John Hinderaker at PowerLineBlog
explains why we’ll never be driving electric vehicles:
Electric Vehicles Are Not The Future
The mania for electric vehicles is
a fad that is driven 100% by government regulation. The consumer verdict on EVs
has been in for a century. Some of the earliest cars were battery-powered, but
they lost out to gasoline-powered cars because gasoline-powered vehicles are
better.
Those who have been paying
attention understand that there is zero chance that our existing motor vehicle
fleet will be converted to EVs. Mark
Tapscott sums up some of the reasons. I want to focus on just one of
his points, the fact that the lithium batteries needed to replace our current
vehicle fleet would require ridiculous amounts of mining of minerals,
particularly lithium, the price of which is already sky-high. How do liberals
intend to accomplish this unprecedented global mining project?
Answer: they don’t. Mark quotes
from a report by
an environmental organization:
This report finds that the United States can achieve zero emissions
transportation while limiting the amount of lithium mining necessary by
reducing the car dependence of the transportation system, decreasing the size
of electric vehicle batteries, and maximizing lithium recycling.
Reordering the US transportation system through policy and spending
shifts to prioritize public and active transit while reducing car dependency
can also ensure transit equity, protect ecosystems, respect Indigenous rights,
and meet the demands of global justice.
This is what liberal politicians
are not telling you–yet. They don’t really plan to replace your car with an EV,
they don’t want to replace it at all. . . .
"Transit equity"? That's New World Order-speak for all of us peasants; the elites will travel in limousines and private jets. We'll ride the bus. Read the rest of the column here.
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