From Energy Independence to Desperate Dependence in One Election

The differences between President Trump and Joe Biden couldn't be more stark:

• Trump had a strong pre-COVID economy.  Bidenomics has given us a Jimmy Carter economy.
• Trump's foreign policy saw no new wars in the world.  Biden's got North Korea back to testing missiles and Russia back to exceeding their borders.
• Trump opposed illegal immigration.  Biden's got open and porous borders.

But perhaps the most important distinction is in energy policy:  Trump believed in energy independence and made America a net-exporter of energy.  Biden is pushing electric cars that will make us completely dependent on foreign nations.

And the results of Biden's policies, predictably, will end in disaster.

According to Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe,

there is a severe shortage of materials needed to produce the 1,000 pound batteries that power electric vehicles.  Said Scaringe, "All the world's cell production combined represents well under 10% of what we will need in 10 years, meaning, 90% to 95% of the supply chain does not exist."

Government's answer to this problem is to require gas-powered vehicles to average at least 40 mpg by 2026, a goal designed to decimate the auto industry because it's simply unattainable for most cars on the market today.  Put simply, cars are already made so cheaply to make them as light as possible so they can meet today's mileage standards and to raise those standards will mean even cheaper cars.

Those Mustangs made of a horrible and cheap plastic interior will be made even cheaper - I drive a Mustang and am surrounded in the cockpit by cheap, thin plastic.

Those Toyotas made with aluminum block engines that require you to re-tap the holes for the head bolts any time a head gasket change is needed will be made every cheaper - I've changed a Camry head gasket and re-tapping holes means removing the engine, a very costly fix for car owners.

Those cars that crumple in a fender bender because fenders are made of tin will fall apart because the metal on the exterior will become paper thin.

Simply put, more cars will be junked faster than every before because they simply won't last.  This creates far more waste than ever before while costing consumers more money for replacement.  And these fuel-powered cars will be absolutely necessary because, as Scaringe stated, there simply is not a supply chain for electric vehicles on an adequate scale.

So why did this administration dive-in head first into the EV market without a means to supply the forced demand?  It simply couldn't have been an accident.  They can't be that dumb, can they?