The Useless EV Tax Credit

Anyone notice that, because of the “up to” $7,500 tax credit for buying an electric vehicle, that ford Motor Company has raised their price on at least one model – the Mustang – just that much. Other EV makers, including Tesla, are reportedly going to do the same. What good is this “tax credit” when the price of the car itself will wipe any benefit supposedly received. There’s a lot of cars tjhat are going to be ineligible for the credit though as Congress, in their infinite wisdom placed an “assembled in Americal” and that includes the batteries, which for many car makers won’t qualify. Congress (the democrats, actually) pass a bill to save the environment (it’s not an Inflation Reduction Act, at all because half of the expenditure goes to green initiatives. More spending for no results).and place restrictions on it to where even if someone wanted to purchse an EV, their choices will be severely limited.

The Rise of ‘Eco-Anxiety’

 

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I heard something recently that I thought was a bit strange. Children, some at least, aeem to be suffering from something referred to as eco-anxiety What’s this all about? It seems that all the doomsayers of climate change have affected youth around the world. It actually doesn;t surpriose me that young people, constantly hearing that the world as we know it is going to end soon – from politicians and climate activists – may be concerned. After all, these are adults (mostly) that they’ve been told they should trust.

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Is it Weather or Climate Change?

 

 

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It snowed overnight where I live. This morning we’re still getting a small amount. It  hasn’t been a lot, at least not for those of you that live in latitudes where this time of year there are days where you can become snowed in, and if not, it is a pain to have to get to work, or run errands. But where I live, it is unusual. So far, this winter, including this one, we’ve had a total of around 8 inches of snow. Before you start laughing, let me explain.

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