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Buttigieg: Americans Won't Be Driving ‘Old' Gas-Powered Cars in 2050
2023-12-26
[Breitbart] No, they'll be driving "New" ICE cars, cuz the current regime's gonna fail on their EV Mandates
On last Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s "Varney & Co.," Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said that he doubts "that Americans in 2050 are still going to be driving that old technology, that combustion technology that we inherited from the 20th century."

Buttigieg said, "[T]he share of EVs has been dramatically increasing every single year, and that’s continuing. Now, our goal is, by the end of this decade, to be about half-and-half. We think that that can and will happen. But what isn’t guaranteed is, first of all, is that EV revolution going to continue to be made in America? During the Trump administration, China really built a major advantage on EVs. But as somebody who comes from the industrial Midwest, sees how the auto industry creates so much by way of livelihoods where I come from and really around the country, I’m much more excited about the jobs being created on U.S. soil, and that doesn’t just happen. We’ve got to make sure that the U.S. leads the way as this technology changes. I don’t know a lot of people who think that Americans in 2050 are still going to be driving that old technology, that combustion technology that we inherited from the 20th century."

Host David Asman cut in to say, "Americans like it."

Buttigieg responded, "Well, no, you’re not going to meet a lot of people who ever go back after they’ve got electric, and I think that really tells you something. That shows you that the lower maintenance, the fact that it costs less to maintain, the fact that they break down [with] less frequency, and the cost savings that you get by not having to buy gas or diesel are I think why you almost never meet somebody who has an EV who says, I want to back to the old technology."
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Posted by:Frank G

#9  I was interested to note

Kamala Harris is roasted for posting picture next to a gas stove AGAIN on Christmas Day - after Biden administration considered banning them over health concerns
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-12-26 21:15  

#8  True. They don't have grid capacity for their mouths
Posted by: Frank G   2023-12-26 18:34  

#7  I was interested to note all gas stoves and gas-powered clothes dryers for sale just before Christmas. Clearly consumer resistance to Green marketing remains strong.
Posted by: trailing wife   2023-12-26 17:24  

#6  With any luck, the gummint that pays Buttgig's pension won't exist either.
Posted by: M. Murcek    2023-12-26 09:36  

#5  I just said to my son in law yesterday “I am going to buy a gas powered Subaru the year before the ban of gas powered motor vehicles”
Posted by: Airandee   2023-12-26 09:22  

#4  Insert Mad Max allegory here.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-12-26 08:37  

#3  

Just another typical Liberal 10 to 30 year out prediction, for a Headline and some $$$$$ for SIG cause.

My Prediction:
By 2050 they'll have passed a "The Useless Carbon Person Control Act".

That initially calls for the comfortable Gov. camp housing of seniors, to allow for their safety and better carbon & resource controls by seniors members of society.

Like all Federal Laws, it will be a toe in the door, to include other groups over the years.

Side Note: ☺ In 2050 Pete Buttigieg will be bumping 71 y/old. ☺

See the movie "Wild In The Streets" and remember the DC Liberals love to mimic Hollywood Movie themes.
Posted by: NN2N1   2023-12-26 08:22  

#2  Just like genital herpes, he's not going away
Posted by: Frank G   2023-12-26 07:32  

#1  I thought they stopped paying him?
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-12-26 01:50  

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