"two-thirds clean energy" does not include all the gas used to power vehicles. They are only referring to electrical energy.
California gave me over $10,000 in rebates to buy an EV. That was good for me, but it raised prices for all the taxpayers who had to subsidize my EV.
Los Angeles, California is surrounded by mountains. The mountains hold in the smog. That means we have a big problem with smog, so maybe it makes sense to subsidize EVs.
Los Angeles has one of the highest homeless populations among major U.S. cities. We also have the highest gas tax in the country. I drive around in my beautiful EV going past the homeless camps. I wonder if it would be better to lower taxes and lower the cost of living to help the homeless, instead of helping me to buy an EV that I don't even need.
I get paid to drive people around Los Angeles in my EV. I now have over 100,000 miles on my EV. I still have not spent anything on oil changes or any other maintenance. My battery still has over 90% of the original range, so it looks like my EV will easily last over 300,000 miles.
Besides the enormous lithium pit mines, how and where will batteries be
disposed? There are no free lunches. I don’t believe civilization and the natural order can reconcile. It’s gonna be one left standing. Guess which one.
