Welcome to the law of uninteded consequences

“Those people will all choke to death if internal combustion is the primary power source of nearly a billion cars.”

Hahahahahah, so the government takes money away from some people (general taxpayers) so that it can hand that money over to some other people (hybrid buyers, the favored flavor of the month).

Lol Enviros.

Yep, and we can also marvel at China’s enormous infrastructure like the 3 gorges dam or the completely empty cities with 12-lane highways going to it, without having to suffer the individual cost that comes with it.  There are just some things that are more difficult to do in a country that values individual…

lol

There’s nothing structural keeping America from matching China’s EV pressure. What do you think would have to happen socially or politically to make it all work, though?

Nope, it’s because China has an authoritarian government and hos no concept of free speech or individual liberties.  That gives the government much, much more freedom to do what they want. 

which is a nice reminder of how much the U.S. government could be doing just like China is right now. We’re just, you know, not.

“If America won’t get its shit together on EVs’

3rd gear: This is the future of EV’s at Wally World!

“If America won’t get its shit together on EVs, maybe China will do it for us.”

Someone forgot to tell northern New England that winter is going away. Fourth snow since mid-October, hasn’t broken 20F this week.

I can’t take the time to show you your confirmation bias on this one, but here is the definitive study...

Oh, Clay, they really don’t like it when you point out the inconsistencies. I’ve even heard them dismiss “the coming age of glaciers” talk of the 1970s as a single rogue scientist.

I did not assert that it did. I am merely pointing out that Maui just saw a major long-standing cold record snapped by a considerable margin...

Maybe they’ll be useful in the snows of Maui, because at this rate...  They just shattered this long-standing record

Where I live, winter begins in mid-October, and ends in early May, with temperatures rarely above -5ºC (14ºF) and often as low as -40ºC (-40ºF). Autonomous cars have a zero chance of survival.