EV’s for the great white, Eh?
Canadians aren’t buying Trudeau’s new vehicle ban. First, Canadians want to drive gas-powered minivans and diesel pickups. Let’s start on the showroom floor. The Trudeau government is banning the sale of new gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles by 2035. In about 10 years time, Canadians will not be allowed to buy a new vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine because the government will forbid it. Canadians disagree with this. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation released Leger polling showing 59% of Canadians oppose the federal government’s ban on new gas and diesel vehicles.
Second, Canada does not have the electrical power to fuel these battery-powered cars. The government hasn’t presented any plan to pay for the power plants, transmission lines and charging stations for these government-mandated vehicles. That leaves a big question: How much will this cost taxpayers? Canada’s vehicle transition could cost up to $300 billion by 2040 to expand the electrical grid, according to a report for Natural Resources Canada. Canada would require about 14 of these reactors to power all of those electric cars. Optimistically, 5 years after the mandate. Building a large nuclear reactor costs about $12.5 billion. That’s a price tag of about $175 billion just for all the power plants. The Natural Resources report estimates the transition to electric vehicles could cost up to $300 billion in total, when new charging stations and power lines are included. Who would be paying that tab? Normal Canadians through higher taxes and power bills.
Third, Canadians do not have the money to pay for all this. The average Canadian household uses about 10,861 kWh in electricity per year. The average electric car uses about 4,500 kWh of energy per year. The average household’s electricity use would jump by about 40% if they had only one EV and charged it at home. Canadians cannot afford the cost of these mandatory electric vehicles because they’re broke. About half of Canadians say they are within $200 of not being able to make the minimum payments on their bills each month. That’s also known as barely scraping by. Food banks are facing record demand, with a sharp increase in working families needing help. The federal government also put taxpayers on the hook for about $30 billion to multinational corporations like Honda, Volkswagen, Stellantis and Northvolt to build EV battery factories. It’s time to tow this ban on new gas and diesel vehicles to the scrapyard.
Electrifying Humor
When driving an electric car, never turn onto a dead end street.
you’ll be stuck on a road with No Outlet.
What does a person with diarrhea and an electric car owner have in common?
They both hope will make it home.
Two electric car owners were seen today fighting over a charging port.
The police have said it was a charged environment and they will amp up patrols around area.
A lot of witnesses were shocked and some saw someone socket to the other.
Why did Elon name his electric car the “Tesla?”
Because “Muskmobile” didn’t pass the smell test.
October 11th Birthdays
1884 – Eleanor Roosevelt, 1963 – Joan Cusack, 1976 – Emily Deschanel, 1968 – Jane Krakowski
1961 – Steve Young, 1939 – Ralph Lauren, 1964 – Jim Rome, 1966 – Luke Perry