall builds up and clogs the roadway
and the highway slows and becomes impassible.

Remember EV don’t generate heat like a gas/diesel
engine does and your stuck inside an ice cold car
waiting for the roads to clear.

If your battery is low you can’t heat your car.


42 posted on 04/05/2022 7:43:51 PM PDT by Zenjitsuman (f)
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To: Islander7
I can’t afford $5 a gallon gas. Maybe I should buy a $60,000.00 car.

Which means a buyer will never recoup the cost for that EV. How much gas would $60,000 buy. About 800 tank fulls? About 500,000 miles worth.

43 posted on 04/05/2022 7:59:20 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
These people are so out of touch it’s truly pathetic.

You are right. How did we end up with politicians who can't even understand that their ideas are totally unrealistic.

It takes about five minutes to refuel a car with gasoline, maybe a few minutes more for a vehicle with a large gas tank. It takes about 45 minutes to recharge an electric car with a high end fast charger. If people don't charge their electric cars at home then you need nine times as many charging stations as there are gas pumps if every vehicle is an electric vehicle.

In reality a lot of electric cars could be charged at people's homes, but you still need to build and install hundreds of thousands of charging stations to support electric vehicles, and in places where people fuel up while traveling you need nine electric chargers for every gas pump.

Think about a gas station on a turnpike. If half of the cars are electric cars you need something like 50 charging stations at each rest area. The means a new parking lot and a significant new power infrastructure.

Politicians need to have some basic planning and management ability, something they seem to lack.

44 posted on 04/05/2022 8:22:57 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: dragnet2

Yep, my point exactly.


45 posted on 04/05/2022 8:30:40 PM PDT by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
"These people are so out of touch it’s truly pathetic. Nobody has $50,000 under their sofas to buy a damn electric car, especially in a rugged, forested state like Maine that’s subject to severe weather. Also didn’t this state just kill an electric power transmission line or something?"

Electric Vehicles in Maine; There are electric vehicle owners in every county in Maine, and 130 charging stations,

See the source image

46 posted on 04/05/2022 8:31:02 PM PDT by guest7
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To: freeandfreezing

Will security be provided at these EV charging station? I can’t imagine a female hanging around for 30 minutes or so in some strange area. What are they supposed to do, take a nap?


47 posted on 04/05/2022 8:33:11 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

“..I live in Maine....”

Born and raised there. Engineering graduate of UofM in Orono. Still have family, property and a whole bunch of friends up there. ALL of em cannot stand that Austin Powers look-alike moron.


48 posted on 04/05/2022 8:37:14 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (Pray for America....)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Voters will have to get rid of RCV and those RCV-enabled voting machines first.


49 posted on 04/05/2022 8:42:04 PM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

The distance to drive from point A to point B is way too far for their stinkin’ electric vehicles.”

Plan your trip so halfway is at the highest elevation. Then ride the brakes downhill, and the batteries will be fully charged when you arrive.

Easy-peasy!


50 posted on 04/06/2022 3:24:28 AM PDT by Does so (https://youtu.be/3PxEWB6W8ig ......Uke's Independence Day Parade. Anthem starts at 15:00)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

“Most people in Maine couldn’t afford $60,000 - $80,000 for one of these firetraps anyway.”

Yesterday in Bethesda, MD, a recharging electric scooter caught fire, causing $65,000 in damages to a residence.

Fire, more than anything, will stimulate new regulations in gated communities and condominiums.


51 posted on 04/06/2022 3:35:12 AM PDT by Does so (https://youtu.be/3PxEWB6W8ig ......Uke's Independence Day Parade. Anthem starts at 15:00)
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To: jimfree

“Looking at the population density map for the state. I’m sure you could get some recharges in the population clusters down south but driving through the rest of the state will be a real bitch with an EV.”

Solution: Tow a trailer carrying a spare battery pack—and a cable—or a diesel generator.


52 posted on 04/06/2022 3:41:00 AM PDT by Does so (https://youtu.be/3PxEWB6W8ig ......Uke's Independence Day Parade. Anthem starts at 15:00)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Aren’t there transmission lines coming down from Quebec’s newly-created hydro-electic power source?

Last I saw, New Hampshire rejected the lines.


53 posted on 04/06/2022 3:45:30 AM PDT by Does so (https://youtu.be/3PxEWB6W8ig ......Uke's Independence Day Parade. Anthem starts at 15:00)
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To: Zenjitsuman

But they will die saving the environment! That ought to make them feel better.


54 posted on 04/06/2022 7:08:47 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every liberal is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
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To: Does so

LOL!

That work better in Colorado.


55 posted on 04/06/2022 10:58:46 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Greenie weenie ecofreaks in Europe and the USA are responsible for this war.)
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To: guest7

“Also didn’t this state just kill an electric power transmission line or something?”

New Hampshire did.

Maine? IDK.


56 posted on 04/06/2022 3:03:52 PM PDT by Does so (https://youtu.be/3PxEWB6W8ig ......Uke's Independence Day Parade. Anthem starts at 15:00)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Will security be provided at these EV charging station? I can’t imagine a female hanging around for 30 minutes or so in some strange area. What are they supposed to do, take a nap?


57 posted on 04/06/2022 3:12:57 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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