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Evelyne's avatar

I’m not as scientifically well versed in the philosophy of just WHY this strong push for EV’s E-bikes, E-scooters has been so embraced by government ~ other than greed from the manufacturers, of course). How everybody got onboard of this NOT GREEN AT ALL idea is beyond my comprehension! I suppose it’s another one of those “follow the money” type of notions? Wasn’t ANYONE thinking of the downsides of creating all this EV nonsense?

I’ve watched horrific videos of cars igniting in underground garages caught by security cameras… another one on the Highwire (Del Bigtree did an investigative report on just how “green” these batteries are!) and it showed a man trapped in an elevator with a battery that caught fire ~

There’s too much of a ridiculous push to change over to a system that doesn’t seem to be well thought out.

Oh yeah, it SOUNDS like a good idea…. until rational thinking kicks in!

Just WHAT exactly does it take to produce these batteries? Hmmmmm! Oh, and what happens to them when

they die? Starting to not sound very green to me!

It’s BEYOND IRONY: we in California are encouraged to lessen the electric burden to help the “grid”… but can someone please explain to me how a multitude of folks trying to charge their EV’s while I’m doing “my part” by not using appliances during those “peak hours” makes any sense at all?

I’m not being snarky ~ I honestly want to know because it’s not at all making sense to my uneducated brain!

How can they even push EVs in a state where they’re trying to lessen the draw for the grid? Someone please tell me? (Thanks!)

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Aimee Smith's avatar

Andy Caldwell is a treasure. I have been wondering as well about the batteries in ev's and possibly home energy storage systems contributing to the LA fires. People in my neighborhood are concerned about the brush as fuel for fires, but I am concerned about all the ev's. Do the insurance companies share my concern? I would much rather breathe the combustion products of a brush fire than a lithium ion battery fire. This is part of my more general concern that the people in decision making positions are not capable of critical, systemic thinking. They take "campaign donations", which are legalized bribes, and follow the fads. A civilization can not stand for long without rational planning on the part of its decision makers.

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