Elitist Buttigieg “Astonished” Americans “Seem To Really Struggle To Let Go” Of Gas Vehicles
In his latest display of out-of-touch elitism, Paternity Pete Buttigieg explained that he is “astonished. . . that some folks seem to really struggle to let go of the status quo,” meaning gas-powered vehicles. Hilariously, he says he’s “never known the United States to be a country that looks around the world and says, ‘What’s the lowest common denominator, let’s do that.'” Um, that’s EXACTLY what America is all about these days. The principle of the lowest common denominator drives almost every social agenda right now, and it’s infuriating to see mediocrity be the new goal. But I digress.
Well, Pete, perhaps people have noticed that there’s an electric vehicle infrastructure shortage, including a severe lack of charging stations nationwide and especially outside of big cities, which limits the usability of electric vehicles for the majority of the country. Perhaps they’ve noticed the shorter drive range of electric vehicles and the significantly longer time commitment to charge an EV versus filling up a gas tank. Perhaps people have discovered the limited functionality of electric vehicles, especially for Americans who require trucks or SUVs with hauling capabilities. And most importantly, people have probably noticed the significantly higher price tag attached to all these limitations.
In the full interview, he mentions that they’re “fighting to make EVs cheaper” and “getting these charging stations out across the country.” And that’s a great goal for his agenda, but this is an incredibly expensive and lengthy transition to make during a time of historically high government spending and inflation. And in the meantime, Americans are suffering, and Pete clearly cares more about his agenda than the American people.
Perhaps Paternity Pete is in the perfect living and working situation to make an electric vehicle the ideal transportation choice for him. Congratulations, Petey. But how condescending and elitist of him to denigrate the millions of Americans for whom an electric vehicle simply is not feasible, for any number of the aforementioned limitations. How out of touch is he to be “astonished” that Americans cannot justify letting go of their significantly more practical gas-powered vehicles?
Paternity Pete has previously faced backlash for his dismissive and elitist response to Biden’s historically high gas prices and the subsequent national crisis for American families, telling them to simply buy electric in order to save on gas. Almost as if he’s totally fine with American families suffering because it will force them to conform to his green energy agenda.
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You want to talk “astonished”? I’m astonished that he’s the Transportation Secretary.
We are fine with adapting to new technology. We don’t want to adapt to a new technology that presents a sh*t-ton of problems that have no solutions. Right now, the new technology they are peddling comes with a sh*t-ton of problems ( sorry for the repetition) and no solutions in sight—and these are basic everyday problems, not once in a blue moon problems.
Most people know electric cars drastically restrict our freedom of mobility by limiting miles between lengthy charge times and offer too few charging stations to boot. Short-sighted leftists wants us to jump off a cliff where there won’t be a soft cushion at the bottom for another ten years or more. Charles Krauthammer had it right when he claimed “Democrats, the fiercely ‘pro-choice’ party, reserve free choice for aborting a fetus, while denying it for such matters as choosing your child’s school or joining a union.” I think we can safely add forced immunizations, and electric cars to their “do as we tell you” insanity.
The problem is that Pete seems to think that the proletariat are stupid and can’t think without engaging foresight. So, when Pete can answer all the following questions, I’ll line up for my EV:
– what is the source of the batteries and how much money, on average, does it cost to produce them and at what cost to the surrounding environment?
– what is the lifespan and cost of the rechargeable batteries and their replacement?
– how far can a driver drive on a charge?
– does the completely deplete the battery and if so how long does it take to fully charge the battery?
– in the event of a full battery depletion without an available charging station, how does one charge the battery (eg, middle of nowhere Texas/NV/AZ)?
– how are batteries that are no longer able to hold a charge disposed and what is the cost to the environment?
– what will be the source of electricity for charging batteries?
– how do we know that the source won’t be stressed by adding 100 million EV to the grid?
– what will the environmental impact of the new source of energy be?
– who will be responsible for the new source of energy?
– who will be held responsible if the environmental impact of EVs, after all is said and done, surpasses the impact of current gas combustion engines?
Riddle me that Pete? And if you can’t answer all of those question you have no business as Transportation Secretary and forcing a system of movement on the American people without having studied ALL the ramifications.
Well, if you bring up the sourcing for the materials for the batteries, then you venture into taboo territory because it doesn’t fit their narrative to discuss the child labor used to mine the materials for batteries, or the devastating impact of that mining to the environment, especially compared to the much cleaner and more ethical practices for oil drilling and gas production. They’re just hoping you don’t ask those questions so they don’t have to pretend those issues don’t exist.
Those are exactly my questions. So far, I have not seen any answers.
Just the storage of all the current vehicles that would be replaced is going to be a serious problem.
Wait people don’t want to adopt a new technology that blatantly cannot meet the needs they have for said technology? Democrats truly are divorced from rural life.
And it’s not even just rural life from which they are divorced. They’re clueless about anything other than elitist big city politician life. They are so out of touch with the life and needs of average Americans.