Buttigieg astonished people struggle to 'let go' of gas cars
Jul 20, 2022 14:17:29 GMT -5
Post by schwartzie on Jul 20, 2022 14:17:29 GMT -5
Buttigieg Says He’s “Astonished” That People “Seem to Really Struggle to Let Go” of Their Gas-Powered Vehicles in Favor of $65,000 Electric Vehicles (VIDEO)
By Cristina Laila
Published July 20, 2022 at 10:49am
What do you mean you don’t have $65,000 for a new electric vehicle? – Pete Buttigieg.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg just doesn’t understand why common Americans can’t let go of their gas-powered vehicles in favor of $65,000 electric vehicles.
Gas prices are soaring and inflation rates are crushing American families.
Rather than drilling for oil at home, Joe Biden flew thousands of miles to the Middle East to beg the Saudis for more oil.
Biden came home empty-handed and the price of oil spiked on Monday.
Buttigieg on Wednesday appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box to discuss gas prices.
Buttigieg said, “I’m still astonished that some folks seem to really struggle to let go” of their gas-powered vehicles in favor of electric vehicles.
WATCH:
Last Thursday Pete Buttigieg bragged about high gas prices forcing people to switch to electric vehicles during an appearance on REAL 92.3’s show Big Boy TV.
“We’re for cutting the cost of electric vehicles because when you have an electric vehicle, then you’re also going to be able to save on gas, but you got to be able to afford it in the first place,” Buttigieg said.
“Right now, we’re actually starting to see on some models the costs come to where even if your car payment’s a little higher, your gas payment will be a little lower, and you come out ahead, but the prices still need to come down for most Americans to be able to get an EV.”
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One of the commenters made a good point:
A typical EV battery weighs 1,000 pounds, contains 25 pounds of lithium, 60 pounds of nickel, 44 pounds of manganese, 30 pounds of cobalt, 200 pounds of copper and 400 pounds of aluminum, steel and plastic.
It should concern you that all those toxic components come from mining. For instance, to manufacture each EV auto battery, you must process 25,000 pounds of brine for the lithium, 30,000 pounds of ore for the cobalt, 5,000 pounds of ore for the nickel, and 25,000 pounds of ore for copper. All told, you dig up 500,000 pounds of the earth’s crust for just one battery. ~ R. Stein
EV's weigh a lot more than gas cars and degrade roads faster. Solar and wind cannot keep up with the electricity needed to charge them, meaning coal and gas powerplants work harder and negate the carbon footprint of the cars.
And this "mining" is a toxic process, and typically winds up using very young children as "labor". These places which do this extraction process are not nice, highly regulated, safe places for workers, but are near "hell holes" with frequent corruption and abuse. But the first world auto buyer is blind to the plight of people in Congo or Bolivia. And this sort of willful blindness is likely to continue.
This is NOT about the environment, folks!
By Cristina Laila
Published July 20, 2022 at 10:49am
What do you mean you don’t have $65,000 for a new electric vehicle? – Pete Buttigieg.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg just doesn’t understand why common Americans can’t let go of their gas-powered vehicles in favor of $65,000 electric vehicles.
Gas prices are soaring and inflation rates are crushing American families.
Rather than drilling for oil at home, Joe Biden flew thousands of miles to the Middle East to beg the Saudis for more oil.
Biden came home empty-handed and the price of oil spiked on Monday.
Buttigieg on Wednesday appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box to discuss gas prices.
Buttigieg said, “I’m still astonished that some folks seem to really struggle to let go” of their gas-powered vehicles in favor of electric vehicles.
WATCH:
Last Thursday Pete Buttigieg bragged about high gas prices forcing people to switch to electric vehicles during an appearance on REAL 92.3’s show Big Boy TV.
“We’re for cutting the cost of electric vehicles because when you have an electric vehicle, then you’re also going to be able to save on gas, but you got to be able to afford it in the first place,” Buttigieg said.
“Right now, we’re actually starting to see on some models the costs come to where even if your car payment’s a little higher, your gas payment will be a little lower, and you come out ahead, but the prices still need to come down for most Americans to be able to get an EV.”
link
One of the commenters made a good point:
A typical EV battery weighs 1,000 pounds, contains 25 pounds of lithium, 60 pounds of nickel, 44 pounds of manganese, 30 pounds of cobalt, 200 pounds of copper and 400 pounds of aluminum, steel and plastic.
It should concern you that all those toxic components come from mining. For instance, to manufacture each EV auto battery, you must process 25,000 pounds of brine for the lithium, 30,000 pounds of ore for the cobalt, 5,000 pounds of ore for the nickel, and 25,000 pounds of ore for copper. All told, you dig up 500,000 pounds of the earth’s crust for just one battery. ~ R. Stein
EV's weigh a lot more than gas cars and degrade roads faster. Solar and wind cannot keep up with the electricity needed to charge them, meaning coal and gas powerplants work harder and negate the carbon footprint of the cars.
And this "mining" is a toxic process, and typically winds up using very young children as "labor". These places which do this extraction process are not nice, highly regulated, safe places for workers, but are near "hell holes" with frequent corruption and abuse. But the first world auto buyer is blind to the plight of people in Congo or Bolivia. And this sort of willful blindness is likely to continue.
This is NOT about the environment, folks!
