Tuesday, March 15, 2022

The Future of Electric Vehicles

I apologize that this Blog Posting is so Complicated. It had to be Complicated because the subject matter it covers is Complicated. I also apologize for the Lack of Foolishness. There is Very Little Foolishness below because This Is Important Stuff!

I recommend you read all of these 2 articles but you probably won’t because they will probably wear you out. Even I had to recommend to myself 3 times that I read all of these 2 articles but I’m glad I took my advice.

Now what do I have to do to get our Congress to read these 2 articles? I understand they don't have time to read what I send to them because they are too busy not reading all those bills they are passing. The best I can do is get the articles piped into the overhead sound system during Happy Hour. 😀 (This paragraph is the closest this Blog Posting will come to Foolishness.)

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This Is Important Stuff!      This Is Important Stuff!      This Is Important Stuff!

First Article June 1 2021 by Dr. Jay Lehr and Tom Harris

Here are the opening 3 paragraphs of the 1st article...

One of the most unjustifiably hyped innovations of our lifetime is the electric vehicle (EV). The federal government and the state of California are wrong to think that the internal combustion engine is destined to end up in the dustbin of history in the next few decades. It will not happen for many obvious reasons that governments are blind to, and some reasons that are not so obvious.

 

The most obvious one is that EVs are so expensive that the average American cannot afford to own one. Vehicles powered by internal combustion engines will always be significantly cheaper and will transport you much farther.

 

Regardless, EVs can never be produced in the numbers the government wants because of a lack of necessary rare earth elements needed for EV battery production, minerals that are mostly held hostage in China. Fortunately, the situation has improved slightly in recent years, as the below figure shows, but China still has the largest known deposits of rare earths.

Here are the closing 2 paragraphs of the 1st article...

EMERGENCY VEHICLES MUST CONTINUE TO BE POWERED BY INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES

 

The electric automobile will remain a niche market for the foreseeable future, likely never exceeding 10% of the cars on the road. Automobile manufacturers that are heavily investing in EVs will be very disappointed in their sales. Perhaps they know this and instead will soon make only what they know they can sell. And then President Biden and Governor Newsom’s plans will crumble with the inevitable return of the gasoline-powered vehicle.

 

In the meantime, consumers who made the leap to EVs will increasingly find themselves freezing in the dark on the side of remote highways with their EV batteries depleted. If they are lucky, they will be rescued by a tow truck operator who had the common sense to stockpile gasoline and keep their internal combustion engine-driven trucks tuned up and ready to go.

Here is the link to the entire 1st article: https://www.americaoutloud.com/no-joe-electric-cars-will-never-power-america/

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This Is Important Stuff!      This Is Important Stuff!      This Is Important Stuff!

Second Article Jan 15 2022 by Dr. Jay Lehr and Tom Harris

Here are the opening 2 paragraphs of the 2nd article...

The utility companies have thus far had little to say about the alarming cost projections to operate electric vehicles (EVs) or the increased rates that they will be required to charge their customers. It is not just the total amount of electricity required--but the transmission lines and fast charging capacity that must be built at existing filling stations. Neither wind nor solar can support any of it. Electric vehicles will never become the mainstream of transportation!

 

In part 1 of our expose on the problems with electric vehicles (EVs), we showed that they were too expensive, too unreliable, rely on materials mined in China and other unfriendly countries, and require more electricity than the nation can afford. In this second part, we address other factors that will make any sensible reader avoid EVs like the plague.

Here is the closing paragraph of the 2nd article...

Our Conclusion

The electric automobile will always be around in a niche market likely never exceeding 10% of the cars on the road. All automobile manufacturers are investing in their output and all will be disappointed in their sales. Perhaps they know this and will manufacture just what they know they can sell. This is certainly not what President Biden or California Governor Newsom are planning for. However, for as long as the present government is in power, they will be pushing the electric car as another means to run our lives. We have a chance to tell them exactly what we think of their expensive and dangerous plans when we go to the polls in November of 2022. 

Here is the link to the entire 2nd article: https://www.americaoutloud.com/the-electric-vehicle-scam/

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I hope I did not wear you out with this Blog Posting but I had to give it a go because... This Is Important Stuff!

Would I kid u?

Smartfella

 


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