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Climate Change / Re: Ford “Drastically” Cutting EV Lightning Workforce Hours
« Last post by Smokin Joe on Today at 10:47:02 am »Before embarrassing yourself further do some basic research.If all of this is so efficient, clean, cheap and wonderful, why in the Hell are our tax dollars going to keep it afloat? I can see subsidies for basic research, but not the production models.
The Ev industry is being subsidized because China, S Korea, Vietnam heavily subsides their own EV industry way more than what we do. If we do not subsidize our own companies , US manufacturers will be left behind in the Ev R&D and manufacturing race.
The same reason we are subsidizing our nations chip industry to the tune of $52 billion. If we do not Intel and such would go to the country that offers them the most subsidies.
The reason why Boeing receives tens of billions of subsidies is because the French govt is heavily subsidizing Airbus. If they did not receive subsidies Boeing would not be able to compete.
In your little world you hate govt giving out money but you do not live in the real world.
Why solar and wind is subsidized. Do you want to buy it for China or our own US companies?
Even where EVs are useful, the price point stops most, and used EVs aren't worth buying. A 20 year old ICE 'beater' will still get someone across town.. A 10 year old EV is a disposal problem, not an asset in any way.
Boeing (aircraft manufacture) and the chip industry are both matters of national security. In a way, EVs are, too, just not the way you seem to think. Take the hobbles off the oil, coal, and natural Gas industries, and we'll have plenty of energy, without pissing taxpayer dollars down Solyndra ratholes.