The Truth About Electric Cars...

You may have heard that a group of 16 unelected bureaucrats known as the "Air Quality Management District," in once-beautiful downtown San Franpoopco, where stepping over piles of sh*t has become a sporting event, have unilaterally decided that California should outlaw normal, everyday, gas-powered cars made after 2035.  13 years from now.  For some strange reason.  To be powered somehow by some wind and some sun and an aging, overused electricity grid in dire need of an upgrade.  And the power to make them run, and to charge up these throwback new cars, is currently more than half supplied by coal. 

Yes, you read that right.  

Is this a longed-for revolution away from dirty carbon-based energy, to clean, neat and wonderful electricity?  Or is this a policy "circle-jerk" by a group of Left-wing idealogues infected with "same-think," playing with our futures like Greek Gods to satisfy their present urges?  

You know the definition of "Progressives?"  It's folks who think that can pick up a turd by the clean end... 

I'm assuming that this decision by the AQMD came as a result of some really fine bud, most likely a private hybrid strain available only to high-ranking Democrat politicians.  At least 40% THC.  Wish I had some.  I'll bet it would knock your dick in the dirt.  

Lemme's see.  CA has 30 million gas-powered cars on the road.  And Boy Guv Gavin Newsome is going to replace them in 13 years.  

Riiiiiighttt!!!

Hey, you and me, let's talk about the wrinkle in this whole deal.  The part about making it, you know, "possible."  The reality of the whole thing, doncha' know.  When you come down off your high.  When the weed runs out.  Well here are the facts.  In order for this to work seamlessly, without negatively effecting our daily commerce while under such a transition, we must accomplish the following:

     -  For full adoption nationally we would have to install 30,000,000 (that's MILLION) Public Charging Units spread across the Fruited Plain.  That would work out to 478 a day, every day, 7 days a week, for 8 years.

     -  That would cost $35 Billion Dollars (that with a "B").  Of somebody's money.  And not the publics' money.  This must be a private investment,  for private gain.  Because the public does not need it.  We already HAVE lots and lots of nice, clean-running automobiles we can gas up on every street corner.  Elon's been handling it so far.  Who's gonna' help him pony up?

     -  It would involve the installation of more than 28 Million Home Charging Units, at an average cost of $2,500 each.  On top of a pricey $67,000 electric four-wheel battery on wheels which gives its owners range-anxiety forevermore.  Nice.  

     -  And as for California, that would mean 1.2 Million Public Charging Ports, at an average cost of $2,600 each, to be installed in just the next 13 years.  Public money, again.  But how many people do you know that can buy a new $67k car, when the one they have now works just fine, and then spend another $2,500 to be able to use it?  And all that from a State that was to bring you the "Bullet Train," which was supposed to originally cost $30 Billion, and is now with cost overruns is up to $100 Billion!  

And no train!

I want you to remember that the oily prick in Sacramento who's pimping these overpriced toy cars today, is that same keep-your-hand-on-your-wallet who told us years ago the "Bullet Train" would take us from Lost Angeles to San Franpoopco, in under 8 hours, for under $100.  That's so we wouldn't have to take those smelly, dirty, polluting airplanes.  Now, as the absolute poster child for "goal-shrink," they hope that it may one day soon take you from Bakersfield, a place you don't want to be, to Modesto, a place you don't want to go.    

And it still isn't going "whoo whoo!"  And it won't anytime soon...

Oh yeah, almost forgot.  We just got the alert.  It's supposed to be hot for the next several days, because it's, ummm, Summer.  And it gets hot in Summer.*  But our aging grid won't permit such excesses as charging electric go carts when it's hot out.  So you may not charge your car when you get home tonight, or for the next several nights.  Hope you didn't have anywhere to go.  Like work...

If you do, I'm sure your neighbor, the one who helped you buy it, the one you shot your mouth off with about saving the Earth, would be happy to give you a ride in his gas-powered car.  

I'm almost certain he would...

*   BTW, they're not very good in Winter, either.  They charge 50% slower, and discharge 30% faster.  Howza' 'bout that all-night charge that gets you 100 miles?