{"id":10311,"date":"2023-03-02T01:37:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T06:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/?p=10311"},"modified":"2023-03-02T01:37:14","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T06:37:14","slug":"the-cold-ugly-facts-about-evs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/the-cold-ugly-facts-about-evs\/","title":{"rendered":"The cold, ugly facts about EVs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You had me at hello.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/issuesinsights.com\/2023\/03\/02\/its-time-to-admit-it-evs-are-evil\/\">It\u2019s Time To Admit It: EVs Are EVIL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve had enough of the left\u2019s guilt-tripping anyone who drives a gasoline-powered car. If anyone should be ashamed, it is those who are smugly plugging in their cars each night.<\/p>\n<p>They are the ones responsible for raping the planet, poisoning entire communities, enriching genocidal tyrants, and creating a massive hazmat problem while doing nothing to stop \u201cclimate change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Does that sound harsh?<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s one recent bit of evidence. A Bloomberg investigation found that the aluminum Ford is using to build its \u201ceco-friendly\u201d EV pickup comes from Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere, in the heart of the Amazon, rust-colored bauxite is being clawed from a mine that has long faced allegations of pollution and land appropriation,\u201d it found. A class action lawsuit against the mining company accuses it of polluting the water, causing cancer, hair loss, neurological dysfunction, birth defects, and increased mortality.<\/p>\n<p>While all cars use aluminum to cut pounds, EVs use far more to offset the enormous weight of the batteries themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor consumers seeking to lower their carbon footprints, the environmental and social costs of electric vehicles may be greater than they realize,\u201d Bloomberg says.<\/p>\n<p>No kidding.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the dirty, rotten truth about EVs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Follows, a deft and copious skewering of the dirty, rotten pieces of junk, winding up thusly:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s time to end this hypocrisy.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to admit that EVs are being wildly oversold.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time for EV owners and manufacturers to answer for the environmental and human rights crimes they are bankrolling in the name of \u201cclimate change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time for those of us who drive gasoline-powered cars to take pride in the fact that our vehicles are safe, efficient, reliable, and don\u2019t require ritual human sacrifices to build.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Amen to all that, with great big bells on. As I said: <em>you had me at hello<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You had me at hello. It\u2019s Time To Admit It: EVs Are EVIL We\u2019ve had enough of the left\u2019s guilt-tripping anyone who drives a gasoline-powered car. If anyone should be ashamed, it is those who are smugly plugging in their cars each night. They are&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"easywp-readmore\"><a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/the-cold-ugly-facts-about-evs\/\">Would you like to know more?<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  The cold, ugly facts about EVs<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,18,47,68,84,161,121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-liberal-catechism","category-bleargh","category-eco-tards","category-leftward-ho","category-passthepopcorn","category-sciency-stuff","category-wheels","wpcat-8-id","wpcat-18-id","wpcat-47-id","wpcat-68-id","wpcat-84-id","wpcat-161-id","wpcat-121-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10312,"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10311\/revisions\/10312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldfury.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}