It is easy to forget that Kamala was also named “car czar” as well in support of EV’s.
Kamala Harris wonders how the electric car charges because there is no guzzling sound or fume when plugged in. Well Kamala, it doesn’t make a guzzling sound like the old electricity did.
Harris asks “How do I know it’s charging?” Well, there is the old water test.
The video dates back to 2021 when Harris was speaking with reporters at the Brandywine Maintenance Facility in Prince George’s county.
Gee Wiz Mr. Science, plugging something into an electrical outlet is nothing like filling it up with gas!!
Now you just stand there holding the plug, just like that, for a few more hours.
Let’s implement a charging grid we know we can’t support with the current power demands, those very electric facilities running off fossil fuels. They want to up our dependency to charge vehicles that require lithium batteries which cause more pollution and natural devastation than what’s already in place.
Keep holding on to that plug Kamala.
Get in everyone—the future is electric. Today I announced our Administration’s Electric Vehicle Charging Action Plan. Our plan will make electric vehicle charging more accessible in communities across the country. https://t.co/JsOSEiNDsipic.twitter.com/hc00sai7XK
The question is, why are we experimenting with autonomous cars and trucks? The fact is that we’ve been experimenting with driver autonomy since around 1939, and we’ve been serious about it for the past 44 years. The first self-sufficient and truly autonomous cars appeared in the 1980s at Carnegie Mellon University and Bundeswehr University (Germany).
Since then, numerous major companies and research organizations have developed working autonomous vehicles, including Mercedes-Benz, General Motors, Continental Automotive Systems, Autoliv Inc., Bosch, Nissan, Toyota, Audi, Volvo, Vislab from the University of Parma, Oxford University, and of course, Mr. Google.
All of these companies and labs have made great strides since 2013, all with the approval of national assemblies in Belgium, France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Today, the robotic testing of cars in traffic is a solid go — despite 500 car accidents reported with automated systems engaged through 2023, 11 human deaths, and numerous serious injuries.
Has any of these problems prompted a moratorium on the testing of autonomous vehicles? Not at all. Despite the injuries and deaths, authorities are proceeding with testing 35,000-pound semi-trucks on U.S. Interstate highways. At present, real human volunteers remain seated in the driver’s seat while computers operate massive 18-wheel trucks between Dallas and Houston, but those safeguards are only temporary. We’re getting ready to “go live.”
Aurora Innovation, Inc.’s eighteen-wheel vehicles are part of a new class of autonomous “big rigs” plying the nation’s highways. By the end of 2024, trucks operated by Aurora Innovation and Kodiak Robotics will begin traveling without human minders throughout Texas, Florida, Arizona, and Nevada.
Meanwhile, so-called experts continue to argue that robotic trucks could reduce the time it takes to transport goods while freeing the trucking industry from the costs of human labor. On the other end of the spectrum, some emphasize concerns about highway safety, job loss, the absence of federal highway regulations, and a patchwork of state laws regarding where and how autonomous trucks can operate.
Silence is golden, so driverless passenger vehicles and trucks can travel anywhere in the United States (by default) unless or until states explicitly prohibit them from operating on their highways. That means robotic companies can test and operate their vehicles across most of the country because only two dozen states (including Texas, Florida, Arizona, and Nevada) specifically allow driverless operations. Sixteen states have no regulations specific to autonomous vehicles, while ten states have placed some limitations on autonomous vehicles.
Advocates of driverless vehicles say they have been frustrated at how slowly the federal government has moved on this issue — particularly given its potential to affect a massive part of the American economy. Others, however, remind us that driverless vehicles have caused chaos in cities like San Francisco — including horrific accidents where robotic taxis killed jaywalking pedestrians.
Trucking industry experts have said that the notion of massive-sized trucks barreling down highways without operators is frightening. When you think about it, it is terrifying — but the argument will soon become one of statistical percentages. “Okay, this autonomous truck with a computer virus indeed wiped out an entire family, but it was only about .028455216 of all highway accidents!”
At least now we all understand how the government intends to replace big-rig diesel trucks with electric ones.
No doubt by now most folks have heard about the sad fact that EV’s just can’t manage the super cold periods at all. Now we learn that charging stations can suffer the same fate and simply don’t work. Then let’s consider the strain on our grid to charge these beasts.
Electric vehicle (EV) drivers in the Chicago area have recently struggled to charge their vehicles amid frigid temperatures, contradicting the assertions of some EV proponents suggesting that fears about performance in inclement conditions are overblown.
Dozens of EV drivers reportedly lined up at EV charging stations to juice up their vehicles in Oak Brook, Illinois, but the bitter cold that has blanketed the area made that task effectively impossible, according to Fox 32, a local media outlet. Several organizations that promote EVs — a product which the Biden administration is pushing aggressively as part of its climate agenda — have previously suggested that concerns over diminished EV and battery performance in cold weather are inflated, but the experiences of drivers in Oak Brook seem to belie that notion. Source
Beside the cold weather, alarms have been sounded regarding the fact we simply don’t have the infrastructure to support them.
Here is one of the simplest and easiest to understand reasons why our grid cannot possibly manage charging these cars. They think we can charge busses and trucks too? I suggest showing this clip in about the fifth grade in school and then move on into the colleges. Nothing like a visual.
Largest EV Tesla Supercharger station in the world. 98 charging stations. Powered by…wait for it, you know it’s coming…Diesel generators. Hidden behind the Shell station to conceal their Green shame.
but that is not the half of it. Mustang picks up the real cost – deadly at any speed.
(… and it isn’t looking good).
by Mustang
My wife and I walk in the morning. Our trek takes us through our housing development, along a state highway to a turnaround point, and then back to the neighborhood. Three of our neighbors own electric-powered vehicles (EVs). This morning, one of these vehicles collided with one of the neighborhood kids, who was riding his bicycle. Even though the EV traveled within the 25 mph speed limit, the eight-year-old bike rider didn’t stand much chance. EVs are heavy — a factor of mass, weight, and velocity. And they are deadly silent.
Yet, according to the White House, President Biden’s “Investing in America Agenda” intends to unleash a massive increase in the production of what the administration calls Affordable Electric Vehicles (AEVs). It is a commitment by the federal government and its partners to increase by 50% the number of new EVs operating on America’s roadways by the year 2030. Mr. Biden calls it “investing in America,” even though most EV parts are manufactured in China.
To spur on this lunacy, Mr. Biden intends to offer federal subsidies to increase the number of EVs, currently around 3 million vehicles. The term federal subsidy means that taxpayers will pay for it. Whoop!
There is a problem, though. According to statistics released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), pedestrian and bicycle injuries and fatalities have substantially increased since the federal government began forcing people into electric-powered vehicles. In 2009, NHTSA reported 24,297 pedestrian accidents involving EVs. In a second, more extensive study — involving 18 U.S. states, researchers reported a 40% increase in injuries and fatalities to pedestrians and bicyclists.
An independent study by the University of California (Riverside) reported that electric cars were three times more likely to be involved in pedestrian accidents than those powered by an internal combustion engine. A separate study by AXA Switzerland reported a 50% increase in accidents involving EVs with other vehicles. There is also the additional tendency for electric cars to catch fire while in operation.
According to NHTSA, in 2018, the number of pedestrians and bicyclists killed and injured was 6,283 and 75,000. Nationally, pedestrians account for 17% of all traffic fatalities. Among the more interesting statistics from the 2018 revelation, 81% of all accidents involving pedestrians and bicyclists occurred in urban settings, with 74% occurring at non-intersection locations. Seventy-six percent of deaths occurred after dusk, and of those killed, most were over the age of 50. Of those injured, the highest percentage involved children between the ages of 14 and 19 years.
Gosh … maybe EVs aren’t such a good idea after all — but have Democrats ever demonstrated compassion for the health and well-being of the American people?
The governor of Kansas chipped in $800 Million tax dollars to lure Panasonic to set up shop in their State. Biden? $6.8 Billion. No one discusses all of the environmental nasty stuff Kansas will have to deal with in making these batteries. Now we learn that the energy requirement to sustain the plant it will require continuing to keep a coal plant.
But wait…Biden is determined to shut down all coal plants. So let’s do the math today. Here we go:
A new electric vehicle battery factory in Kansas is demanding so much energy that the state needs to keep a coal plant open just to power it!
Japanese company Panasonic is set to receive $6.8 billion from Biden’s so-called ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ to help put more electric vehicles on the road that nobody wants.
A $4 billion Panasonic electric vehicle battery factory in De Soto, Kansas, will help satisfy the Biden administration’s efforts to get everyone into an EV.
It also will help extend the life of a coal-fired power plant.
Panasonic broke ground on the facility last year. The Japanese company was slated to receive $6.8 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act, which has been pouring billions into electric vehicles and battery factories as part of its effort to transition America away from fossil fuels.
The Kansas City Star reports that the factory will require between 200 and 250 megawatts of electricity to operate. That’s roughly the amount of power needed for a small city.
In testimony to the Kansas City Corporation Commission, which is the state’s equivalent of the Wyoming Public Service Commission, a representative of Evergy, the utility serving the factory, said that the 4 million-square-foot Panasonic facility creates “near term challenges from a resource adequacy perspective,” according to the newspaper.
As a result, the utility will continue to burn coal at a power plant near Lawrence, Kansas, and it will delay plants to transition units at the plant to natural gas.
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A 15-pound lithium-ion battery holds about the same amount of energy as a pound of oil. To make that battery requires 7,000 pounds of rock and dirt to get the minerals that go into that battery. The average EV battery weighs around 1,000 pounds.
All of that mining and factory processing produces a lot more carbon dioxide emissions than a gas-powered car, so EVs have to be driven around 50,000 to 60,000 miles before there’s a net reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.
Biden Celebrates Coal Plant Workers Losing Jobs: “Shutting These Plants DOWN All Across America!”
Can she really be that stupid? Where does she think all of this electricity comes from? Our enemies must be laughing their heads off and our friends, the few left, will surly look elsewhere for alliances.
Unreal ..and so when a vehicle is out of charge and stuck in hostile territory, you can call a timeout with your enemy and ask them to pick up battle after they politely guide you to the nearest charging station.These people are beyond help and a serious danger to our country.
Senator Joni Ernst asks, “Do you support support the military adopting that EV fleet by 2030?”
Granholm, ” I do. And I think we can get there as well.”
Not enough Granholm?
Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm doubled down on her praise of China for being the world’s largest “clean energy” technology investor, despite it also being the world’s largest emitter of CO2.
During a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, Chief Deputy Whip Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) grilled Granholm about her comments on March 10, 2023, that “We can all learn from what China is doing” on the environment, and another remark saying that the U.S. did not have the moral authority to criticize China.
Reschenthaler asked Granholm if she was aware at that time that 30 percent of the world’s CO2 emissions came from China. Granholm responded, “Oh, yes.”
Biden Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm doubles, triples, and quadruples down on her praise for China — despite China's record of pollution and horrifying human rights abuses. pic.twitter.com/vXiw2R5vqf
Let’s round it out with comments from Maria and her crew. One of the best take downs.
FOX Business’ Maria Bartiromo, Solus Alternative Asset Management strategist Dan Greenhaus and Fox News contributor Liz Peek discuss Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm for praising China’s ‘encouraging’ investment in clean energy.
Hunter apparently was in the back of Air Force One for the deal Biden cut with Canada in handing out grants for the same minerals that Biden is shutting down in the U.S. Japan too is in on the grift. Add the nitwit, the head of the Interior department Deb Haaland, to pull off the scam.
If there is any question as to who is the dumbest Biden cabinet member look no further than Interior. A close call when comparing to Granholm at Energy, however she controls our precious minerals and energy leases. A Native American who rounded out the Cabinet of many faces. This time the subject of her hearing included Minnesota and Nevada and their rich mineral deposits as the latest victims. America as well. Why?
Minnesota has excellent mineral potential.
A century of iron mining has barely scratched the surface of Minnesota’s mineral wealth. Thousands of square miles of Minnesota encompassing promising greenstone belts, sedimentary basins and intrusives await exploration.
Much of Minnesota’s geologic terrane is a continuation of the mineral-rich Canadian Shield of Ontario and Quebec, which has yielded gold, silver, zinc, copper, nickel, titanium, and other precious metals and base metals.
(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden’s administration says electric vehicle adoption is key to curbing climate change but blocked mining of rare earth minerals on more than 225,000 acres of federal land for more than 20 years.
The Biden administration banned mining near the Boundary Waters on the Duluth Complex in Minnesota, which Twin Metals says contains 95% of the nation’s nickel reserves; 88% of the cobalt; 51% of the platinum; 48% of the palladium, and 34% of the nation’s copper.
Those rare earth minerals are vital for electric vehicle production and lithium-ion batteries. Without domestic rare earth mineral mining, the nation must rely on countries with few labor or environmental laws, such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, where 75% of the supply of cobalt is mined to make lithium-ion batteries and EVs.
By now you probably know where this is headed. But we are not done. Nevada last week.
The federal government owns huge chunks of America’s West, home to critical minerals like lithium essential to technologies like electric-vehicle batteries — yet Biden blocks their development beneath federal lands.
Biden banned access Tuesday to nearly 514,000 acres of public lands, including adding a new national park in Nevada just for good measure.
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo says Biden failed to consult him before this designation, though the Silver State contains massive lithium deposits.
But I have a surprise ending… thar is money in shutting down our own mining..
4 days ago — There was a pot of gold at the end of President Joe Biden’s jaunt to Canada. It’s going to Canada’s mining sector.
The U.S. is desperate to reduce its reliance on its adversary for materials needed to power electric vehicles, electronics and many other products, and has set aside hundreds of millions of dollars under a program called the Defence Production Act.
Which Canadian companies? The leaders didn’t say. Canadian officials have provided the U.S. with a list of at least 70 projects that could warrant U.S. funding.
Biden also said Canadian semiconductor projects would be eligible for access to another Defence Production Act program.
The Pentagon already has told Canadian companies they would be eligible to apply. It has said the cash would arrive as grants, not loans.
On Friday, before Biden left Ottawa, he promised they’ll get some.
“Our nations are blessed with incredible natural resources,” Biden told Canadian parliamentarians during his speech in the House of Commons.
“Canada in particular has large quantities of critical minerals that are essential for our clean energy future, for the world’s clean energy future.
“And I believe we have an incredible opportunity to work together so Canada and the United States can source and supply here in North America everything we need for reliable and resilient supply chains.”
8 hours ago — Biden Smuggles Corporate Green Welfare Scheme Through New Critical Minerals Agreement with Japan. March 28, 2023 — Press Releases —
WASHINGTON, DC – Without any notice to the American public, the Biden Administration announced today they have entered into a critical minerals agreement with Japan that would send tax dollars to foreign corporations that produce electric vehicles (EVs) and open the door to future payouts to other countries.
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement:
“The Biden Administration is clearly happy to hand out U.S. taxpayer dollars to foreign nations and risk American jobs solely to advance its radical ‘green’ energy agenda. This so-called ‘free trade agreement’ with Japan does nothing to shift critical mineral supply chains away from China. Equally shameful is the fact that the Biden Administration is distorting the plain text of U.S. law to write as many green corporate welfare checks as possible.
The Administration has not been transparent with the American people and has ignored major concerns raised by Congress, including failing to provide an analysis of the effects this agreement would have on American workers. Rather than rushing to complete legally dubious agreements at the behest of lobbying campaigns by foreign governments, the Biden Administration should work with Congress to develop meaningful trade policies that improve the lives and livelihoods of America’s working families.”
The coup de grâce – a total disgrace.
Biden’s Interior Secretary Completely Dumbstruck Over Simple Questions on China and Production of Critical Minerals
A deer caught in the headlights who knows nothing.
The last hearing I caught of her, she got notes from the gal sitting next to her. With this camera angle, no luck this time.
For more displays of her knowledge base from an earlier post.
Within a week of the memo shutting down Oil and Gas Leases, the Federal government moves to shut down the Pebble Mining Project in Alaska of the very minerals that Biden just proclaimed essential under the Defense Emergency Production Act. Its location is in a 24,000 sq mile area in Alaska. Largely undeveloped.
Copper and molybdenum for green energy technology like electric vehicles, wind turbines and solar panels. Gold. Not for us. Possibly one of the largest mines in the world.
Ioneer Ltd.’s lithium mine in Nevada, which could supply 22,000 metric tons of lithium annually—enough for about 400,000 electric cars, is being held captive by environmentalists, who claim the mine threatens Tiehm’s buckwheat, a rare flowering plant. The Trump Interior Department had refuted that after an extensive analysis, indicating that the culprit of the buckwheat was hungry squirrels.
California fire crews use SIX THOUSAND gallons of water to extinguish burning Tesla Model S whose battery spontaneously combusted while driving down busy freeway.
Fire officials said that nothing was wrong with the car before it combusted
Mustang picks up the facts of Lithium and why it is so dangerous.
As with all alkali metals, lithium is highly reactive and flammable. It must be stored in a vacuum atmosphere or inert liquid (such as purified kerosene or mineral oil).
When cut, lithium exhibits a metallic luster. When exposed to moist air, it corrodes quickly to a dull silvery gray color and then to a black tarnish. Lithium never occurs freely in nature but only in ionic compounds, which were once the primary source of lithium. Due to its solubility as an ion, it is present in ocean water and is commonly obtained from brines. Lithium metal is isolated electrolytically from a mixture of lithium and potassium chloride.
The nucleus of the lithium atom verges on instability — because the two stable lithium isotopes found in nature have among the lowest binding energies per nucleon of all stable nuclides. Thus, lithium is less common in the solar system because of its relative nuclear instability than 25 of the first 32 chemical elements (even though its nuclei are very light). For these and other reasons, lithium has critical applications in nuclear physics. In 1932, the transmutation of lithium atoms to helium was the first fully man-made nuclear reaction. Lithium deuteride serves as a fusion fuel in staged thermonuclear weapons.
Lithium (and its compounds) has several industrial applications, including heat-resistant glass and ceramics, lithium grease lubricants, flux additives for iron, steel, and aluminum production, lithium metal batteries, and lithium-ion batteries. These uses consume more than three-quarters of lithium production, and lithium is present in biological systems in trace amounts. Lithium salts have proven helpful as a mood stabilizer and an antidepressant in treating mental illnesses, such as bipolar disorder and political leftism.
The foregoing helps us understand why major airlines do not want people taking lithium batteries aboard. The flight may not end well. And now we have an additional concern (as expressed by The Guardian’s Climate Justice Reporter, Nina Lakhani. She recently reported that America’s transition to electric vehicles could require more than three times the current amount of lithium produced globally. If this happens, Nina warns, the mining operation will cause “needless water shortages, indigenous land grabs, and ecosystem destruction inside and outside its borders.”
The problem is, according to Ms. Lakhani, that unless the American people reduce their dependence on automobiles, the transition to lithium battery-powered electric vehicles, according to the United Nations mandate (by the year 2050), will likely deepen global environmental and social inequalities linked to mining — and MAY even jeopardize the 1.5 Celsius global heating target.
Aside: I was unaware that the United Nations had imposed a mandate to shift from gas-powered to electric-powered automobiles. I feel very uninformed.
But all is not lost. Ms. Lakhani assures everyone (in England) that ambitious policies forcing Americans to engage in mass transportation, develop walkable towns and cities, and develop robust battery recycling would slash the amount of extra lithium required by more than 90%. This is exciting news, shared with Ms. Lakhani by the Climate and Community Project, University of California (Davis) — and the timing couldn’t be better because, thanks to the Presidency of Joe Biden, additional money has been made available for Inflation Reduction and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs.
Here’s the problem in a nutshell: the global demand for lithium so that everyone can have one or more electric-powered vehicles in their driveway (and the army, navy, air force, and coast guard can operate electric-powered military vehicles) is predicted to rise more than 40 times by 2040. Of course, the hairball in our stomachs comes from the increase in lawsuits levied against lithium mining in the U.S., Chile, Serbia, and Tibet. It won’t be long before the global community will no longer countenance America’s big cars, sprawling cities, and widely distributed bedroom communities. The geopolitical authorities simply won’t stand for it.
Stay tuned for updated information about the likely effects of driving vehicles at high rates of speed while relying on unstable and highly explosive lithium hybrid engines. Meanwhile, let us endeavor to contact our representatives in Congress and urge them to increase lithium production for mood-shaping medications and distribution among our left-inclined denizens.
As far as Lithium in the U.S.? Better to have it mined in in Africa by the kids.
A lithium mine in California?
The Salton Sea region has one of the world’s largest known reserves of lithium, enough to power batteries for more than 50 million electric vehicles within a few years. But first it must be extracted from hot geothermal brine loaded with toxic material, a process that’s never been done before at scale.Aug 31, 2022
The Fish and Wildlife Service said in listing the flower that the potential mining poses the biggest threat to the survival of the 6-inch-tall plant with yellow blooms at the only place it’s known to exist. It’s also threatened by road-building, livestock grazing, rodents that eat it, invasive plants and climate change, the service said.
Granholm made the rounds on the Sunday talk shows. “One of the biggest pieces of these inflationary increases is the price of fuel” she says. What a surprise. Who would have guessed it? She has come a long way don’t you think…. and best part is that Biden is focused like a laser..Let’s have a little fun checking out what our savants are saying about inflation and energy with a few short clips. Here we go.
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm: “Oh, For Sure” Biden Is “Really Focused” On Inflation
Focused but not so much on “Drill Baby Drill” type thing.
She thinks you fill up a tank with electricity..
What’s Charging Those Stations? 🤔 | Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm On Gas Prices & EVs
OOPSIE– Lansing Energy running on 95 percent coal. Ouch.
What About The Rest Of Us? | Senator Debbie Stabenow Gloats About Buying An EV. How many think that Deb drove from Michigan to D.C. and passed all of those gas stations smiling all the time? The average distance I read is somewhere between 260 and 340 miles per tank. Just how were those charging stations?
When You Blame EVERYONE but Yourself.. He says inflation is just a smidgen and then back down, a wee bit, just temporary, yes.
They have to speak like they’re talking to children because that’s the level of intelligence of a progressive.
Our gal is right there in it…with us every step of the way. A great comfort.
Kamala reassures us that every one is working together.
Nothing better than a bit of Terrence. We shall see if this stays up.
Sums up the whole amazing absurdity of it all… hope you enjoyed.
BUNKERVILLE | God, Guns and Guts Comrades! 