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We were explaining the Strait of Hormuz news to our 8 yo Her dad: We won't be able to get oil 8 yo: Oh! We can just use the scooter 8 yo: Why don't we get rid of gas cars, get more electric cars & make them cheaper? Her dad: That's a great idea 8 yo: Someone needs to tell this to the president

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The crazy thing is, it really is that simple. It has been for decades. But (disgusted tone) we have Republicans. 🤬 #RepublicansLie #GlobalWarmingIsReal #RepublicansAreDestroyingAmerica

OK but please let the 8-yr-old know that EVs aren't cheap either. Like gas cars, they also require massive government subsidization of roads and artificially dispersed communities that, among many other problems, prevent 8-yr-olds and other human beings from freely choosing how to just move around.

It’s a shame that we lose her clarity as we age. She’s sounds like an intelligent girl who will grow into an even more amazing adult. Kudos to the whole family!

If We Are A Net Exporter Of Oil, Why Do Our Oil Prices Have To Spike???...And Don't Tell Me About "Market Forces"...Gouging The American People By Other American People, At A Time Like This, During A War, Should Be Treason....

What your 8 year old can probably see, also, is get rid of all the unecessary tech. Just give me the stripped down model. An EV motor with regen. Nothing else. Hand crank windows and door handles. Make it for $12k-15k. I'm in. F your stupid huge tablet stapled to the dash. Give me knobs.

EVs are not sustainable. Private personal motor vehicles, electric or otherwise, may seem like great ideas, but they only get accepted if massively subsidized by the government, which we end up trying -- and failing -- to pay for in the end. They're an astronomically expensive and deadly con game.

Because the expansions of solar and wind power was part of a 10 year infrastructure plan, through 2032 that was helping the USA become the economic envy of the world under Biden , and it was mostly gutted under DJT 2.0. He’s paying a foreign company to not build wind turbines

Great idea! I just had my first maintenance on my 2021 Tesla Model Y. After 5 years and 178,000 miles, I had to replace my 12v battery. At the Tesla maintenance center in Greenwood, Indiana, it only took about 30 minutes and cost $176.00. They also recharged my main battery (lithium battery)!

Cute.. but casually glossing over that oil turns into the plastic all over the car and the rubber in the wheels =/ EVs will still be utilizing the petroleum industry heavily. Just not by directly burning fuel.

Yeh, getting rid of oil cars and using electric cars makes a lot of sense in general. Unfortunately, people in government don't want to upset the oil barons. A child can see the solution to the Strait of Hormuz and the whole oil problem in general!

How are you going to explain the president to him? "You see, he is a bad boy who lies all the time and is very selfish and he is a bully who hurts people all the time because he likes it."

People do realize boats have beacons, just like airplanes do? All these stupid reports about that pass being closed is verifiable with a simple Google search. Reality of the matter is, they raised prices, they like money too much, and prices are not going down unless someone forces them to.

Your 8 year old would make a much much better President than the 🍊 paedophile thieving insurrectionist felon Russian shill you have currently!

Way too simple and obvious for the reich wingers bought and paid for by special interest groups like Big Oil, Big Pharma, Big insurance companies and on and on.....

Your 8 yo sounds like my 8yo did when trump was elected in 2016. Her exact words were ,as she cried, “he won’t make America great again, rump will make it the worst it’s ever been”. We are raising smart kiddos. 💙💙💙

Very smart. You can tell her the President wouldn’t understand he’s at a two year old mentality. She should be President ❤️‍🩹

Tell her, if we used all the rocks we dug up over the last year, leaving none to make phone & stuff, we can make maybe 2 million battery powered vehicles if we're lucky. Global vehicle sales last year were over 80 million. They will NEVER get cheaper unless they get crappier.

I'm so angry with the news I am writing a Solar Punk Novel about the world I want to live in. The people in it can Scoot (scooter or bike), Skim (moving sidewalk like airports, but all over the place) and Zip (roller coaster track trains) Scoot, Skim, Zip and.... oh! we also have blimps.

Or let’s just buy cheap cars subsidised in development and manufacture by the Chinese government, that’s the only outcome. The CCCP are not our friends, try to buy something that’s doesn’t have a Chinese battery, motors and electronics and is made in Europe and I’ll gladly agree.

You have to show up to vote! Talking is cheap! The last four Presidents have been elected by a minority of eligible voters ( less than 50% of those eligible) ! People giving up on their responsibilities as Americans are largely responsible for where we are today as a country!