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Biden Pulls The Plug On EVs

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Posted By: RockyTCB, 2/20/2024 5:17:16 AM

When President Joe Biden issued regulations that he and his side of the political aisle hoped would eventually lead to electric vehicles replacing automobiles that burn gasoline and diesel fuel, it was regarded as a glorious moment. The backtracking, however, has begun, a welcome development we didn’t believe was possible from the man who once irresponsibly promised “to end fossil fuel.” Unfortunately, it’s being done for the wrong reasons. The New York Times reported over the weekend that the “​​administration intends to relax elements of one of its most ambitious strategies to combat climate change,

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Reply 1 - Posted by: FJB 2022 23 24 2/20/2024 6:33:53 AM (No. 1661492)
It just shows he didn't think it thru to begin with and didn't know what the hell he was doing, as most days, and after he shuts domestic production down and gas costs an arm and a leg and makes us dependent on foreign oil! Stupid man, what a fool!
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Bur Oak 2/20/2024 6:34:01 AM (No. 1661493)
I'll believe the headline when the regulations supporting it are printed in the Federal Register.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: cThree 2/20/2024 7:06:40 AM (No. 1661499)
"think it thru" and Joe Biden are words that don't belong remotely close to each other. Joe's executive orders and exhortations, to the extent that he is the author of them, are purely aspirational. (Here "aspirational" means "political.") "End fossil fuel"? How about "end cancer as we know it"? Sure, why not? Applause all 'round.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: FJB 2022 23 24 2/20/2024 7:40:40 AM (No. 1661521)
Also he knows he is losing the auto workers votes, thus inspiring, for the time being, a step back!
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Venturer 2/20/2024 8:03:04 AM (No. 1661542)
How can anyone actually account for the damage his crazed environmental policies have done. Ford and Chevy have lost Billions of Dollars and they have EV's sitting on the lots that will probably sit there for years. Inflation, higher costs for everything., and of course the rich people who are stuck with this electric curse that they bought.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: DeepSouth 2/20/2024 8:14:54 AM (No. 1661551)
Reagan tried rescinding some of the EPA regulations and the courts would not allow it, ruling that the administration may have changed but the science had not changed. Has the "science" behind all of his mandates changed, or just the polls?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: jeffkinnh 2/20/2024 8:18:05 AM (No. 1661554)
Biden's actions are all political cheap tricks. He bought the "climate" people by pushing EVs. Now that no one wants them and labor is ticked off at him, he slinks away from the issue ... unless he wins reelection, then back to business as usual. The same with immigration. Leftists are pushing open borders. Biden green lights them. The brilliant Southern border governors shipped a small portion of the illegals to Sanctuary cities and the cities are collapsing under the weight of their policies. In this case, Biden's monkeys have no clue as to how to handle it. They are double talking as fast as they can but it's gibberish. Not only are all the things Biden has done BAD POLICY, they are disingenuous. Biden and his people don't care about any of these things. They are manipulating votes and payoffs. When it goes bad, they lie and pivot to other things. The good thing is, ALL of Biden's actions are collapsing at the same time. There is nowhere to hide from his incompetence and criminality. He isn't even "well meaning". He deserves the condemnation of history.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: FL_Absentee_Voter 2/20/2024 8:45:30 AM (No. 1661572)
#5 - We just don't want everything to collapse too quickly such that the party has to pull the plug on him anytime before November. Ideally, he'll be twisting in the wind on Election Day.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Strike3 2/20/2024 9:36:49 AM (No. 1661603)
The US Army is going to be so disappointed that they didn't get those 30-ton electric tanks that can't go through water. The Air Force pilots, on the other hand, are quite relieved. Mid-air refueling would have been fun in an electrical storm.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: bighambone 2/20/2024 9:58:45 AM (No. 1661615)
By the time the November election comes around the Democrats will be portraying themselves to be more conservative on all the national failed policies that Biden and the Obama crew that actually runs the White House have put in place, as the wimpy Republicans stand around with their mouths open. Then after the election, win or lose, the Democrats will swing back to supporting their failed policies that were designed to permanently change the political demographics of the USA.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: padiva 2/20/2024 10:23:12 AM (No. 1661627)
Meanwhile, Biden's buddies in the EV world have been receiving multiple millions from the US Treasury.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Gordon Mills 2/20/2024 10:25:40 AM (No. 1661629)
Until November 6th
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Reply 13 - Posted by: DVC 2/20/2024 11:23:14 AM (No. 1661662)
The headline is a lie. They are just using a different strategy. They are reducing the allowable tailpipe emissons from any internal combustion engine car to the point that it will be impossible to sell one which complies. Same exact result, just a different tactic. NOTHING has changed. They want ALL normal cars gone and only the expensive, crappy, short ranged electric disasters to be available.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: bobmadison 2/20/2024 12:44:49 PM (No. 1661681)
ONE MORE TIME: The biggest con, scam, and boondoggle, in the history of the USA.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: Sorosisbehindit 2/21/2024 7:24:54 AM (No. 1662102)
Just tapping the brakes as they roll through an election cycle, then they will hit the pedal hard.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: Strike3 2/21/2024 8:11:47 AM (No. 1662133)
I wish they would pull the plug on Biden. That headline would be worth our attention.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: jeffinitely 2/21/2024 8:35:13 AM (No. 1662156)
I'll try and keep saying it: We've got to stop this "Biden this, Biden that" because we know it is not Biden, it is the Democrat Party handlers (Obama, etc). We're allowing the Obama crowd to run someone against Biden in 2024 if we don't keep grinding away how these are Democrat policies and not just Biden policies. Getting rid of Biden but keeping Democrats in power accomplishes nothing.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: Trapper 2/21/2024 8:43:22 AM (No. 1662167)
EV's are just a ruse, a head fake. Those pushing EV's know full well that most Americans have no place to charge an EV, so they will NEVER buy one. If gas cars are no longer available most Americans will be forced to use whatever public transportation is available. That is the REAL real goal they are not telling you: forced use of public transit. They don't want an end to gas cars. They want an end to ALL personal vehicles. These people are monsters.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: Zigrid 2/21/2024 10:14:22 AM (No. 1662244)
What climate change?...it's all a made up attempt at feeding china our car manufacturing business....another attempt by the obama/biden regime to destroy our economy....in favor of the chicoms......
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Reply 20 - Posted by: Scribelus 2/21/2024 10:33:07 AM (No. 1662268)
“…pulls the plug…”? Where did Biden find a charger to plug it in?
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Reply 21 - Posted by: Old Army Vet 2/21/2024 10:43:13 AM (No. 1662283)
I wish someone would pull the plug on Brandon's presidency.
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Reply 22 - Posted by: Hermit_Crab 2/21/2024 12:03:14 PM (No. 1662347)
"Plugs" Biden should pull the plug on himself.
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Reply 23 - Posted by: Hazymac 2/21/2024 12:30:28 PM (No. 1662367)
Brandon is a tool, a fork for mixing mortar.
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Reply 24 - Posted by: udanja99 2/21/2024 1:13:15 PM (No. 1662390)
Last week, DH and I were out walking the dogs when we ran into a neighbor who bragged to us about having just bought a Chevy Volt. We smiled and walked on, but when we were around the corner and out of earshot, we practically rolled on the sidewalk laughing. WC Fields was right.
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Reply 25 - Posted by: jalo1951 2/21/2024 5:34:41 PM (No. 1662529)
I'd like to see someone pull the plug on FJB and drop him in a trashcan.
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Reply 26 - Posted by: Omen55 2/21/2024 7:08:48 PM (No. 1662593)
The headline should read. Reality bites Joey in the a$$.
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Reply 27 - Posted by: slsusnr 2/21/2024 7:16:46 PM (No. 1662598)
"Plugs" pulls the plug. Thanks, Rush.
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Reply 28 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 2/21/2024 7:56:51 PM (No. 1662622)
Driving around my city this afternoon, I spotted this sign out front of an oil-change business: Free Tesla oil-change.
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