WaPo warns: Come and see the systemic racism of electric vehicles(re-run?)

Alternate headline: Will the Washington Post put the Babylon Bee out of business? We have barely moved off square one in the progressive push to eliminate internal-combustion engines (ICEs), and we’re already hearing about the upcoming systemic racism in their proposed replacement. Here’s the headline, which is almost a satire in itself of the old joke about media reporting on the end of the world:

Without access to charging stations, Black and Hispanics communities may be left behind in the era of electric vehicles Get ready for some new and woke vernacular in the EV era. Now we have to worry about “charging deserts”:

Look at any map of charging stations in the United States, and in most of the big cities, what is immediately apparent are big blank spaces coinciding with Black and Latino neighborhoods. Electric vehicle advocates call them charging deserts.

While electric vehicle use is growing rapidly in well-to-do, mostly White communities, minority neighborhoods are being left behind.

Why might charging stations be more prevalent in “well to do” neighborhoods, regardless of ethnic diversity? For one thing, it’s because EVs are more expensive. At the moment, the gap between an average EV and an average traditional car is over $19,000. The Biden administration wants to close that gap by creating more point-of-sale tax credits for EVs, but the up front costs will still be onerous for working- and middle-class Americans regardless of ethnicity.

I don’t think we can predict the storms of the future, only that there will be storms.
For that matter there may be other threats that are man made.

Electric vehicles are not equivalent to gas driven vehicles. Why in the sam hill would we as a Nation promote them? Let them rise or fall on the basis of merit. Climate change is eons old and none of it manmade. The left worships at the altar of a false god and we should not march to their toon.

41 posted on 12/12/2021 7:11:31 AM PST by JayGalt (For evil men to accomplish their purpose it is only necessary that good men should do nothing.”)

The Biden administration wants to close that gap by creating more point-of-sale tax credits for EVs,”

I believe the tax credits only apply to ‘union-made’ EVs. “Look for the union label”

A house I had in Mississippi still had the ceramic insulators in the attic and the old fabric wiring intact. But, not in use.

To reduce C02 emissions faster, the people driving the most should often get them first, if suitable for their usage.

The Beverly Hills mom putting in 26K miles in a year should get an electric car long before the Inglewood mom driving 8K miles a year.

LOL! Ain’t that the truth. We had a place about 15 miles inland so tidal surge wasn’t an issue. Sure didn’t slow the wind down though.

If I could ever afford a single-use car like an EV, I hope I’d be able to afford a fire extinguisher!

“Electric vehicles are not equivalent to gas driven vehicles. Why in the sam hill would we as a Nation promote them?”

Try filling your gas tank with natural gas.

Electric power plants can be run on either oil or natural gas.

Combined cycle electric power plants also use fuel far more efficiently than ICEs.

Years ago I used to rent one of those older homes.

Everything worked, but if you tried running the wall air conditioner and the washing machine at the same time you would blow a fuse.

Logically, if we’re going to tear down “racist” bridges then we should ban racist vehicles. Ban the electric car. We certainly should not be subsidizing it. In 10 years, the next group of progressive extremists will demand that it be banned and all that investment will be rendered useless.

“I guess my neighborhood doesn’t have enough charging stations. “

A charging station desert.

Regarding hurricanes, wonder what happens when you drive an EV through deep puddle. Short circuits, passengers electrocuted? Best case bad news for the battery?

If you have to overthink this to the extent that you are then you just know it’s a dumb idea that you’re trying to solve.

I remember hearing somewhere that the ‘Obamaphone lady’ in that clip became a Trump supporter.

55 posted on 12/12/2021 8:14:39 AM PST by bassmaner (He y commies: I'm a white male, and guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere!)

“Regarding hurricanes, wonder what happens when you drive an EV through deep puddle.”

When I mow my Florida lawn in the summer, I worry about my ICE lawnmower slipping into the bottom of a drainage ditch and cracking its hot engine block.

The problem with FAST public charging stations is where to put them. Current technology has people charging at home and fast charging for road trips. I live Champaign, Illinois. Not one gas station from what I can tell has EV charging stations. The Meijer store at the cross roads of I57/I74 has 8 older Tesla charging stalls. I’ve never seen more than a few cars charging at any one time. If there was any great demand, the station would have already had the faster version 2 supercharges installed or in the works.

Where are the mostly white communities in Florida? The wealthiest neighborhoods in Orlando all have rich professional athletes and most aren’t white.

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