Is Still Spending Money
March 19, 2023 by DT
On Tuesday, the federal government announced $2.5B in
new funds for installing electric car charging stations and
alternative fueling infrastructure to improve access in
marginalized regions and neighborhoods.
The funding will be distributed over five years under
the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure or CFI program,
emphasizing highway chargers and places in traditionally
neglected and disadvantaged urban, rural, and tribal areas.
Apparently, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg
forgot to tell Biden that disadvantaged areas can’t afford
EVs. Heck, the middle class can’t afford it, either.
Neither Pete nor Biden seems worried about the collapsing
economy but very happy about this latest spending spree.
In a statement from the Department of Transportation,
the funds are intended to address gaps in the national
charging and alternative-fueling network.
In his address, Buttigieg stated that the overriding
objective is to modernize the infrastructure while creating
decent employment.
He lauded the additional money as another significant
step toward a future in which EVs are easy, inexpensive, and
dependable,
and accessible to all Americans. A future that still seems
too far away.
The $2.5 billion in funding is divided equally between
two tracks: a Community Program that aims to strategically
distribute chargers in underserved areas of cities and
communities and a Corridor Program to establish Alternative
Fuel Corridors to enable long-distance trucking and cross
country travel without gasoline.
The funds supplement a separate $5 billion in federal
funding earmarked for expanding a countrywide network of EV
chargers along roads.
The Biden administration has prioritized building on
highways that allow EV users to travel great distances at
the expense of urban districts, commercial centers, and
apartment complexes where chargers are in relatively higher
demand.
The funds were established under the Bipartisan Infra-
structure Act, enacted by Congress in November 2021, and
fall within President Joe Biden’s commitment to reducing
greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 (which will be
helped by the construction of 500,000 public EV charging stations).
The agency did not indicate how many charges it
anticipates the most recent cash to support. Direct-current
fast chargers, which can charge a vehicle’s battery to 80%
of its capacity in 20 to 45 minutes, are relatively costly,
costing $40,000 to $100,000, which restricts the number that
can be constructed.
Nevertheless, they allow drivers to return to a highway
of another route swiftly.
Level 2 chargers are less expensive but take a few hours
to charge an electric vehicle; they are generally located in
residential areas and in proximity to schools, stores, and
workplaces.
In addition to funding the installation of electric
charging stations, the awards will cover the expansion of
hydrogen, propane, and natural gas refueling infrastructure.
The EV charger funds will support the installation of
new charging stations in public buildings, schools, and
parks and parking garages with public access.
Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm stated that the
new funds would provide the electric car industry with a
much-needed boost.
The fast rise of the electric car industry has taxed
the infrastructure in several places, resulting in customer
resistance, particularly among people who cannot charge
their vehicles at home.
Granholm stated that ensuring that charging stations
are more visible and accessible in our communities meets
concerns of many American drivers contemplating switching
to electric vehicles.*
Nothing has gotten better and now Biden has sold off
over half of our Strategic reserves and has left the borders
of our country so open that thousands of people from some
100 nations have entered the US including many Chinese.
We have been sold out by the corrupt media and Biden
Crime Family that evidence has exposed more of recently.
We must pray that God will stop this corruption.
Conservatively,
John
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