The government forces car companies to sell electric cars and then forces all taxpayers to subsidize their purchases. Duties and subsidies mean there is no free market and companies primarily want to make the most profitable, and therefore most expensive, cars. The opposite of capitalism.
This is why, like solar panels, a market without corporate welfare is moribund. If you’re not already wealthy, you can’t afford a car. If you are wealthy, you also own a regular car. And new research suggests we’ll end up driving more regular cars and less electric cars. That means you’re not. It was even possible to reduce emissions as much as the hopeful claims suggested by the EPA during the Obama administration.
However, the government’s persistence did not stop. Born under the bloated “Cash For Clunkers” program, the program adds $25,000 to government debt for every car sold, primarily to replace cars that would have been replaced anyway. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act never left us, despite what we were told. Electric cars are very popular.
If it is popular, there is no need for obligations or benefits for the field. Also, if the car is popular, the mileage will not plummet after purchase. This is what happens with electric cars – the range is almost 4,500 miles less. Gasoline cars will remain the same, but electric cars will drop to 70%. So not only is the planet being devastated for the materials to make them, but it’s also not driven enough to generate emissions benefits.
I liken this to the espresso machine craze caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. So many people bought it that many new models came out, and accessories like acupuncture needles for coffee grinding (no, really) are now in oversupply on the aftermarket. In California, when the governor declared that you could buy a pot brownie but not get a haircut or buy a coffee inside a Starbucks before getting a tattoo, people bought them. Without the social aspect, people decided to make coffee at home.
Then reality set in. They didn’t save any money and most had terrible coffee. Most people go back to the Keurig, pour-over, or drip process. That’s the danger of electric cars. People are driving less, even though they’re not driving less, and they’re using the excuse that there aren’t enough convenient charging stations, but they’re not as convenient as the sales brochures claim. It hides the reality. Just as compost companies in California rush to build new food waste processing plants on the governor’s orders alone, no one will build charging stations at their own expense to support an entire government-backed industry. right. They are all waiting for the government to pay them.
People driving long distances and possibly killing Gaia don’t want them. If it’s just a shopping trip vehicle for the rich, why subsidize it for all Americans?