{"id":65518,"date":"2023-07-20T03:37:56","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T08:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=65518"},"modified":"2023-07-20T03:37:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T08:37:56","slug":"electric-vehicles-for-everyone-if-the-dream-was-met-would-it-help-the-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=65518","title":{"rendered":"Electric Vehicles for Everyone? If the Dream Was Met, Would it Help the Environment?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Electric Vehicles for Everyone? If the Dream Was Met, Would it Help the Environment?<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Even if you are 100% convinced in man-made climate change, the idea the EV\u2019s will help reduce CO2\u00a0<\/sub>emissions is nonsense.<\/p>\n

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The Impossible Dream<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hello climate change advocates, please open your minds and consider the Manhattan Institute report\u00a0Electric Vehicles for Everyone? The Im<\/a>pos<\/a>sible Dream<\/a>\u00a0by Mark P. Mills, a Manhattan Institute senior fellow.<\/p>\n

A dozen U.S. states, from California to New York, have joined dozens of countries, from Ireland to Spain, with plans to ban the sale of new cars with an internal combustion engine (ICE), many prohibitions taking effect within a decade. Meanwhile, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in a feat of regulatory legerdemain, has proposed tailpipe emissions rules that would effectively force automakers to shift to producing mainly electric vehicles (EVs) by 2032.<\/p>\n

To ensure compliance with ICE prohibitions and soften the economic impacts, policymakers are deploying lavish subsidies for manufacturers and consumers. Enthusiasts claim that EVs already have achieved economic and operational parity, if not superiority, with automobiles and trucks fueled by petroleum, so the bans and subsidies merely accelerate what they believe is an inevitable transition.<\/p>\n

It is certainly true that EVs are practical and appealing for many drivers. Even without subsidies or mandates, millions more will be purchased by consumers, if mainly by wealthy ones. But the facts reveal a fatal flaw in the core motives for the prohibitions and mandates.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Executive Summary Key Points<\/strong><\/p>\n