Truth about EVs
Here is an edited version of an article found in one of my favorite newsletters, PJ Media https://pjmedia.com/ . They are hiding these facts from you intentionally!
The experts at powerthefuture.com point out, there are 10 facts about EVs the Left doesn’t want Americans to know:
1. EVs are powered by fossil fuels.
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), fossil fuel-based power plants create about 60% of the nation’s electrical grid. Nuclear power accounts for nearly 20%.
2. The batteries of EVs rely on cobalt.
An estimated 70% of the global supply of cobalt emanates from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It’s a country with deplorable working conditions, especially for children.
3. Charging stations are frequently non-functioning
A study released earlier this year by an environmental group showed that nearly one-third of San Francisco’s electric charging stations were non-functioning. The population of San Francisco represents roughly two percent of California.
4. The increased electrical demand
Supporters of the California law admit there will be a 40% increase in demand for electricity. This will add further strain to the grid and requiring increased costs for power and infrastructure.
5. The added demand is not seasonal. It’s All The Time.
The strain of adding an EV is similar to adding “1 or 2 air conditioners” to your home. The difference is an EV requires power year-round.
6. More people are falling behind on their electric bills without an EV.
Today, 20 million American families, or one in six, have fallen behind on their electric bills, the highest amount ever.
7. We will all pay the price regardless.
Utility companies will need to add $5,800 in upgrades for every new EV for the next eight years in order to compensate for the demand for power. All customers will shoulder this cost.
8. The average price for an electric vehicle is currently $66,00.
That’s up more than 13% in just the last year, costing an average of $18,000 more than the average combustible engine. Meanwhile, the median household income is $67,521. For African American families, the average is $45,870, and for Hispanic households, $55,321.
9. Apartment dwellers are screwed!
A 2022 study found that the majority of EV charging occurs at home, leaving those who live in multi-family dwellings (apartments) at a real disadvantage for charging.
Fact checkers and politicians lie!
10. The same study also noted that many drivers charge their EVs overnight when solar power is less available on the grid.
There are many more facts about EVs you will never hear spoken by the Left’s politicians, including President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and the national and state leadership of the Democratic Party.
Neither will you hear any of these facts — except when they are being misrepresented and distorted by self-appointed “fact-checkers” — in college classrooms, the mainstream media, and even representatives of the “Big Three” automakers, who fear getting on the wrong side of government.
One last kick in the butt.
Oh, and by the way, guess who is laughing their keisters off as America heads into the Left’s EV future, knowing they control so much of the equipment, materials, and technology necessary for batteries, thus giving them a chokehold on the U.S. economy?
Can you spell C-H-I-N-A?
Mark Tapscott is an award-winning veteran investigative journalist who covers Congress for The Epoch Times, and the founding editor of HillFaith, the website of a Christian apologetics ministry devoted to presenting the Gospel of Jesus Christ to congressional aides in the nation’s capital.
Mark was admitted to the National Freedom of Information Act Hall of Fame class of 2006, and he was named the Conservative Journalist of the Year in 2008 by CPAC. He was a consulting editor on the Colorado Springs Gazette Pulitzer Prize-winning series “Other Than Honorable” in 2014.
Prior to his journalism career, Mark worked for President Ronald Reagan as communications director at the Republican National Committee and as Assistant Director for Public Affairs at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. He worked for a U.S. senator and two representatives prior to joining the Reagan-Bush campaign in 1980.
