Last April, Biden said his administration is working to make 'every vehicle' in the U.S. military 'climate-friendly'
Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said Wednesday that she supports efforts from the Biden administration to require the U.S. military to implement an all-electric vehicle fleet by 2030, telling lawmakers that she believes "we can get there."
Granholm's remarks came during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing following questions from Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, who asked the Biden administration official whether she supports the military's adoption of an "EV fleet by 2030."
"I do, and I think we can get there, as well," Granholm said. "I do think that reducing our reliance on the volatility of globally traded fossil fuels where we know that global events like the war in Ukraine can jack up prices for people back home… does not contribute to energy security."
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Hybrid maybe. Electric, no
ReplyDeleteInternal combustion is the cheapest, most reliable mode of mobilization. To force the complexity, fragility and susceptibility of EV's onto a battle field say, like Ukriane, is idiotic.
ReplyDeleteThe US Mil logistics chain is set up for the transfer of fossil fuels. Has been since WWI. Not Chinese sourced battery packs.
The Canadian moron Granholm is a tool with no use and should not be in her current position. And this isn't the first stupid/dangerous/destructive idea to spill out of her rather large skull.
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Stupid witch
ReplyDeleteSee, once again this is the way the blober lies.
ReplyDelete"We can get there"
Absolutely you can, 1st you have to pour billions in to R&D.
Then change over your DoD log system to support this idea.
Then you have to make your vehicles a whole of a hell lighter and they will then probably be a lot more vulnerable to enemy fire.
I would like to see her explain how you get a 70 ton Abrams or 15-30 ton IFV to move fast and efficiently with batteries.
Those things use a hell of a lot of electricity just to run the internal electrical components not to even think about an engine to move those monsters.
But she is not lying is she?
Yes, , you can get there if you make the vehicles out of cardboard. :)
my most common reaction when I read news articles about what folks in this administration say is the emotion of being stunned. Their lack of understanding about how anything works and their absolute adherence to debunked ideas is, well, stunning. (When I say debunked I mean through pure observation)
ReplyDeleteRon... well said. I'm consistently shocked by what these people have to say
ReplyDeleteI asked the senior member of the team why we used hydraulics instead of an electric motor to power everything for a vehicle. He said the power to weight ratio was better for hydraulics than electrical. I had not run the numbers.
ReplyDeleteGranholm may be a good lawyers, but she has not run the numbers for herself about electric. If she has commissioned a report, it was done poorly or she has not read and understood it.
I am of the belief that many politicians think governing is as simple as uttering the words "Make it so" like Captain Picard spoke on "Star Trek: the next Generation".
They merely have to have a vision and scientists and accountants will create it and make it cost effective. These politicians are delusional or evil.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the origin of Picard's signature phrase, make it so
http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/9695/ddg#30903
What a maroon. No way to do it with tanks or large vehicles as in artillery. Maybe just maybe for cars and trucks. Does that include aircraft?
ReplyDeleteThere should be a battery & solar powered passenger airplane, she should take it form DC to London.
ReplyDeleteIf the plane runs out if energy over the ocean ... good riddance.
On a related note, there are talk that there might be more and more parking garage collapses due to electric vehicles being heavier. Liberals. They do not think things thru.
She has a very Swedish name.. Now I understand.
ReplyDeletedump your shit, losers. that is why Trump is losing losing losing.
ReplyDeleteGot to love electric cars. One you start hydroplaning or skidding there is just so much momo to recover from.
ReplyDeleteI hope 2:06 has a happy accident.
It's also very hilarious that they demand more electric stuff but offer no solution to the increased energy meltdown.
ReplyDeleteThey still think nuclear power is bad. They think we can build windmills all over earth and then think we can have a wildlife coincide with it. I dont know who they are trying to save, us or the planet with its animals?
These people, the self proclaimed "Adults in the room", are truly nuts. In every policy, in every way.
ReplyDeleteI passed a wind farm last week. I always check if the turbines are turning. They were not for at least 2 hours from 8 AM to 10 AM.
ReplyDeleteOne write wrote that he did a back of the envelop calculation to check, if enough turbines could be built to power all humans on earth
NOPE!
Total output of a turbine times hours. Also factor in turbine spacing and earths surface area.
Compare that to ta humankind energy needs.
They won't match up.
Show the calculations to environmental cultist.