Comments by "TeeKay" (@teekay_1) on "‘The American People Did Not Ask For This’: Bill Johnson Rebukes Biden Over Electric Vehicle Push" video.

@parcae68 We don't know that yet. There's only a 50/50 chance EVs will succeed, and it they won't succeed if the only route is throwing more taxpayer dollars at it. That guarantees their demise, in fact because it's not forcing manufacturers to cut costs quickly enough. Taxpayers weren't subsidizing early cars, they were rich people's toys, and they only took off when the cost got down significantly which took 20 years. Let's mention the elephant in the room: the EV battery dance now is completely untenable. That battery is why the majority of people today won't consider an EV And unlike the situation with horses, EVs have a viable competitor in the market, gas/diesel cars that have significant advantages. That wasn't the case in 1900.
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@stevenmarecle5502 No, that's literally not what they're there for. They are there to represent their constituents wishes. It's why we have elections, to remove those people who don't follow what their constituents wish. Remember the government works for you, we don't work for the government.
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@ricardomejia4336 This will have 0 impact on air quality.
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@parcae68 it took a while, 40 years, but even then gas cars had such significant advantages over horse and carriage that it was inevitable. Today electric cars are more expensive, have less range, longer charge times and less ways to recharge than do gas cars. Also electric cars were more popular than gas cars with women initially because they couldn't turn the crank to start the cars, but once Cadillac invested the electric starter, gas cars had every advantage over electric cars. Ironically, gas cars are still better than electric cars.
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@DemPilafian Legacy Internal Combustion Engine You mean the engines that deliver your groceries to the store?
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@DemPilafian Of course they do sparky. Those battery trucks ain't deliverin' your food, nor are they powerin' your train.
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@DemPilafian "Over time all trains and trucks will be electric" It will be impossible for all trains to be electric in the US. It would take roughly $20T to do that. That's the US budget for 6 years, so you understand the money simply doesn't exit in the world to do it. Let's not get into the 50-100 years it would take to electrify all the tracks in the US. And electric long haul trucks don't exist, because.... once again... the battery problem. Lithium batteries are not the solution, because they lack the energy density, and they cannot be charged quickly or they deteriorate. And this is not something the engineers will figure out. It's a basic science problem.
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@DemPilafian Yes, everyone knows that electric trains use DC motors *fed by catenary wires*. As a matter of fact I am a scientist, but I'm also know the economics of running catenary wires and substations. We currently have about 22,000 miles of class 1 railroad track in the US with only 600 of it electrified. As a point of reference California has been attempting to build a high speed railroad for less than 500 miles and the cost is $250B, and they already have substations that can feed the catenary wires. In most of the US you'll have to run power lines for 100's of miles to electrify the track. Oh, and now you've doubled the operating cost of those tracks because the catenary system has to be maintained. And darnit, you need all new locomotives that are electric and can still pull 3 mile long coal and oil trains. Now you have to build poles, the put the cables over the track over 22,000 miles. You may have taken a science course once, but economics are completely beyond you
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@DemPilafian The difference, of course, is that you cannot put a lithium fire out, even if you put the entire car underwater .
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@DemPilafian Diesel engine locomotives don't have DC motors, Diesel engines use generators to run the traction motors. This is not electrification, BTW. There's no such thing as a train that runs purely by diesel. You're so confused about electrification and trains that you're kind of cute and sweet with how little you know about the topic.
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@DemPilafian You get sillier with each post. You're clearly out of your depth on technology, and when I've patiently explained why you have no idea what you're talking about, you change the subject. One has to feel bad for you in a way, because you're smart enough to know something about EVs (probably because you've been told they'll save the planet), but not quite informed enough to really understand or appreciate some of the impacts of what you believe. Life is definitely a box of chocolates for you. Best of luck, and I mean that sincerely.
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@DemPilafian Son, you remind me of a guy I used to work with. He was smart enough to understand that something could be done, but not smart enough to understand how it could be done. He was eventually let go in a layoff because ultimately all he could do is talk and couldn't get things done. I really do feel awful for you, you must be very frustrated by life.
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@DemPilafian I'm not debating you. You don't understand technology well enough to have a discussion at an adult level. Even if I melted down and cried, what would you have proved? That you're soft.
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@DemPilafian Well, but you're sort of like a brick wall when it comes to discussion. It's been explained in excruciating detail why we're decades away from large scale electric deployment for trains and trucks, and your response was a non-sequitur about batteries and trains or something (it's not clear) which was quite telling about your lack of expertise. You're simply a zealot without the engineering or scientific background to push stuff because you read about it in The Atlantic . So like the quote from the greatest movie ever made You have no frame of reference here, Donny. You’re like a child who wanders into the middle of a movie
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Democrats have demonstrated over the last 3 years that their plans are uniformly bad, reduce our standard of living, increase homelessness, raise the cost of food, cause more civil unrest, and increase crime. Then they blame Trump.
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@sher167 Yes, actually they are the EPA has raised the MPG average to 55mpg to purposely stop the sale of gas cars.
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@yvonneplant9434 There's no scientific basis for that statement. Go ahead and show us a peer reviewed paper that your statement is true. You won't find one.
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@DemPilafian Gas and oil absolutely are flammable ... ....and easily put out with a household extinguisher... Whereas there is no easy way to put out a lithium fueled fire because it generates it's own oxygen to burn, even underwater
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@sher167 So you're saying the Biden administration is just kidding? That EPA regulation have no legal impact? They're pulling our leg to motivate us?
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@sher167 You realize that nothing you've said here is true? EPA Regulations have the force of law. If car makers refuse they will be subject to civil fines and potentially make their cars ineligible to be sold in the US. From the EPA website: NHTSA announced tougher fines for automakers not meeting CAFE standards for model years 2019-2022. The penalties for model years 2019-2021 increased from $5.50 to $14 for every 0.1 mpg that new vehicles fail to meet So no, there is nothing here that says these are suggestions. You're either ill-informed or lying .
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