My EV rant . . .

[Bill Cleveland]

The tree-huggers are winning. Factory orders for internal combustion engines are down. Blue state legislatures are gearing up to pass restrictive laws for IC-engined cars. Fossil fuel pipelines are being shut down, and probably won’t be reactivated, in spite of what Republican legislators may tell you. My daughter-in-law works for a major automaker in their foundry division, and production orders for engine blocks and transmission cases are way off. She’s looking for another job!
The ridiculous thing is, when the fossil-fueled power plants have to gear up to meet the demand on the power grid for additional charging stations they will create a larger carbon footprint than the new generation of IC-powered cars ever would, and as the government exercises more control over public utilities, your freedom to move around the country as you please may be in jeopardy. How did this get away from us? The new generations of young people are being fed a lot of falsehoods about our planet and manmade global warming, and fossil fuels are the villain in many textbooks, even though there is probably enough fossil fuel below the earth’s surface to provide the world’s needs for a thousand years. We’re just beginning to learn how to extract it and use it in emission-friendly ways.
So forget about the future of hot rods as we know them. I guess the next generation won’t have to worry about ear damage from loud engines.

“Man, did you hear the rotor-whine in that baby???”

[mike wade]

All I can hope is that I am gone long before this EV crap gets to be first line............

[Bill Cleveland]

It may happen sooner than you think, Mike . . .

(By Issues & Insights Editorial Board) - History may someday record today as the beginning of the end of the internal combustion engine – and of individual liberty in the U.S.
According to news reports, the EPA is scheduled to release proposed auto emissions standards today on new car sales so stringent that the only way for automakers to meet them would be to shift two-thirds of their fleet to electric.
But wait. How can a regulatory agency do that? Consumers aren’t demanding electric cars. Lawmakers didn’t vote to force them on the public. The Environmental Protection Agency knows better, though, and, unless it’s neutered, plans to force EVs on you – for your own good.
As the Washington Post helpfully explains, “while the rule changes wouldn’t order or require auto companies to sell a certain number of electric vehicles, it would set emissions limits so tightly the only way to comply would be to sell large percentages of EVs.”
To be clear, we are not talking about air pollution. We are talking about emissions of carbon dioxide, which is not a pollutant but which the EPA has assumed the power to regulate.

[Bill Cleveland]

If anyone is offended by my rant, I apologize. I did not intend it to be political in nature, but just to express my frustration with the trend I see in regulations that will mean the death of our beloved hot-rodding hobby if not reined in. I truly hope that future generations will be able to share our passion for these automotive artifacts, and that the freedoms we enjoy in this great nation of ours will continue to be available to everyone who wishes to exercise them. OK . . . down off the soap box!

[mike wade]

Most of us feel the same way Spanky, I have said I will not be buying an EV and so there.......

I will contuine to polute the country/AIR with my Gas Powered Hot Rod until I can't drive anymore.....or some one takes away GAS.....Then I recon I will be done.............