The current administration has been bombarding the American public for years with the mantra that electric vehicles (EVs) are the answer to the world’s climate problems. Fraudulent studies from prestigious universities have been used to buttress these attacks. People who have questioned the foundational underpinnings of this scam have been scorned, ridiculed and otherwise neutered.
All of this propaganda ignores the problems with EVs. The US is dependent on unfriendly countries for the materials to make the batteries for these vehicles. The next issue is where will those batteries end up after their useful life is over?
Then there’s the fact that the nation’s grid simply can’t support all that recharging – California already has been sending out advisories for owners not to charge. And then there’s the limited range and extended recharging times, both worsened by cold weather.
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