Irritating

It is incredibly annoying to hear all these liberal urban dwellers lecture the rest of us on weaning ourselves off oil dependence by simply driving an EV. Aside from the financial burden of shelling out upwards of $50K for the privilege, it seemingly never occurred to these smug elitists that a vast number of we Americans don’t live in urban areas with short commutes to work, leisure activities, and supplies. EVs have neither the range nor the cargo capacity to satisfy the needs of our millions of suburban and rural residents; fossil-fueled cars, vans, and trucks are infinitely better choices for providing economic travel and utility. And what of infrastructure if EVs were economically available to The masses: how will the grid support their fueling; where will you find a convenient and economical charging station in our more suburban and rural outreaches. Further, they seem to forget how we heat our homes and where things like plastic and asphalt come from, blind to our critical dependence on oil at this juncture in history. Short-sighted, these “greenies.”