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originally posted by: Vroomfondel
biden wants the US to be all EV by the year 2030. He openly admits that higher gas prices are one way to achieve that goal.
I don't know if anyone has noticed, but there are some problems with that plan.
1) US power generation does not currently have enough functional power plants to generate the amount of power it would take to meet our current needs and just one EV per household in this country. If every single power plant we have, oil, coal, gas, shale, wind, hydro, nuclear, all of them were at peak capacity we would still not be able to generate enough power to meet the need.
2) IF we could somehow manage to generate enough power to meet those needs, the US power grid from coast to coast would need to be completely retooled to handle that much power. Every inch of the entire grid would need to be upgraded or it would fail under that load. That alone would take decades and hundreds of billions of dollars to achieve.
3) IF we managed to generate enough power, and IF we managed to retool the entire grid to handle that power, then we would have to upgrade nearly every private residence in the country to handle that much power as well. That expense would be the responsibility of the end user - you and me.
4) IF every private residence managed to upgrade its electrical system, what would happen to the people who live in a giant apartment complex? There are many complex's near my home with hundreds of apartments each. And all those cars are parked in parking lots outside. Where are they supposed to charge their cars? And what about homes with more than one driver?
biden thinks we can overcome all this in less then 8 years. That alone should make you question his mental state.
California already has rolling brown outs and black outs because it cannot meet its current power needs, even though it already borrows power from neighboring states. If every home in California plugged in just one EV overnight the entire California grid would simply collapse. The end. Now you have an entire state full of people most of whom will not be able to get to work the next day, or the day after that. Think about the damage to the economy that would cause. Now apply that to the entire nation.
This is the democrats plan for America.
Please find a new talking point, this one is getting boring.
originally posted by: vNex92
a reply to: Waterglass
They keep blaming Russia but not the sanctions which is causing a affect on the gas prices.
originally posted by: rnaa
1) Gas prices were higher under Bush (the elder) when adjusted for inflation
2) Oil prices are dropping - 120 a barrel last week to under 100 this week
3) Petrol (gasoline) prices are over $9 a gallon in Europe and NO ONE is blaming the U.S. President
4) Please find a new talking point, this one is getting boring.
originally posted by: xuenchen
If Biden blames Russia for high gas prices (and other Democrats are blaming oil companies), who is he (and Democrats) blaming for high prices on everything else?
And who gets blamed for plummeting oil prices when Russia has done nothing different ?
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