politics aside, but 08 happened thanks to reagan-era loosened lending standards, which went on steroids during W’s first term as bank oversight evaporated.
And in California today, there was an official request that owners not charge their EVs due to an electricity shortage during a heatwave. I was tempted to charge my EV while watering my lawn, both of which are now frowned upon in California.
How brave of you! I was a simp and let the man run my AC until they politely asked to save electricity, let them turn it off for 2 hours (during which I could have turned it back on, unfortunately the temperature only went up 1 degree), and my compliance was rewarded with a $10 gift card for ice cream. Next time I’ll try it your way.
Oooooh scary. Mega drought. Quick someone propose a trillion dollar tax increase to solve this problem. Oh and new 100k federal bureaucracy to manage it all. Probably should arm them all just in case.
Hey by the way wasn’t Florida supposed to be under water by 2020? ‘Sup with that?
Well not really since the environmental cost of mining the elements for the battery and then disposing of the battery is atrocious. But you get to virtue signal to your neighbors, so that’s cool.