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Senator: High prices didn't matter as I drove by gas station in my electric car Looking forward to nation not being 'dependent on the whims of the oil companies'
wnd.com ^ | 6/7/2022 | Art Moore

Posted on 06/08/2022 6:37:38 AM PDT by rktman

A Democratic senator who has been a politician since 1975 assured Americans on Tuesday that if they purchase an electric vehicle that cost more than many of them make in one year, they can laugh as they pass gas stations, as she did on the way to Washington.

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., was addressing the issue of record-high prices at the pump during a Senate hearing.

"I do just have to say, on the issue of gas prices, after waiting for a long time to have enough trips in this country to finally get my electric vehicle, I got it and I drove it from Michigan to here this last weekend and went by every single gas station and it didnโ€™t matter how high it was," the senator said.

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1moretime; fookinidjits
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To: z3n

“These people have no clue how anything friggin works!”

True, that’s why the HATE Trump, he does.


61 posted on 06/08/2022 9:34:08 AM PDT by VastRWCon (Fake News")
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To: rktman

It’s truly amazing what folks sucker for.

This woman’s support should be thinking long and hard about
how they screwed themselves. Instead they’ll be led astray
and think Trump is responsible for all this.


62 posted on 06/08/2022 9:43:55 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: rktman

while you are doing some picking you might try Mick Taylor’s part .... he slayed it...guitar players should be able to pick up Taylor on this. I cheated and looked at the comments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVGZ2ZEWNrM


63 posted on 06/08/2022 9:50:53 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick

๐Ÿ˜‚๐ŸŽธ. Not sure if we’ll do any stones tonight. My arthritic pickers will do their best. 75th birthday celebration jam. Should be fun.


64 posted on 06/08/2022 10:00:07 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? ๐Ÿ˜•)
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To: rktman
have you seen keith richards hands lately
talk about arthritis!
from a few years ago


65 posted on 06/08/2022 10:06:44 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: wrench

I’m hoping a new R Congress addresses the inequity of permitting EV drivers to recharge with fossil-gen electricity. Legislation is needed to MANDATE such charging is done ONLY by 100% “green” generated electricity.


66 posted on 06/08/2022 10:10:51 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: RummyChick

Yikes. Mine aren’t that bad yet.


67 posted on 06/08/2022 10:12:22 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? ๐Ÿ˜•)
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To: rktman

She’s a liar. Said SHE drove from Michigan to DC. BS


68 posted on 06/08/2022 10:15:00 AM PDT by Fledermaus (With Trans Republicans like McCarthy and McConnell do we really want them to win Congress in 2022?)
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To: Reily
Term limits for all....We term limit the POTUS.!!!!

I say 12 years for Sinators...and 8 years for Congresscritters

69 posted on 06/08/2022 10:16:55 AM PDT by Osage Orange (Had a tag line a couple times....maybe have another someday.)
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To: Osage Orange

I could support that, though I might up the House limit to 10 years so I could say “ a decade is enough!”.

Also I would like to find some way of sending them back to their home states or districts.

Also I’m reasonable, let them be eligible to return to Congress if they have set out 6 years , preferably in their respective states or districts. Most of these guys would drink or drug themselves into a stupor and disappear if they had to spend time out of the DC limelight.


70 posted on 06/08/2022 10:29:36 AM PDT by Reily
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To: Reily
Agreed....

But won't happen in my life time.

71 posted on 06/08/2022 10:31:23 AM PDT by Osage Orange (Had a tag line a couple times....maybe have another someday.)
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To: rktman
Except for the electricity bill: EIA does not directly collect retail electricity rates or prices. However, using data collected on retail sales revenues and volumes, we calculate average retail revenues per kWh as a proxy for retail rates and prices. Retail sales volumes are presented as a proxy for end-use electricity consumption.

Related:

The cost of natural gas thatโ€™s delivered through pipes was up 24% in February from the year prior, while electricity went up 9%. Price spikes are notably higher in places where electricity is generated from natural gas, such as the north-east, which saw a 16% increase in January from the same time last year, with prices dipping down to a 6% increase in February....Fuel oil, still a major source of home heating in the north-east but less so in the rest of US, has seen the sharpest increase of 44% compared to the year prior. - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/13/us-utility-bills-energy-prices-increase

72 posted on 06/08/2022 10:46:33 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn to the Lord Jesus as a damned+destitute sinner, trust Him who saves, be baptized + follow Him!)
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To: Don Corleone

Debbie Stabenow is too f’ing stupid to be and idiot.

Callous bitch.


73 posted on 06/08/2022 11:48:58 AM PDT by jmacusa (America. Founded by geniuses. Now governed by idiots. )
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To: rktman

Still my heart, the communists have a reasonable solution to all their problems! 8-)


74 posted on 06/08/2022 12:23:39 PM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (The only good commie is one that's dead - Country Joe McDonald)
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To: skimbell

Math is racist. Their words not mine. It’s too bad there’s virtue signalers and idiots that don’t know simple math, just simple math and economics.

They love their ideas. Problem is it is not a viable solution. Just a mirage-unicorn.


75 posted on 06/08/2022 12:23:52 PM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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To: MrBambaLaMamba

Funny but I saw an Electric delivery Van on a flatbed truck yesterday. I guess it ran out of electricity. The van said ‘100% electric’ ‘Bright Future for the planet, you and us.’, but the tow vehicle was diesel power. ๐Ÿค“


76 posted on 06/08/2022 12:50:01 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (I'm the one tryqing to savetf American Democracy...Donald Trumprrtaza 6/21 at the NCGOP convention! )
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To: rktman

I live, work and farm in central Kansas. There aren’t any charging stations here and John Deere is not manufacturing any electric tractors and combines. So senator figure that out. Deisel fuel at nearly six dollars a gallon.
-Kawhill


77 posted on 06/08/2022 12:50:09 PM PDT by kawhill (kawhill)
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To: rktman

I was talking to a Ford Dealer and he said the Mustang Mach E and the Lightning are both succeeding what they thought it would be in sales. He said they might drop Mustang from the Mach E.


78 posted on 06/08/2022 1:03:01 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (I'm the one tryqing to savetf American Democracy...Donald Trumprrtaza 6/21 at the NCGOP convention! )
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To: rktman
...not being 'dependent on the whims of the oil companies'

RIGHT! We'll all be dependent on the whims of the electric companies!

She must not have thought that through.

79 posted on 06/08/2022 3:50:22 PM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: rktman

Agreeing completely with your statements. Of course there are other factors to consider in owning (or trying to own)an electric car, but the idea of requiring charging stations for them to be only “green” powered is a good one. It might be a good history lesson for electric car owners.


80 posted on 06/08/2022 7:13:43 PM PDT by oldtech
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