Chance (22 Jan 2023)
"Push To Electric Vehicles"


 
Hello John and Doves,
 
Biden et al have really been pushing EVs on the American public. This is being driven by the Paris Climate Accords and net zero emissions.  And the federal government and state governments are giving tax credits, etc. to lower the cost of these vehicles...without these taxpayer paid for "incentives" many EV owners wouldn't even consider trading in their internal combustion engine for an EV.  These vehicles are still pretty costly.
 
But maybe the auto makers aren't all on board....it's obvious the infrastructure isn't there and the EV batteries are a problem in many, many ways.
 
"GM said $854 million will be spent to make the sixth-generation small-block V8, and $64 million to help EV production.......GM says it intends to use this investment in the V8 engine to "strengthen its industry-leading full-size truck and SUV business....GM expects to still be selling a lot of gas trucks and SUVs for years to come, likely in part because towing range in electric vehicles still sucks."
 

 So what problems do EVs have?  A biggee is fires - that can't be extinguished easily.  They just keep burning.
 
"A Norwegian shipping company has banned electric cars on its ferries because according to a risk analysis, the risk of fire from such vehicles is too great.  An ocean liner had recently sunk because of it."
 
..."The risks for ships from the transport of electric cars has been discussed since the Felicity Ace sank off the Azores last February.  E-vehicles on board had caught fire and the blaze could not be extinguished.  Finally, the huge ship sank with thousands of electric cars and vehicles from Porsches and Bentleys."
 
Plus there is the problem of plugging in during 'peak electricity' use, using the defrost during the winter, using windshield wipers, heating the seats, using the A/C, running the heater, opening and closing the windows, etc. - all take electricity and decrease the efficiency of the engine and decrease mileage per charge.  Plus finding charging units scattered around the country limits where one can drive.
 
John Stossel covers the problems with this switch to EVs in the two videos below.  Telling us what the Bide Administration and state governments pushing for the EV change over won't: 
 
Physicist Mark Mills of the Manhattan Institute thinks EVs are amazing.  "But it won't change the future in any significant way with respect to oil use or carbon dioxide emissions."
 
The world could go to 500 million EVs - that would reduce world oil consumption by about 10%.  But it doesn't end the use of oil.  Most American electricity comes from gas and coal.  500,000 pounds of mineral and rock are needed to make ONE BATTERY!  The pollution from this is tremendous.  Mining is a dirty business.  Production for one EV has already emitted 10 to 20 tons of carbon dioxide before the owner of the new vehicle even gets it to his driveway from the sales lot. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is produced by the mining, manufacturing, and shipping.  VW reported that driving the EV for the first 60,000 miles will have emitted more CO2 than a conventional vehicle.  You have to drive it for at least 100,000 miles before you get to "reduced emissions of 20 to 30%".
Electric Cars: Inconvenient Facts, Part One
run time 4:49
 
Storing large amounts of electricity is difficult - batteries leak and don't hold a lot.  Oil has about 5,000% more energy in it per pound than an EV battery.  An EV battery weights about 1,000 pounds.  It's replacing about 80 pounds of gasoline.  Batteries can't be made better than the laws of physics allow.
 
You need $100 trillion worth in batteries to store up the same amount of energy Europe has in stores now for this winter and it would take the world's battery factories 400 years to make these batteries.  No one tells us this.  California will require all vehicles to be EVs at some point.  California told EV owners not to charge their vehicles during 'peak' hours last summer.
 
"Roughly speaking, you have to double your electric grid to move the energy out of gasoline into the electric sector.  No one is planning to double the electric grid in California.  So there will be rationing."  Cities will simply turn some of the power off.  We just don't have enough electricity.  And if we try to get all of our electricity from solar and wind...there won't be nearly enough electricity.  Switching out coal and natural gas for solar and wind is "infantile" thinking.  Our energy systems are being designed by bureaucrats instead of engineers resulting in worse energy, more expensive energy and higher environmental impact.
 
When you do the math for tens of millions of people - we are going to need all the energy from all the sources we can get.
Electric Cars: Inconvenient Facts, Part 2
run time 5:48
 
 
So it looks like the American automakers aren't totally on board with this nonsense. Their engineers can figure this out.  And automakers don't like being bullied by the Biden Administration.  Toyota's CEO said that Toyota will not switch to EVs until they see the infrastructure in the U.S.  That's a common sense move.
 
The Biden Administration, World Economic Forum, and John Kerry/Al Gore's of the world will continue to scream and yell until they get their way.  IF they push us into the digital dollar and individual carbon footprint monitoring...they will push us into EVs and rationing of electricity.  The ultimate goal is depopulation - there are too many people for 'their' world.
 
Hopefully, we'll be gone before they get this much control over the people.
 
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
 
Maranatha!
 
Chance