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WaPo warns: Come and see the systemic racism of electric vehicles(re-run?)
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| 12/9/2021 1945 hrs et
| Ed Morrissey
Posted on 12/12/2021 5:43:31 AM PST by rktman
Alternate headline: Will the Washington Post put the Babylon Bee out of business? We have barely moved off square one in the progressive push to eliminate internal-combustion engines (ICEs), and we’re already hearing about the upcoming systemic racism in their proposed replacement. Here’s the headline, which is almost a satire in itself of the old joke about media reporting on the end of the world:
Without access to charging stations, Black and Hispanics communities may be left behind in the era of electric vehicles Get ready for some new and woke vernacular in the EV era. Now we have to worry about “charging deserts”:
Look at any map of charging stations in the United States, and in most of the big cities, what is immediately apparent are big blank spaces coinciding with Black and Latino neighborhoods. Electric vehicle advocates call them charging deserts.
While electric vehicle use is growing rapidly in well-to-do, mostly White communities, minority neighborhoods are being left behind.
Why might charging stations be more prevalent in “well to do” neighborhoods, regardless of ethnic diversity? For one thing, it’s because EVs are more expensive. At the moment, the gap between an average EV and an average traditional car is over $19,000. The Biden administration wants to close that gap by creating more point-of-sale tax credits for EVs, but the up front costs will still be onerous for working- and middle-class Americans regardless of ethnicity.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: automotive; chargingdeserts; climageddon; districtofcolumbia; ecoassclowns; elonmusk; ford; generalmotors; jeffbezos; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; ronklain; tesla; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost
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To: Brian Griffin
I don’t think we can predict the storms of the future, only that there will be storms.
For that matter there may be other threats that are man made.
Electric vehicles are not equivalent to gas driven vehicles. Why in the sam hill would we as a Nation promote them? Let them rise or fall on the basis of merit. Climate change is eons old and none of it manmade. The left worships at the altar of a false god and we should not march to their toon.
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posted on
12/12/2021 7:11:31 AM PST
by
JayGalt
(For evil men to accomplish their purpose it is only necessary that good men should do nothing.”)
To: Brian Griffin
Or use a gasoline engine, the best option in all cases.
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posted on
12/12/2021 7:20:55 AM PST
by
GingisK
To: rktman
The Biden administration wants to close that gap by creating more point-of-sale tax credits for EVs,”
I believe the tax credits only apply to ‘union-made’ EVs. “Look for the union label”
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posted on
12/12/2021 7:23:16 AM PST
by
hanamizu
To: Brian Griffin
Empty 2 million people out to 12 mile away, and you’d still be in most cities.
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posted on
12/12/2021 7:23:19 AM PST
by
GingisK
To: Flick Lives
A house I had in Mississippi still had the ceramic insulators in the attic and the old fabric wiring intact. But, not in use.
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posted on
12/12/2021 7:26:39 AM PST
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
To: The Louiswu
Used to love the smell of dung fires wafting past my mud hut veranda.
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posted on
12/12/2021 7:27:42 AM PST
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
To: rktman
To reduce C02 emissions faster, the people driving the most should often get them first, if suitable for their usage.
The Beverly Hills mom putting in 26K miles in a year should get an electric car long before the Inglewood mom driving 8K miles a year.
To: Brian Griffin
LOL! Ain’t that the truth. We had a place about 15 miles inland so tidal surge wasn’t an issue. Sure didn’t slow the wind down though.
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posted on
12/12/2021 7:29:09 AM PST
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
To: JayGalt
If I could ever afford a single-use car like an EV, I hope I’d be able to afford a fire extinguisher!
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posted on
12/12/2021 7:30:57 AM PST
by
vpintheak
(Live free, or die!)
To: JayGalt
“Electric vehicles are not equivalent to gas driven vehicles. Why in the sam hill would we as a Nation promote them?”
Try filling your gas tank with natural gas.
Electric power plants can be run on either oil or natural gas.
Combined cycle electric power plants also use fuel far more efficiently than ICEs.
To: Brian Griffin
Years ago I used to rent one of those older homes.
Everything worked, but if you tried running the wall air conditioner and the washing machine at the same time you would blow a fuse.
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posted on
12/12/2021 7:38:50 AM PST
by
cgbg
(A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
To: rktman
Logically, if we’re going to tear down “racist” bridges then we should ban racist vehicles. Ban the electric car. We certainly should not be subsidizing it. In 10 years, the next group of progressive extremists will demand that it be banned and all that investment will be rendered useless.
To: Scarlett156
“I guess my neighborhood doesn’t have enough charging stations. “
A charging station desert.
Regarding hurricanes, wonder what happens when you drive an EV through deep puddle. Short circuits, passengers electrocuted? Best case bad news for the battery?
To: Brian Griffin
If you have to overthink this to the extent that you are then you just know it’s a dumb idea that you’re trying to solve.
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posted on
12/12/2021 8:14:22 AM PST
by
CodeToad
(Arm up! They Have!)
To: moovova
I remember hearing somewhere that the ‘Obamaphone lady’ in that clip became a Trump supporter.
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posted on
12/12/2021 8:14:39 AM PST
by
bassmaner
(He y commies: I'm a white male, and guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere!)
To: cymbeline
“Regarding hurricanes, wonder what happens when you drive an EV through deep puddle.”
When I mow my Florida lawn in the summer, I worry about my ICE lawnmower slipping into the bottom of a drainage ditch and cracking its hot engine block.
To: rktman
The problem with FAST public charging stations is where to put them. Current technology has people charging at home and fast charging for road trips. I live Champaign, Illinois. Not one gas station from what I can tell has EV charging stations. The Meijer store at the cross roads of I57/I74 has 8 older Tesla charging stalls. I’ve never seen more than a few cars charging at any one time. If there was any great demand, the station would have already had the faster version 2 supercharges installed or in the works.
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posted on
12/12/2021 8:51:53 AM PST
by
EVO X
( )
To: rktman
Where are the mostly white communities in Florida? The wealthiest neighborhoods in Orlando all have rich professional athletes and most aren’t white.
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posted on
12/12/2021 8:53:50 AM PST
by
subterfuge
(RIP T.P.)
To: rktman
Where are the mostly white communities in Florida? The wealthiest neighborhoods in Orlando all have rich professional athletes and most aren’t white.
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posted on
12/12/2021 8:54:15 AM PST
by
subterfuge
(RIP T.P.)
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- Electric Vehicle Subsidies' Surprising Appearance in Infrastructure Bill [04/09/2021]
- Kudlow: US to end subsidies for electric cars, renewables [12/03/2018]
- Can GM increase electric vehicle production 2800 percent in four years? [12/07/2021]
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- New Vehicle Sales Plunge As Prices Soar Amid Supply Chain Chaos, Chip Shortages, & Depleted Inventories [10/05/2021]
- GM recalling another 70,000 Chevrolet Bolt electric cars [08/23/2021]
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- GM is laying off thousands of workers, closing three plants, and ending production of the Chevy Volt [11/26/2018]
- 'SNL' cast won't be forced to appear with controversial host Elon Musk [05/01/2021]
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posted on
12/12/2021 8:57:49 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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