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Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: Ben on May 25, 2021, 10:42:39 AM

Title: Electric Vehicles - NIMBY
Post by: Ben on May 25, 2021, 10:42:39 AM
As expected, 46 did a 180 regarding EV production. He originally looked at domestic sourcing of base components, but now will be importing the materials from foreign mines. Because like everything else enviro, they want the dirty parts of their "clean energy" taken care of out of sight and out of mind.


https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2021/05/25/how-it-started-vs-how-its-going-joe-biden-evs-and-the-u-s-mining-industry-edition/
Title: Re: Electric Vehicles - NIMBY
Post by: zahc on May 25, 2021, 10:27:58 PM
Joe's job to generate business for China. So this move is obvious, as is the upcoming push to spend trillions of our children's money on Chinese steel for his infrastructure plan.
Title: Re: Electric Vehicles - NIMBY
Post by: French G. on May 26, 2021, 12:27:43 AM
Take a long time but the punch line is this. We get sucked into a war over Africa when all the resources there we could get in the Americas with a lot less competition from China.
Title: Re: Electric Vehicles - NIMBY
Post by: Bogie on May 26, 2021, 08:14:50 AM
The infrastructure is not there. The power is not there.
Title: Re: Electric Vehicles - NIMBY
Post by: French G. on May 26, 2021, 08:30:17 AM
The infrastructure is not there. The power is not there.

Well the CEO of Toyota and CEO of Tesla said the same but what do they know?
Title: Re: Electric Vehicles - NIMBY
Post by: Pb on May 29, 2021, 06:11:57 PM
Why is the president determining where materials for cars are going to be coming from?   ;/
Title: Re: Electric Vehicles - NIMBY
Post by: Fly320s on May 29, 2021, 07:00:32 PM
Why is the president determining where materials for cars are going to be coming from?   ;/

Exactly this.


Biden would probably direct the EPA to disallow a permit to mine the required minerals, thus forcing manufacturers to import the materials.
Title: Re: Electric Vehicles - NIMBY
Post by: Ben on May 29, 2021, 08:11:29 PM
Exactly this.


Biden would probably direct the EPA to disallow a permit to mine the required minerals, thus forcing manufacturers to import the materials.

What's interesting is some of what they are talking about is getting stuff from places like Canada (vs the slave mines of Africa), and Canada just acquired a ton of cobalt mining property in Idaho and planned on ramping up production. So will 46 have us pay Canadian companies to mine US materials? That would be sad irony.