Why anyone thought the current technology of electric cars was going to make them practical, I don’t know. There may be a future for electric cars, but the technology will have to improve significantly. The latest example of one of the major problems occurred in Vermont.<\/p>\n
On Friday, Red State<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n Prepare to be shocked, folks!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Another planet-saving environmental solution foisted on the populace by all-seeing bureaucrats has turned into an expensive failure. The latest boondoggle is playing out in the upper New England area, where once again the \u201cexperts\u201d in all things ecological lacked logic.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n A brand new fleet of EV buses, touted energetically last summer<\/a>, has been brought to a halt in the frigid climes, frozen in place, if you will. This is all because the geniuses behind this globe-preserving mandate were incapable of divining that conditions in the area could quite possibly impact their harp seal-snuggling directives. The manufacturer, Green Mountain Transit of Montpelier, no less, did not anticipate this climate challenge.<\/strong><\/p>\n It turns out the problem is twofold. The batteries that power these conveyances need temperatures above the 40-degree range to be charged<\/a>, so naturally, these buses were deemed an ideal solution for the metropolitan region that can go months without cresting that lofty thermal bar. Additionally, these batteries have been found to pose a fire hazard<\/a>, which could actually be both a problem and a solution in the tundra-like conditions.<\/strong><\/p>\n As a result, the buses are now snow collection rigs in the parking lot, and the company is cutting routes and trimming schedules, a reality that runs contrary to the company\u2019s tagline<\/a> of \u201cGetting you where you need to go!\u201d It is just amazing to see a Vermont enterprise being rendered obsolete by Vermont weather.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The article concludes:<\/p>\n The brilliant emergency solution was to either park the buses inside warehouses with the heat running all night, while the remaining ones had to be parked outside with the engines idling to keep the wondrous gas from turning to gel. So this new required fuel option, designed to save the planet, led to the need to burn twice as much, as well as consuming heating oil for the garages. Somewhere, baby penguin chicks were languishing due to cement-head decisions made by the inflated enviro-egos of these officials.<\/strong><\/p>\n Part of me wants to sit back and just let these political hippies endure the problems of their own creation, but there exists a pre-pubescent reality with these fiascos \u2013 inevitably, we have to bail them out. Sure, it is one thing to let them marinate in their own quagmire, but they always end up needing tax dollars to remedy their failed science experiments.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Maybe we should deliver to them the studies on greenhouse emissions that result from operating the presses at the National Mint. Maybe then we could say, \u201cSorry, can\u2019t cut checks for you folks \u2013 we are too worried about the impacts on the ozone.\u201d Then they could all concoct a new solution for their city, while they are huddled for warmth around the glow of a battery fire.<\/strong><\/p>\n Anyone who has ever spent a winter in New England could have seen this coming!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Why anyone thought the current technology of electric cars was going to make them practical, I don’t know. There may be a future for electric cars, but the technology will have to improve significantly. The latest example of one of … Continue reading