Face It: EVs are EVil

” It’s difficult not to get warm toes”. —Joanne Marcotte, Difficult Questions

The technology behind the production of EVs, which I regard as EVil, is in my assessment at least 10 times away from idealism. However, EVs comprise a professional liability, a pleasure disaster, an energy savage, a financial liability, and a spiritual ignominy.

As the Western Standard reports, in Canada,” Big money — something like$ 52 billion in tax-payer dollars have been allocated to over 13 projects in the form of investment tax credits, production subsidies, and other supporting mechanisms, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer”. The federal government is using tax revenues to finance the production and sale of electric vehicles, subsidies businesses that lack transparency and buyers who lack practical feeling, and imposes an autocratic policy. &nbsp,

What this means is that people who have no love for EVs but prefer to drive internal combustion engine ( ICE ) cars are subsidizing, through their government-funneled taxes, those who have opted for EVs. Once again, we observe the tragedy of governmental heavy-handedness and government intrusion. &nbsp,

Also, Dan McTeague, chairman of Canadians for Affordable Energy, reminds us that when there is sufficient demand for a solution, offer will soon follow. ” In the case of Vehicles, however, the federal government is operating under the assumption that if you somehow create a offer, that may inspire a need”. This financial rule backwards is ineffective. &nbsp,

Just as terrible or worse, according to studies expert at Suncor Energy Joseph Fournier,” There is no power shift in Canada”. In a 2022 report titled” The$ 2 trillion transition”, the Royal Bank of Canada stated that power generation must increase by 50 % over the next decade, if rolling blackouts are to be avoided. The same is definitely true in the U. S. and other European countries. Extremely foolish is relying on a crippling lack of electric infrastructure and a crippling lack of infrastructure. &nbsp,

To begin with,” Grid infrastructure is not cheap”, warns Rupert Darwall in Green Tyranny: Exposing the Totalitarian Roots of the Climate Industrial Complex. Complicating the problem, a decarbonized energy machine, bringing “wind and solar intermittency, uncertainty and variation” in its station, renders the electricity supply not only unaffordable and unsatisfactory, but wholly uncertain, “reversing the logic of the Industrial Revolution” .&nbsp,

In order to meet the current EV replacement targets, the Ontario IESO ( Independent Electricity Systems Operator ) states that there is “insufficient time to plan, acquire, and build the new generation and transmission infrastructure necessary to replace the natural gas generation.” The resource shortage may be overwhelming because demand will outweigh supply by a sizable margin.

Additionally, there are spiritual issues. Henry Pierson, a writer for American Thinker, points out that” the Democratic Republic of Congo,” which employs child labour, produces the essential rare earth elements, which are almost completely mined and refined in China, the world’s largest polluting country, for the most part. ” Vehicle make depends on colonists and companies. In the meantime, China continues to swell the European EV markets while squeezing the Democratic Party’s U.S. funds.

The social aspect of the situation merits a lot of attention, and the technological aspect of the situation is just as troubling. It is enough to throw paid to the overall organization. Governments believe that lithium-ion batteries will help mandated transitions to electric vehicles in many nations around the world. But there remain some excellent issues with sodium systems, including lifespan, cost and availability, battery performance at the extremes of atmospheric temperature, and the environmental impacts associated with the disposal of lithium battery components, whose poisonous leakage can contaminate the soil and water table, as well as aquatic life. The disposal of batteries in a clear manner is unattainable.

Another big problem is security. Lithium battery electrolytes typically consist of 10 to 20 liters of an organic carbonate mixture containing ~1 Molar dissolved LiPF6 salt ( lithium hexafluorophosphate, mainly used as lithium-ion battery electrolyte ). Quantities of solution may vary according to the EV type and the type of battery cell in use — circular, pack, crystalline — but the figure quoted is a common approximation. If organic carbonates overheat in a process known as thermal runaway, they are flammable and pose a significant risk. Additionally, LiPF6 is highly reactive to water, and even low levels of atmospheric humidity can be found in its byproducts, including hydrofluoric acid ( HF), a residue created when LiPF6 is in contact with water or humidity. &nbsp,

HF is an extremely toxic and dangerous chemical, which can also be easily volatilized. It damages battery electrolyte stability and internal battery components. It poses a serious risk, as large amounts of highly dangerous HF gas ( including hydrogen cyanide, sulphur dioxide, and methane ) can be released in lithium battery fires, as was the case recently in South Korea where a lithium battery fire killed 22 people, almost instantly, due to thermal runaway of these hot lethal gasses. &nbsp,

In the automotive industry, HF has been referred to as” the chemical hazard hiding in battery packs for electric and hybrid vehicles.” ” To avoid any contact between the electrolyte and the atmosphere, great care must be taken when using and building lithium batteries.” There is still not a trustworthy remedy for eradicating the threat.

Numerous other issues make EVs ‘ success incredibly unlikely due to their high cost. These common deficiencies include limited travel range, long recharging periods, a paucity of recharging ports, high unit price, steep repair costs, and extortionate insurance rates, fire department upgrades, prohibitive cost of battery replacement (upward of$ 20, 000 ), negligible resale value, and damage to tires, roads, bridges, etc. due to excess weight. The necessary rare earth metals, such as lithium, cobalt, graphite, nickel, and palladium, are labor-intensive, inherently noxious and exorbitantly expensive to extract. &nbsp,

The good news is that the EV fad appears to be dying out, and “auto manufacturers are beginning to adjust to the market,” Chris Queen reports for PJ Media. ” Ford Motors, for example, is” backing away from EVs” and reconditioning an EV plant to build high-demand Super Duty trucks. Ford loses approximately$ 50, 000 for every EV it sells. Nissan did n’t do much better, its EV earnings having dropped 99 % in the first quarter of the year. &nbsp,

Stephen Green, citing the Wall Street Journal, celebrates General Motors ‘ decision to delay ( perhaps indefinitely ) the new Buick EV and a new electric truck factory”. Due to low demand and high repair costs, Hertz Global Holdings also saw the light and decided to sell off 20, 000 EVs from its fleet. And as the Financial Post reports,” Volkswagen cuts EV output in Germany as demand craters”. It is obvious that EV mandates and wasteful subsidies and incentives are no longer necessary.

While most of our political leaders, to put it bluntly, are absolute chumps and globalist hacks who have little knowledge of either economics, technology, or business, Donald Trump is a rare exception. He is aware of the numerous drawbacks of electric vehicles. He pledged to “end the electric vehicle mandate on day one” during his speech at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. The consumer should be free to make the choice rather than be made by force by the government. The move, he said, would save” the U. S. auto industry from complete obliteration, which is happening right now, and sav]e ] U. S. customers thousands and thousands of dollars per car” .&nbsp,

It would also, we might add, go a long way toward saving the environment for, as we have seen, EVs are overall polluters. As noted, they are not eco-friendly, despite what the propaganda industry would have us believe. Donn Dears ‘ eye-opening book” Clean Energy Crisis: The Challenge of Replacing Fossil Fuels” points out that the EV manufacturing process produces 46 % of carbon emissions, while ICE vehicles produce 26 %. There is no upside to the EV craze, regardless of how one looks at it. &nbsp,

The die has been cast, according to the president of the Global Automakers of Canada, David Adams, president of the organization. Billions in subsidies and private investments have already started these sizable projects. Adams, however, may be blowing smoke. The more likely scenarios are corporate receivership and a national default. Myth and reality are incompatible partners. A scaleable model for a sizable consumer market is emerging as a mirage. The market cannot sustain government-mandated folly and corporate fantasy. The collapse ca n’t come too soon.

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