Guest “Let them eat Cake” by Eric Worrall
Biden does not understand why people are finding rising gasoline prices such a struggle, when the obvious solution is to buy a $112,595 electric Hummer pickup.
Joe Biden Addresses High Gas Prices: Americans Can Save Money if They Buy Electric Cars
CHARLIE SPIERING 23 Nov 2021
President Joe Biden promoted his efforts to lower gas prices on Tuesday, but he reminded Americans they would save more money on gas if they owned electric cars.
“For the hundreds of thousands of folks who bought one of those electric cars, they’re going to save $800 to $1000 in fuel costs this year,” Biden said, referring to the $112,595 electric Hummer pickup he test drove at a General Motors factory in Detroit earlier this month.
The president appeared frustrated that some Americans continue blaming his environmental agenda for higher gas prices, dismissing it as a “myth.”
“My effort to combat climate change is not raising the price of gas, what it’s doing is increasing the availability of jobs,” Biden insisted.
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“Let’s do that. Let’s beat climate change. With more extensive innovation and opportunities,” Biden said, claiming the economy would be “less vulnerable to these kinds of price hikes” on fossil fuels.
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Read more: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/11/23/joe-biden-addresses-high-gas-prices-americans-can-save-money-if-they-buy-electric-cars/
There is a minor problem Biden may have overlooked – people who are struggling to put food on the table or gas in their tank to get to work might not have a spare 100K. But I’m sure if Biden puts his financial genius son Hunter on the case, his administration will figure out a way to help alleviate the US people of the burden of gasoline powered transport.
Marie Antoinette comes to mind – “Let them eat cake”
Beat me to it.
She never said that
Doesn’t matter if she actually said it or not (for the record, you are correct that she didn’t actually say it). The point is that the story of her saying it (and, more importantly the lesson behind the story) is what comes to mind.
Correct. She said “‘Qu’ils mangent de la brioche”
which is not true either… but it’s quite funny.
True story. She has been maligned and defamed in history books. In reality, she was a brave woman whose son was turned against her in court by totally corrupted and amoral prosecutors. She went to her death, with her head held high, never grovelling or asking for mercy. To her, her accusers were low-life scum, not worthy of even a simple statement. She was a class act on all levels.
cake was relatively cheaper then verses an electric car today
Let them drive EVs, powered by unreliables.
No, powered by coal. There is plenty of coal available.
No, they have said they are shutting down renewables(coal/oil/gas/nuclear/hydro) so there will be no electricity.
Actually the EVs will be “Locked Out” by Musk 500 codes
It is a feature not a bug. Leftards have been dreaming of restricting peoples’ ability to freely travel in America and this looks like a nice start to them.
Powered unreliably by unreliables.
None of us will be driving squat. Once they realize they can’t supply the materials needed to build this crap they will ban personal car ownership
Interesting historical side note. In Marie’s time, ‘cake’ was colloquial for the hard, often almost inedible semi burnt crust on a loaf of bread baked in a wood fired oven without good temperature control, which the nobility would cut off and discard. Her insult was worse then when taken in historical context.
I’ve just learned that I intend to run again in 2024. Oh boy, I really have missed the Senate…you know that reminds me of seeing President Roosevelt speak to the country on television back when I was a boy, oh wait maybe it was President Lincoln…and Cornpop was a bad dude…but I’m not allowed to take any questions you dog-faced pony soldier…or I won’t get any ice cream. Thank you everyone and Happy Halloween.
Your H. W. story needs a bit more ‘historical context’. He knew exactly what a bar code scanner was, but was actually being shown a scanner that could read torn and damaged bar codes. He marveled at that feature, not the bar code scanner itself. Of course, that part of the story was rarely ever told.
Bar codes and bar code scanners have damaged bar code redundancy in their designs.
Scanners can read bar codes with up to 10% to 30% damage.
It is part of their features…
The original grocery scanners were fixed positionally and required the cashier to properly “face” the bar code to the scanner.
They also had problems handling reflectance and contrast.
As new scanners were released, they were able to better resolve contrast and read off-angle bar codes. Something the old scanners were unable to accomplish.
One of the things that proved Bush Sr. out of touch to America was when Bush proved his commonality by filleting a bluefish, on national TV.
It was obvious that Bush knew how to clean and fillet the fish, but never had actually done the deed himself before. He was clumsy as all get out.
His failure to finish the job in Baghdad helped seal the deal.
Bush’s sons were not any better acquainted with ordinary people.
From the beginning, the whole Bush doesn’t know about grocery score scanners was nothing more than another media attempt to discredit anyone who opposes Democrats. The bar code tag was badly damaged and Bush was expressing surprise that the scanner was still able to read it. Watch the actual video, all of it.
Watch the actual video, all of it.
Arguably the biggest lesson of the century, at least with regard to the media.
If it’s a Republican president, the Leftwing Media is going to distort the facts. They do it to all the Republicans. That’s their job.
The media were also silent when Bill Clinton, HW’s replacement, went all gaga over the Presidential crest displayed electronically on the front of the lectern her was using!
The leftwing Media covers up for Democrat presidents. I know, I’m stating the obvious.
Interesting. I never knew this.
I’ve always wondered about that quote because I love chocolate cake.
Thanks for clarifying the real meaning. It makes sense to me now.
Interesting story, but more fanciful than accurate. She never said “let them eat cake”. She said “Qu’ils mangent de la brioche”. Brioche is a richer bread using sugar and eggs. Gâteau is the word for cake in French. However there’s some doubt she said anything at all.
Read my response to Rud for the full explanation.
She certainly didn’t after the chop!
Nice story but no cigar. What the Queen said was; “Qu’ils mangent de la brioche”, not let them eat cake. Brioche is not “almost inedible semi burnt crust on a loaf of bread”. It is bread in which sugar and eggs are added, making a richer bread. Many hamburger buns use a brioche recipe. All breads (and cakes) were baked in “wood fired oven without good temperature control”. In France most of the best French bread still is.
The true context of the famous saying is: Marie was a very caring but rather clueless but privileged woman who, when told of her people’s plight, was trying to be helpful. She was not showing callous disregard. She was so protected and socially distanced from the people it didn’t occur to her that they only had a choice between bread and starvation … not between different types of bread. She was merely offering the suggestion of what she would do. Her people might as well have been from an alien planet. Her fault was not insensitivity. It was complete ignorance of their situation.
But most likely this was an early version of fake news, put out by anti-royal propagandists. The Left has been doing this for a very, very long time. Highly unlikely she said anything at all about this.
There are mixed reports on what or even if Marie even remarked in any way at all. However, the point is; she never said “let them eat cake”. She spoke French, after all. The French version is; “Qu’ils mangent de la brioche”. Gâteau is a different thing entirely.
Actually she was Austrian
So she should have said that the poor should just “throw another shrimp on the barbie”, right?
No, she should have said, ‘Let them eat Sachertorte.’ Except Sachertorte hadn’t been invented until after M-A was dead. So maybe, ‘Let them eat Apfelstrudel.’
LOL!!!
I didn’t mention her origin … but are you saying she didn’t speak French? My point was that “Let them eat cake” is a bad and misleading translation.
Perhaps, but honestly. I think it might be worse if she is just that ignorant rather than callous. The idea that the ruler of a nation can honestly not realize that her people have a serious problem with starvation is quite troubling, particularly if she actually intends to be helpful.
The thing most people don’t realize about history is that well meaning idiots often cause vastly more damage than cruel selfish men like Hitler.
Exactly so … it was far worse. The aristocracy were so far removed from the reality of the common people they were almost of a different species.
Spot on, again … as C.S. Lewis put it:
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.”
Subterfuge? One never know in politics or media.
“wood fired oven without good temperature control”.
Wrong!
They had no temperature control as people nowadays think of controlling oven temperature.
Kindling wood for wood stoves may help when starting fires, but it was really used for temperature control when cooking. Adding a few degrees for a brief time while baking.
Instead bakers/cooks use telltale signs that the oven/griddle were hot enough.
Campers today still use Dutch ovens and cast iron pans yet bake perfect breads, tarts and pies.
Old wood fired pizza ovens are wonderful at baking bread.
In Afghanistan and India tandoors are used to make breads.
Odors as food cooks tell experienced bakers the progress of the baking/cooking.
It was Rud Istvan who wrote the sentence you quoted.
“In France most of the best French bread still is.” (cooked in a naturally regulated wood oven)
That’s what I said earlier. You’re right. In the past there were no thermostats but bakers and cooks used many other means to regulate temperature. Bread is cooked after the fire has been ‘drawn’ and relies on the retained heat of the oven. Long experience provides very good control. I’ve cooked with gas, oil, electricity and wood. There are all sorts of methods. For instance, in order to judge the temp. for deep frying, stick a used chopstick into the oil … the bubbles tell when the oil is right. The colour of the butter determines the temp. for sauteing. A drop of water on the pan will skip when just right for searing. As you say, even the smell is a tell. Stove top cooking (the bulk of all cooking) has no temperature control.
So, exactly analogous then?
I have no idea what you’re responding to or the context of your phrase. Even a complete sentence would have helped.
It’s basically the same trick as the media and lefty types in general always use when talking about Lady Thatcher- they quote her as saying, ‘There’s no such thing as society’, and use it to ‘prove’ that she had no interest in ordinary folk or their plight, when in fact she meant the exact opposite and was pointing out that ‘society’ is made up of ordinary people and that merely using the word society was quite insulting to them and their struggles.
Th media be brutal when they want to attack someone’s character. Half truths and straw man arguments combined with shifting context often fools most readers, especially when they want to think the worst. We saw what they did to Trump by shaping the narrative with lies. The Left leaning media is especially dishonest.
Was it Maureen Dowd who once used elipses (…) to eliminate a couple of key words from a quote, completely flipping it’s meaning, in order to attack Reagan?
I’m not sure about Maureen Dowd, but from what little I know of her, you could be right. I do know that journalist and AGW true believer, Potholer54, uses a similar technique on his vlog. When you catch him at it your remarks disappear and you get banned.
She was so protected and socially distanced from the people it didn’t occur to her that they only had a choice between bread and starvation
Not much has changed with our so-called “leaders”, has it?
That’s the dangerous nature of entitlement. Most long term politicians are so insensitive to their electorate, they lie as a matter of habit and policy completely undisturbed when caught.
Apparently, the first recorded use of the sentence was in a book Jean-Jacques Rousseau published in 1782 He did not mention Marie-Antoinette by name but referred to ‘a great princess’. And the sentence he used was ‘Let them eat brioche’. Brioche is a bread enriched with butter and eggs so not exactly something the nobility would discard.
If you can’t afford gasoline just you wait to find out the cost of battery replacement. For Tesla model S it is estimated to be about $12,000-$13,000, so don’t be too eager to buy an older second hand one.
Then their price HAS come down…
They used to be $44-49,000
So add replacement batteries to the “fuel” cost before “savings”, and the trade-in devaluation based on batteries useful operating life retained for the second-hand EV buyer.
Actually a full replacement is more in the 17,000 to 23,000 range if done by Tesla.
However often there are cheaper fixes since not all cells in the battery will be toast and so a rebuild is typically around 7,000 dollars … but tesla won’t do that ….they will only bend u over and gouge u for a full battery replacement.
See Rich Rebuilds for some battery stories: Tesla wanted him to pay $22500 to replace a battery pack, we did it for 75% less! – YouTube
Here is another one … no battery problem … a battery cooling problem: Tesla wanted $16,000 to fix this NEW Model 3, we did it for $700! The importance of Right to REPAIR! – YouTube
The problem with a rebuild, is that the cells that aren’t replaced are still old, and will start giving out soon.
“<em>Whoever uttered those unforgettable words, it was almost certainly not Marie-Antoinette, …<em>”
Did Marie-Antoinette really say “Let them eat cake”? – HISTORY
Lost in translation, “let them eat caca!”.
“If they don’t like it they can eat me.”
The people least likely to be able to afford gasoline also don’t own their own house or garage where they can recharge their EV at low cost. If you have to take your EV to a commercial charging station, it costs double to triple the average price of residential electricity to charge. At that price, it is cheaper to operate a gasoline powered Prius hybrid per mile (or any similar hybrid). A Prius is much cheaper than any EV too, plus you can find lots of used Prii for sale for even less money. Biden is COMPLETELY clueless if he thinks that an EV is a money saving option for the less well to do.
Hopefully, traditional dimocrat voters will realize the dims are going to screw them with all their extremely poorly thought-out policies.
Priuses (Prii???) have very good resale value, especially right now. It’s not hard to find a ten year old Prius going to $12k USD.
I’m buying my stepmom’s 2012 (70k miles) for $10k. My dad used to drive it, but he passed away last week. So I’m giving her a good amount for it.
That’s a good thing … and sorry for your loss.
Thanks.
All used cars have value right now.
That’s true, but I think Priuses are probably higher. My stepmother said Toyota was offering to buy it back from her. But I made my offer before she took it to Toyota for appraisal.
Sorry to hear that, Jeff.
Thanks Tom.
My 07 Prius is just past 280k miles, still averages about 40MPG. My 2015 Prius V (my commuter) gets around 43MPG. Bought both of them used (141k and 120k miles on each when I got them).
They’re offset by the 12-passenger van I need to haul my clan around.
Hybrids get the best of both worlds, and the worst. Quick refuels like ICEs (since they have those), good gas mileage, but we use both fossil fuels AND rare earth elements. But I think the older model has a NiMH battery, not Lithium.
The Ducks tell me that there were 286.9m cars registered in the US in 2020. According to the IEA there were 1.1m BEVs and 0.6m PHEVs in the US at the end of 2020.
I don’t think Biden has a clue!
To be honest, however, notwithstanding Biden’s reference to a luxury vehicle which he just drove, you can get a brand new EV for under $30K today, which is no more than your average gas powered sedan an a lot lower than typical SUVs, pickup trucks let alone luxury or sports cars.
And Biden is right – his policies are not causing the temporary spike in gas prices, which we have experienced over and over and over and over again over the last 5 decades. It’s all due to supply and demand, driven by the COVID pandemic and its after effects.
All you have to do is look at the supply and demand curves for oil and gas in 2020 and 2021 – it’s the classic steep recession, which dramatically reduces demand, followed by oil producers cutting investments in production, then followed by an unusually fast recovery that began a year ago that spiked oil and gas demand, and this year oil and gas producers have been behind the curve on restoring production.
Additionally, the cliffs and spikes in consumer demand and production capability didn’t just hit oil and gas – it hit everything in life, as we all know. Food, manufactured goods, services, construction, real estate … everything went on a humongous roller coaster ride in 2020-2021, and we’re still in it. None of that, I repeat none of that, had a blessed thing to do with Biden’s policies, because it all preceded Biden’s entry into office and has been baked into the cake ever since.
I am not a Biden fan nor (as everyone who has read my comments here) certainly not a warmunist, but we have to be honest in our criticisms. Otherwise it’s all just a bunch of propaganda spewing from both sides of the political argument. Which of course, it is.
You make some valid points on the particulars of the Biden angle, but the interesting part is “oil producers cutting investments in production”. This is a growing trend because of ESG investing and the belief that fossil fuels will be replaced very soon, stranding the assets of petroleum producers. This is the trend that will lead to high petroleum prices and even shortages for the foreseeable future. And the warmunists, including Biden, are largely responsible for this.
The tiny drop and recovery caused by COVID was never enough to explain the increase in oil prices.
The COVID drop was pretty much over before Trump left office, but the price rise did not start until months later.
Duane,
I am again very confused about your oil posts.
You state (in a previous post) that demand was about 18% greater than production in 2018 & 2019. That is a crapload of oil that appeared out thin air (or was taken out a very very big reserve?)
Then you say (in the same previous post) that with the COVID crash, the demand is more than 20% higher than the production.
Prices should have skyrocketed (per the Obama hope & change).
Then you reference (in your previous post) the Law of supply and demand like it supports your statements.
You are very confusing.
[And any time a person feels that they need to preface their statements with ‘to be honest’, everyone should be very leery of everything else that person says]
“And any time a person feels that they need to preface their statements with ‘to be honest’, everyone should be very leery of everything else that person says”
Never trust someone who says “Trust me”…
The good ones tell you upfront;
From ‘Local Hero’:
“Sounds like good advice, Reverend. I know I don’t have to ask you, sir but could you treat our conversation with confidence, for the meantime?”
“Oh, I give you my word that I’ll be as discreet as the next man, Mr Maclntyre.”
“Thank you.”
“But news does tend to travel fast around here.”
“I understand, sir.”
“The reverend says ‘News travels fast around here.’
Hmm.”
I agree with much of what you say. One thing I would add is that the entire ESG movement supported mostly by the corporate democrat elites prevents capital from flowing into new oil and gas projects. This entire movement is a dangerous interference in free markets. It prevents new exploration and supply from coming online which exacerbates the supply crunch caused by the pandemic.
Hey guys! ““Let them eat cake” was Eric’s subtitle. Even the alarmist trolls probably associate that with Marie Antoinette.
Be alert. We need more lerts.
I am certain that Joe Bidet was just joking…
I am certain that Joe Biden is a joke.
You need to read Joe Bidens new book
” My struggle – with the TelePrompTer “
The only thing Joe Bidet will flush away is householders’ living money.
more likely the crap in his pants when he saw the Pope
I am certain Joe Biden had no clue what he was saying.
His remaining braincells can barely decode the words on the TelePrompTer
let alone understand the context.
Just 4 hours ago Biden once again read ” end of quote ” off the TelePrompTer.
“They write it,I read it.
Being US president is so easy”
Joe Biden 2022
“Shut up! Get off the stage. Don’t read this. Just turn around and walk away.”
“Oh, the voices are saying get off the stage. Probably won’t get my pudding again.”
Several years ago in a New Orleans shop I almost bought a T shirt with the message “You are just jealous because you can’t hear what the little voices are saying to me.” Maybe someone could give your President one like that.
I saw a Christmas sweater today that had “All I want for Christmas is Affordable Gasoline” written across the front of it.
Probably not. These people hate anyone not part of their clique. Ergo, they hate the freedom that a reasonably priced vehicle with reasonably priced fuel brings. The solution is to make vehicle ownership limited to a select few. Publicly they say for the environment, but privately they do so because they hate us and want to rule us.
exactly so. USSR, GDR, that’s what is in store for us if they get their way.
You can’t fix stupid.
No matter how hard you try….. You can not polish a Turd.
But you can roll it in glitter.
Yeah, sure you can … but how do you know which is the clean end to pick it up with?
I am certain that Joe Bidet was just joking…
Classy – laughing at people’s misery. Yep, that’s a possible alternative explanation.
No he wasn’t though I imagine he might think of himself as Joe King
“I am certain that Joe Bidet was just joking…”
Do you mean, impersonating himself?…
Add in al least five figures to have adequate charging installed, assuming one already owns a single family house.
And always park it outside if you value your home and lives.
No, oh no. The whole purpose of the EV push is not to get everybody driving electric cars, but to reduce the number of cars on the roads. Rejoice, for the long struggle to deal with congestion and traffic jams will soon be at an end! sarc.
During the Obama era, I started calling the Democrats the “Marie Antoinette Party”. And now the entire Progressive elite establishment is now shamelessly pedal to the metal.
“Inflation airhead: NBC’s Stephanie Ruhle says the “dirty little secret” of people complaining about paying higher prices for food and fuel for their homes is they can afford it just fine. According to her, people should have been saving during the pandemic and stocks look good.”
https://twitter.com/i/status/1459891950363058182
I’d love an EV but can’t and never will be able to afford one. I love my electric chain saw, weed wacker, and law mower. I wouldn’t get an EV to save the Earth- I just like the quite engine and not fond of storing gas around the property. But I live on a modest social insecurity check and have a 2004 pickup- still runs well too.
My son wants a Tesla. Not for any virtue signaling Green bunkum reasons. He doesn’t buy into a whit of any “Climate Change” alarmism. He just wants one for the Ludicrous Mode.
Here’s a link to a video of a Tesla setting an EV 1/4-mile record; 9.081 seconds at 154.10 mph. That is impressive! If stripped down a bit, it’s thought they could run a quarter-mile in under 9 seconds.
It’s a short video because it’s a very fast 1/4 mile.
https://insideevs.com/news/522426/tesla-models-plaid-drag-record/
That said, my kid makes good bucks but prefers eating and having a roof over his head over owning an EV.
Consider heating problems for batteries and electric motor/s, this is already proving to be a problem for enthusiasts developing electric racing cars for longer distance events.
I’m well aware of the distance racing EV fiasco.
The drag strip is where they don’t get into those problems. BUT… they haven’t been successful in Top Fuel drag racing. The electric motors hit a wall at – oh, it’s been some time since I read it – ummm, about 280 mph? The pro drag racers tried it and couldn’t get past the wall. The top fueelies are well over 300 mph.
But they are great in the street classes as in that brief video.
Oh, and Bugatti is switching to an EV for top end honors. It’s supposed to be a 2,000+ hp car. They will probably take the honors for the fastest barely-production car, but it’s going to have range problems by the boatload with that kind of output.
Maybe “The Big Guy” is getting 10% to push Bugattis?
😜
https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/dodge-challenger-charger-and-hellcat-engines-will-die-by-2024/ar-AAR0GmT?ocid=winp1taskbar
Hybrid Corvettes are scheduled for 2023. That isn’t so far away!
I’m reminded of the Road Warrior, with Mad Max driving the “Last V8.”
My uncle has a country place, that no-one knows about
He says it used to be a farm, before the Motor Law
Even when they don’t overheat completely, the extra heat at the junctions is enough to shorten battery life.
My son is a builder and a couple of weeks ago needed a concrete and masonry saw for a project. He invited an electric-battery powered saw dealer to demonstrate their product and discovered that for continuous operation 4-6 batteries were recommended taking into account operating time each, recharging and not regularly over-heating the batteries.
Compared to a 4-stroke petrol engine powered saw the battery electric was almost twice the price before accounting for future battery replacements.
I’m trying to imagine electric farm tractors, and electric logging machines (skidders, forwarders, feller-bunchers, cut-to-length machines)- and really big trucks of all kinds. Maybe they’ll use tiny, suitcase sized, nuclear reactors. Yuh, right.
How did the colonists cut down the forests of New England back in the 1600s? That is essentially how it will need to be done without fossil fuel. To be fair, whatever the optimized process was in the 1890s may still be feasible for the net zero 2050s.
I’m guessing it was axes, saws, ropes, pulleys, wagons, and a lot of human and animal labor.
Right as to those methods. Then they had to remove all the stones from the land- millions of them- many ended up in the stone walls. When Nixon went to China and they brought him to the Great Wall, he declared that there is more stone in the stone walls of New England than in The Great Wall. Might even be true! Some of the stones weigh tons. But alas, the greens in New England are fighting hard to end all logging. They want to lock all the forests so they’ll do only one thing- sequester carbon. After all, no need for more wood since the greens already have nice wood homes, wood furniture and paper products. Future generations can build homes with mud bricks.
It seems to me that there is a trend to turn all public land into unfenced, out-door zoos/parks where one is supposed to enjoy the scenery and “Leave nothing but footprints.” The idea of “multiple use” land appears to be going the way of self-reliance.
But then people scream when the price of wood at Home Depot shoots up. It’s fine to have some land where you leave nothing but footprints we can’t live without using the resources of the land- most of it- and the resources of industry. But the green crowd would like to end both until they find out it’ll hurt their lifestyle. Then they complain about the shortages without realizing the cause and without wanting anyone to explain it to them.
Senility on display:
Cancel Keystone XL.
Cancel the ANWAR leases.
Prohibit exploration and drilling on federal lands.
Beg OPEC to increase production.
Blame ‘greedy’ oil companies for price gouging.
Release 50 mBBL from SPR—equal to 2.5 days US consumption—to ‘solve’ the long term oil supply problem you have created, NOT!
Finally, buy an EV that costs more and works less well if you cannot afford gas for your present car.
Ridicule is the only possible response to Slo Joe’s moves. And AOC’s GND on which his idiotic first three moves were based.
Todays gasoline prices are based on oil bought months ago when oil price was higher, but the fool deflects and lies by saying “oil prices are down now, but gas prices are still high” to blame the greedy oil companies, relying on ignorance of the democrat voter base to believe his lies.
Don’t forget that half of oil reserves that he is releasing go to China and India.
Since this is all directional PR spin from advisors, just use a puppet with string controls for the mouth.
Don’t you wish some Artificial Intelligence expert would program all of the advisors writing tendencies and find out who writes the garbage Brandon struggles to read from the teleprompter? Maybe one of the bookmakers in Las Vegas could take bets? Susan Rice?
I am frankly surprised that with today’s technology, the puppetmasters haven’t created a Joe Biden version of Max Headspace. It wouldn’t be too hard to sell the idea that the old doofus doesn’t want to risk getting covid, so he needs to use video conferencing for all his press appearances. They could keep that going for years after he passes away. I’m sure if anyone got too suspicious there would be plenty of Democrat operatives in the propaganda service, er press corps, who would happily do a green screen thing to make it look like Brandon was doing a rare personal interview.
And yes, I do think the Democrats would do something like that. They would do absolutely anything that they thought they could get away with.
Max Headroom
Ah yes, thanks for the correction
I think that perhaps, given the application, “Headspace” might not have been that much of a mistake…
Walter 2.0 (with apologies to Jeff Dunham)
Walter 2.0 (with apologies to Jeff Dunham)
“C’mon man just use an EverReady battery. Easy peasy folks” claims POTUS
At least he’s not reading the Sierra Club script calling everyone who does not comply a “head-in-sand” denier like Obama did. Soft stupid is better than podium thrashings. Do we get a UAW award sticker if we buy one?
Performance in mechanics, not energy conversion. Batteries with lithium deposits, and motors with disparately distributed “rare Earth” elements. Pollution that is shared/shifted somewhere else. A sociopolitical myth and Green solution. That said, go green, buy organic… affordable, available, productive, and nutritious in certain environments.
Where I live, if I didn’t use bug spray I wouldn’t get a lot of produce from my fruit trees. I vaguely remember some academic paper suggesting voracious Aussie insects, along with difficult to fence out wildlife, were contributing factors to why the Aboriginals never developed beyond a stone age hunter gatherer culture.
What were the contributing factors for American Indians?
Sure thing!
But…… if we all buy EV’s we will never ever have any hurricanes anymore. They promised.
Gotta go rev up my V8 Toyota now.
Gasoline is expensive but electricity is right there all the time… must be… to replace it. So sayeth the soothsayer in chief.
Twenty reasons that there will not be a rush to follow Biden’s suggestion.
20: Battery Replacements are expensive
19: Charging Stations are sparse
18: Electric Vehicles have heavyweight
17: Electric Vehicles are hard to repair
16: The Electric Vehicles have limited Range
15: Charging Times are slow
14: Electric Vehicles have a high price tag
13: Batteries will wear out and are costly to replace
12: Fire Hazard is a reported problem for the battery11: Subpar Performance is found in many models
10: Lack of availability with a multitude of models coming out
9: There is a lack of Service Centers for Electric Vehicles
8: Lack of Charging Infrastructure in public
7: High Electric Bill for at-home charging
6: Limited Cargo capacity for most models
5: Electric Cars cost much more
4: Zero Emissions Is a lie as the electricity comes off a fossil-fueled grid3: Quick Charging can damage batteries
2: Resale Value Is questionable1: Parts are hard to find
Performance claims are consumer fraud.
Like;
* Range quoted not real world range city and highway conditions.
* Recharging often quoted as 10-80% so a loss of potential range.
* Rarely mentioned are variable range loss factors like air conditioning on, hills, number of passengers and luggage, average speed – recommend on highway 80 kmh or less to reduce energy usage but highway speeds in Australia are 100 kmh and 110 kmh zones.
Yes, and even large companies and institutional investors are being scammed on range/battery claims by startups. It’s Solyndra 10,000x.
#5 and #14?
#13 and #20 are another pair of doppelgangers.
#3 Maybe used is the way to go? “Hey buddy, wanna buy a giant used battery with wheels and explosive potential?” 😆
not least if everyone in your neighbourhood has an EV the power grid will fail as it was never designed to have that amount of current carried on the cables
PS I forgot need to park 25m from any flammable item if need to maintain your insurance
Best to park outside, not in garage or under cover carparks.
Bill Gates was quoted a few years ago speaking about new technology, he said there was no point to new technology unless it exceeded the benefits already available to consumers.
At this stage, in my view, EV has a long way to go before becoming competitive with ICEV.
There are around 1.4 billion ICEVs in the world today and it is anticipated that by 2050 there will be 2 billion cars.
According to the International Energy Agency there were 10.2m BEVS & PHEVS in the world at the end of 2020. In a report in May 2021 the IEA also anticipated that on the best scenario there would be c. 72m EVs worldwide by 2040.
The idea that everybody is going to switch to EVs in the foreseeable future is a pipe-dream.
0: Performance and range are seriously degraded by cold weather.
0: Completely unsuitable for use in real winter weather
20: Battery Replacements are expensive. I don’t know if this is true….but would be compensated by the fact they have fewer parts and they are much more reliable. An electric engine will do around a million miles. And almost no maintenance.
19: Charging Stations are sparse. Bollocks.
18: Electric Vehicles have heavyweight. And your point is?
17: Electric Vehicles are hard to repair. What????
16: The Electric Vehicles have limited Range. That’s changing. Mine will do around 500km’s.
15: Charging Times are slow. Maybe, but I charge mine while I sleep so that’s more convenient than going to a gas station.
14: Electric Vehicles have a high price tag. That’s changing. BYD Dolphin going to be around 20 something k.
13: Batteries will wear out and are costly to replace. Thats changing. The lithium phosphate batteries are looking to last a lot longer. And the next generation will last longer again.
12: Fire Hazard is a reported problem for the battery11: Subpar Performance is found in many models. That’s changing. See lithium phosphate..
10: Lack of availability with a multitude of models coming out. No idea what you even mean here. If you mean you can’t get specific models, then that is no different to ICE cars.
9: There is a lack of Service Centers for Electric Vehicles. Primarily because they need almost no servicing. No gear or engine oil. No radiator and no plugs to change. In fact with regen braking you rarely even need to replace the brake pads. No tune ups and no fuel pumps. I could go on…..
8: Lack of Charging Infrastructure in public. It was bollocks when you said it the first time.
7: High Electric Bill for at-home charging. You are joking right? It costs me $14(NZD) to fill the tesla and I get 500 kms. Petrol cars are costing well over $100 to do the same thing.
6: Limited Cargo capacity for most models. WHAT??? They are two boots. From and back. No engine to take up space.
5: Electric Cars cost much more. That’s changing, see above. The base Ford F150 is coming in at $40k US.
4: Zero Emissions Is a lie as the electricity comes off a fossil-fueled grid3: Quick Charging can damage batteries. Lithium phosphate not affected by quick charging and can charge to 100% and drain to 0. NZ is 80% renewable. But yes there are trade offs. No transportation is without it’s issues.
2: Resale Value Is questionable1: Nonsense. Try and but a second hand Tesla. Parts are hard to find…. See above.
EV’s may not be perfect but then nothing is. I will tell you one thing though. They are a shit load of fun to drive. I know of no ICE car that is as smooth, as quiet and as quick as the EV I drive.
And what happens when all the residents try to escape from Miami ahead of a hurricane, and half the cars don’t have a full charge? Or the evacuation order comes right after you get home from work, and none of the cars have a full charge?
I think you are exaggerating. I can go 300 miles for closer to $30 US, not the $69 US you are citing. My experience with NZ rental cars is that they probably get better gas mileage than my Subaru, but have marginal power for getting over the pass from Greymouth to Christchurch.
No exaggeration. Maths Mr White. My battery is 70kw. I pay .20 a kilowatt. 70 x .20 is $14. My Petrol MX 5 (last car) cost $120 to fill and I got around 550 km’s. The result is the same. EV’s are significantly cheaper to run.
That may be the case in NZ with lots of hydroelectric and geothermal power, and expensive imported gasoline. That doesn’t mean it is a universal solution.
Fair point.
Those guys who run Biden have so little respect for him that they don’t mind let him read the craziest stuff from the TelePrompTer.
But on a more serious note and even if we ignore that Biden is the reason gas prizes went up from day 1 his billionaire bosses pushed his corpse over the presidential finishing line.
As soon as the number of EV’s reaches a significant ratio,
let’s say 20% , all the renewable energy that is being produced will be absorbed by cars and trucks.
Electricity prizes will skyrocket,and instead of saving 800-1000 dollars a year the EV will cost an additional 8000-10000 Dollars a year.
In fact those 800 saved dollars will probably be lost within the next 12 month as result of the massive inflation.
So the only people who won’t get crushed by EV energy prizes will be the caviar communists in gated community with solar panels.
PS
Bidens hummer EV Edition 1
weighs more than 4 tons.That’s so resource and energy saving.
The perfect decadent car for a caviar communists to drive to his private jet.
My builder son in Sydney, Australia has pointed out that very few trades people are interested in large trucks like Ford-F150 range and other brands because of parking restrictions around work sites and inner city ranger patrols strictly enforcing parking regulations.
Their favourite ute is Toyota Hi Luxe and other brands of equivalent dimensions, most are Diesel engine powered.
This afternoon, Biden read out loud some of the stage directions from the teleprompter
I already posted about it somewhere above.
That’s OK, he is going to give criminals here illegally government money to buy EVs, so the only people who are going to suffer are citizens – that’s OK according to his administration. Of course, he will need to raise their taxes (citizens) to pay for this.
We have the same lunacy among the Irish politicians that think we will be able to have 1 million electric vehicles on our roads by 2030.
Currently the cheapest Hyundai is roughly $17 000 and their cheapest electric roughly $35 000. To fully subsidize the addition cost of every electric car will cost the government well in excess of $18 billion.
This does not include all the expenditure for charging infrastructure or for the massive loss in fuel tax – we currently pay 128% tax on fuel. ($0.85 before tax and $1.94 after tax on 1L or 0.22 US gal – approaching $9 per gal)
One thing I have noticed about politicians is that their Math is terrible – perhaps deliberately so?
One thing I have noticed about politicians is that their Math is terrible – perhaps deliberately so?
Nope its true, they’re mostly lawyers and arts graduates, they never studied much math at school. They rely on other people to advise them about math.
Eric, as much a I appreciate the efforts of this website to expose alarmist nonsense, we face a far bigger problem than ignorant politicians. Take Clintel’s clear and succinct World Climate Declaration that in less than 400 words spells out the key issues that need to be addressed. Yet, how many “literate” people will be able to read this and then critically and logically test the six statements?
We have a kind of educated but illiterate public and so need to make far more use of pictures and illustrations and cartoons to bring our message down to the level of the public. Take today’s Daily Mail article, Arctic plunge is set to bring travel chaos. Less than 30% of the article is text and the rest pictures and charts. I do not like that actual final product of the DM but merely use this to illustrate my point of an illiterate public not challenged to think deeply.
You will remember Classics Illustrated that introduced many children to the classics in comic form. Something like that is needed that will appeal to today’s youngsters and be read by parents giving them a real appreciation of climate and weather. Here is the challenge to the younger contributors to this site and cartoonists like Josh.
Here in Australia the China-made MG brand Model ZS in EV retail price A$40,990 and the Model ZS ICEV A$24,990
The price difference would pay for a lot of petrol/gas and maintenance services before the EV break even point was reached.
“Made in China” where I am sure they treat their workers well, give them a fair wage and allow them the freedoms we take for granted in the West – sarcasm for those who may miss my point.
Biden does not understand how to control his bodily functions !
The problem is that Bidens controls his country the same way.
You know those pine-tree shaped deodorizers you hang from the rearview mirror?
They’d have to use one the size of a Christmas tree in that Hummer after pResident Brandon rode in it.
Phhbbblllaaaaaatt!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“What?!? Did we just blow out a tire? Uh-oh. My window is stuck.”
😲
Some ex-presidents go on the speaking circuit once they leave office. This one might do OK on the stand-up comedy circuit.
would anyone be stupid enough to pay to watch a brain dead jester
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2021/11/23/reserve-release-backfires/
Of course there is the additional stupidity that his policies are also increasing the price of electricity. This administration consists entirely of morons.🤪
But you must understand they are a superior class of moron!
The problem is that they are not morons. If they were simply morons it would be a lot easier dealing with them. A spiteful and spoilt child will do things to hurt his or her siblings or parents without considering the consequences. However, when adults are prepared to hurt their community and country because of hatred and not see that their own extended family and friends will also be hurt by their actions, I would not call them morons or stupid but rather wicked or evil people. For them the end justifies the means. Many climate alarmists foolishly support this ideology and ignore the consequences of implementing their rash policies.
You don’t have to go to $100K to make the point.
Assume you wouldn’t ordinarily be in the market for a new vehicle.
To convert to an EV one would need to come up with $30k to $40k less the value of your current car.
What difference in fuel dollars per mile would justify that investment?
Joe accepts every silly notion of his handlers.
I’m not sure he really knows what comes out of his mouth.
Yes, if he reads stage directions off a teleprompter it is obvious he is not assimilating and understanding what he is saying.
He has just confirmed beyond any doubt that he is a senile imbeceile not fit to run the US Government
The last person who showed such ignorance lost her head in the French Revolution
Wonder if Joe’s people did the math by assuming cost of electricity stayed the same. I keep hearing the cost of electricity is going up, but those bright white house staffers know that EVs use “different” electricity.