Trump to end Tesla tax subsides. Democrats cheer. But he’s also ending them on Ford and GM electric vehicles. Consternation and confusion result . . .

Photo above - Charlize Theron has signed on to promote GM's updated Hummer EV line. Which, unlike the Tesla Cybertruck, actually IS bulletproof against small-arms fire.

OK . . . EV tax rebates aren’t the biggest reason we have a $37 trillion national debt. But then again, the government did dole out billions last year. 250,000 new cars, which got a $7,500 rebate on each, and an additional 50,000 used cars at $4,000 each. Bet you didn’t know you get an EV rebate on a used car, eh?

Whats the total to date since Obama dreamed up the first Tesla rebates? I’m not going to all those websites just to add it up, but you can if you want. Hundreds of billions, possible, if you add in subsidies and grants to build Ford/GM battery factories, federal EV charging networks, etc.

Okay, that's all coming to an end now. Musk must be a moron if he hitched his wagon to Trump. He should have known that EV subsidies would be among the first presidential pork to get axed. THIS is what Musk donated $40 million to Trump’s 2024 campaign for? (See link to "Big Beautiful Bill" below.)

Okay, let’s move along.

People who want to impress their neighbors or delude themselves that they’re saving the planet are going to have to pay full price for their 800 volt whips now. Earth is still in the Holocene epoch (see link below). Glaciers have been slowly melting for tens of thousands of years and will continue to do so no matter whether we drive Teslas, Ferarri's, bike, or walk. Just searching for stuff on the internet uses as much carbon as the entire state of California, now that AI involved. So if you really care about our planet you should turn off your laptop or phone right now.

Actually, paying the sticker price for Kia EV5 makes more sense than getting $7,500 back on a $90,000 Ford F150 Lightning EV Platinum truck. Which has a larger carbon footprint that almost any compact ICE vehicle. Bonus factor: US taxpayers didn’t have to build a free battery factory for Kia either, like they did with Ford.

The day of reckoning may be at hand, no matter what part of the political spectrum we identify with. Politicians are going to have a harder time throwing taxpayer dollars at corporations based on how many votes they think it will get them on election day. Presidents and senators will need to remember that any fast-talking billionaire green oligarch can turn out to be a political chameleon who can change colors in an instant and deliver a major burn.

I’m just sayin’ . . .

Trump's bill would cut off EV subsidies: Would that doom Tesla?

The Holocene Epoch

SinlessOnslaught · M

EV batteries are sourced from regions that use slave labor and IC engines are manufactured by corporate conglomerates who know we'll consume products before we think about how that consumerism effects outside systems.

Trump and Musk are only the tip of the iceberg.

SinlessOnslaught · M

@jackjjackson It's not like I think they're all sitting in a room together and rubbing their hands maniacally.

I think people just operate in ways similar to kicking others down so they can stay afloat, some moreso than others, even if they don't do it intentionally. They just think of it as "this is the way life is, it's a dog eat dog world" but they go so far with it that it results in what the lower class sees as social engineering and manipulation.

In a way, we're right. But everything in life is multifaceted and we need to realize that we also do things to support this sort of rat race.

It's not sustainable and we're figuring that out the hard way. But still not seeing the core issue.