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10 hours ago, Deephaven said:

If they weren't stupidly subsidizing ev's and instead took a more logical approach to transportation the prices wouldn't be so out of whack.

Yes democrats like others money.  Smart ones keep more of their own money.  Non refundable tax credits and deductions aren’t subsidizes…. It’s just business’s and individuals getting to keep more of there own money.

the more EV’s on the road the more they help drive the price of gas down through demand reduction that would otherwise be on petroleum products 

18 hours ago, steve from amherst said:

Does someone working for $7.25 an hr even have a vehicle? Either way they should stop stealing jobs from teenagers.

Teenagers have cars typically.

WASHINGTON D.C. — The U.S. solar industry added a record-shattering 32.4 gigawatts (GW) of new electric generating capacity in 2023, a 37% increase from the previous record set in 2021 and a 51% increase from 2022.

According to the U.S. Solar Market Insight 2023 Year-in-Review released today by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie, solar accounts for 53% of all new electric generating capacity added to the grid last year. This marks the first time in 80 years that a renewable electricity source has accounted for over 50% of annual capacity additions.

“If we stay the course with our federal clean energy policies, total solar deployment will quadruple over the next ten years,” said SEIA president and CEO Abigail Ross Hopper.
 

Total U.S. solar capacity is expected to grow to 673 GW by 2034, enough to power more than 100 million homes.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/solar-installations-skyrocket-2023-record-124300336.html#
 

7 minutes ago, steve from amherst said:

Well maybe most folks are concerned with the masses and not the few?

The masses can afford the fuel prices….  It’s the few that can’t 

4 minutes ago, steve from amherst said:

Well you seem quite passionate about this. Have you contacted your federal representatives demanding action ?

Nope.  Just like increases in fuel prices had no affect on me neither does minimum wage.  People might change their discretionary spending habits with increases in those and inflation but not much will change so not to concerned with any of it.

just pointing out the hypocrisy of those concerned about poor people affording things such as gas but yet will fight tooth and nail on keeping them at slave wages

8 minutes ago, steve from amherst said:

Sorry , but less then 1% of employed Americans isnt that much. Raising it would do next to nothing. 

1.02 million US workers earn minimum.

indexed for inflation since 1968 the minimum wage would be just north of $14 an hour.

fuel prices are a measure in inflation so index the minimum wage to inflation would help people not lose ground to inflation.

32 minutes ago, steve from amherst said:

No one works for minimum wage. Raising it will not change a damn thing. 

Many work for Fed minimum especially in deep red states. Lots of welfare has to be paid at taxpayers expense

2 minutes ago, Highmark said:

Also don't want an inconsequential small state gov like Noem.   

Ya…. Noem is Palin.  Tulsi could pull a lot of votes in for Trump

8 minutes ago, steve from amherst said:

We are already in a wage / inflation spiral. No need for it to continue.

Anyone working a min wage job will always struggle.

Minimum wage hasn’t moved on a federal level since 2009….  Give the people another $4 and hour so they can afford an extra gallon of gas an hour.  It won’t do squat to inflation pressures.

Hope Trump doesn’t pick an old white dude for his VP

1 minute ago, Bontz said:

How?  By increasing the prices where minimum wage employees work & business owners struggle to keep their doors open?  
 

Either you’re being obtuse or just plain dumb with that thinking. 

Inflation is healthy in small amounts and if wages don’t keep up with that you put more and more people into the low income categories.  Minimum wage hasn’t increased federally since 2009.  Is that right or financially feasible to those minimum wage earners.  These are the people that can’t afford this society…..  not any business owner, they can easily afford that or they have a failed business model that relies on slave labor

19 minutes ago, teamgreen02 said:

Which indicates a poor economy and people struggling.  Yeah, real great.

Increasing the minimum wage would help the people struggling and increase there purchasing ability.

19 minutes ago, Voodoo said:

You almost seem to relish news like this.

There are  people struggling to pay the bills and you seem gleeful that fuel prices will increase.

Classy.

Higher fuel prices hopefully translates into less people on the roads which is better in every aspect.

3 minutes ago, ViperGTS/Z1 said:

Kind of makes sense being EVs are much heavier than ice vehicles.....more mass to stop is hard on brakes

Most all EV’s have regen.  Which eliminates the brakes being used in majority of braking events.  Brakes on EV’s are well known to easily out last any ice vehicle brakes.  If you are tracking a car yes heavier vehicles will likely go through brakes quicker.

Gas prices: 'Stark increases' expected amid 'stunted' refineries, higher oil
"US refining has been stunted by severe weather and some power losses at key plants. We may in the next few days see US retail gas prices at a higher number than year-ago," Tom Kloza, global head of energy analysis at OPIS, told Yahoo Finance.
 

"Right now, the ups: Refinery maintenance, a more costly summer version of gasoline coming into view, and rising demand all set the stage for gas prices that could rise another $0.20 to $0.50 a gallon between now and, say, Memorial Day," he added.
 

3 minutes ago, Cold War said:

No it is partisan retard thinking or just plain ole You’re a retard. 

 

It must be a Democrat thing of using one crime to justify another.  Few days ago MC was justifying that murder of the female by the illegal immigrant cause somebody legal resident committed a murder somewhere.

OP kind of justifying rapes committed by illegals based on first post it seems like.

Right from the study that the NY Post used to rally the gullible retards.

“Nevertheless, it is important to say that a gentle BEV driver, with the benefit of regenerative braking, can more than cancel out the tire wear emissions from the additional weight of their vehicle, to achieve lower tire wear than an internal combustion engine vehicle”

Looks like the guy got sent back to where he came from….  He will be recycled into the dirt again.  Don’t see a problem with this at all or is it an issue for some or justification for criminal actions by some like many are famous for?

26 minutes ago, ArcticCrusher said:

EV's are political.  They are useless.

So you didn’t even read the study?  
 

How about this….  EV tire pollution vs ice tire pollution plus tailpipe emissions.  Which is greater?     Do you know what vehicles they are getting tailpipe emission measurements from?  something no American would drive or have available to even purchase.  😂 

Even the study on tire wear in that link!!!  😂 

Just now, ArcticCrusher said:

Speaking of hacks.

There's a reason nobody wants EV's.

Did you even click into the NY post article and read the study at all?  It said brakes wear out faster on EV’s.  What morons!

6 minutes ago, Highmark said:

You going vegan now too?    

Nope.  I’m a Republican and conservative through and through

40 minutes ago, ArcticCrusher said:

 

 

This has got to really hurt.

 

 

Brakes wear out faster on EV’s according to the study.  😂 

such a hack piece if anybody thinks or actually believes that.

uh oh!

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/05/methanesat-will-pinpoint-methane-pollution-in-real-time/

By the time you read this, MethaneSAT, a new satellite that is a collaboration between dozens of scientists, researchers, and private corporations, will be in orbit, peering down at the Earth from space as it circles the globe 15 times a day. MethaneSAT, as the name implies, is designed to identify sources of methane gas pollution

Sounds like the leaders of these states attempted an insurrection and a  coup against the US government.  Should be held criminally responsible.