Joe’s EV Plan Has Close Encounter w/Charger

The foolishness of Dems’ pushing EV switch immediately & at all costs is again illustrated by WSJ’s “Biden Plan for EV Chargers on Highways Meets Skepticism in Rural West” & suggests Don Quixote’s horse would neigh at it.

To put it politely, the paper concludes: “The US wants fast EV chargers on [every 50 miles of every] interstate, but ... states with miles of remote highway say putting chargers everywhere doesn’t make sense.” Well, putting chargers ANYWHERE is going to be a fiscal & maintenance challenge to the purveyors of Biden’s $5 billion federal funding to help jump-start a national EV-charging network. But, when it comes to the vast Great Plains & Rocky Mountain ranges, the realities become especially stark. Asks Rob Stapley, an official with Montana’s Dept of Trans: “Even if there’s an exit or a place for people to pull off … is there anything on the electrical grid at a location or even anywhere close to make that viable?”

Of course, EV charging stations are a must for any en masse switch to EV cars, which so far reps a small percentage of vehicles manufactured today (& in the near future or beyond). And, that beyond isn’t going to become the near future if drivers can’t be reassured “they can recharge quickly & won’t run out of power on the open road … Most EVs currently have ranges of around 300 miles or less. Fast chargers repower an EV in about 30 minutes.” BTW, interstate rest stops & gas stations with electrical service are “off the table” thanks to a law passed by Congress to protect their monopolies. Think EV drivers want to meet one of those blinking UFOs at midnight on US 55 like the one in “Close Encounters”?

Davd Soul