'Just Answer The Question': John Duarte Goes Back And Forth With Buttigieg Over EV 'Slavery'

During a House Transportation Committee hearing last week, Rep. John Duarte (R-CA) spoke about child slavery in the electric vehicle and rare mineral mining industries.
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[@j-sizzler5897]

"Then why didn't you vote for the provision to move it to US soil". Hilarious and well-timed last line lol

[@azzbaster9823]

He’s so concerned about the child labor, but voted no to have it moved to US soil. Hmmm.

[@KD0AFK33]

Exactly

[@geridinewhite869]

Hmm

[@jasondashney]

Pete is bang on. John refuses to address Pete's point about how there are 159 products we use that cobalt for but Republicans only seem to care about one of them. That's a very good point which needs to be addressed.

[@Defender40]

It's because he loves oil money

[@adrianpoesiat]

So F-ing typical of GOP under the fat man. Block and divert.

[@scottlaliberte4027]

Why does the right keep wanting to go toe to toe with Pete? He brings the facts and he is just that much more informed than the whole lot of 'em

[@uberman6023]

Your brainwashing is complete! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@scottlaliberte4027]

Yes....facts and information have completely brainwashed me. Amazing what the truth will dooooooooooo

[@robertstull8759]

@@scottlaliberte4027 Hey... be careful... he's an "uberman". No one will every get one over on him

[@robertblount9985]

uberman, “your brain washing is complete,” is the only vague comment you can contribute to this discussion.?.?.

[@Hadden733]

This Congress men admitted he didn't read this cobolt book he references and only listen to it on audio book. There a difference from reading and listening to a book one you can choose what information to listen to from the book so you not getting all the information as if you was reading from it page by page.

[@MrTeff999]

Pete would be my pick to replace Joe Biden.

[@moniqueengleman873]

Mine too. Without a doubt

[@raimobrunning3657]

I hope Harris will choose him as vice president 👍

[@timlamb1156]

What’s he done? Is there a biz that he created leading you to say that?

[@raimobrunning3657]

@@timlamb1156 Buttigieg is a smart man with an impressive cv

[@MrTeff999]

@@timlamb1156 He has an extraordinary resume. Check Wikipedia. And I’ve watched him answer questions from hostile Republican Senators during hearings and he can more than hold his own. He’s smart and articulate.

[@MatEmden]

it never gets old watching Pete Buttigieg. Why is Biden president and not Buttigieg?

[@breetai3]

People in South Carolina decided for the rest of us.

[@yourlifeisagreatstory]

I really hope they pick him for VP, and that he makes a run for president after.

[@veronicarivera6275]

Agree

[@gregking7926]

Never get into a discussion with Sec Pete IF you don't have the facts in front of you. You will get Katie Portman'd every time..

[@raulp8191]

Congressman: “Why haven’t you made it it better?!” Buttigieg: “Why didn’t you vote with us to make it better?” Congressman: ::silence::

[@anthonyguinto3749]

You and I both know that if that bill was passed there would still be children labor.😡

[@f1y7rap]

The big ask of the Democrat fascist is to vote with them to make things better, rather than to accept criticism of failure both in design and implementation. The big ask of Democrat communists is to accept your chains once you've voted with them. Read history. Read Giovanni Gentili and Hegel

[@JohnM3665570]

You're calling the Democrats fascists???? Really??? Who is banning books? Who is forcing their religious views into schools? Who is taking away voter's rights and women's rights?

[@josereyes-fd1qp]

@@anthonyguinto3749 if we had these productions move to US soil then it would definitely stop child labor. Republicans like this guy want to claim that there might be child labor involved with creating electric cars, but doesn’t want to vote for a bill that would bring these productions here and allow them to be regulated. Unfortunately, he is in support of child labor for the other products that are produced just not electric cars because it’s being pushed by Democrats. Democrats like Pete pushed for the bill that would move those productions here. They were voted against by Republicans. But what about the children?

[@SouredSpud]

@@JohnM3665570 lil sis up there forgot that the Republican Party houses the neo nazis and everyone who wishes to talk away autonomy from anyone they don’t seem similar enough to themselves. Also the party of the very people who vote against and simultaneously claim credit for implementations of several forms of improvement on infrastructure and life conditions when it finally breaks through their wall of denial and actually becomes realized in wherever they lay their claim. Literally the party of “nuh uh. I didn’t say that. no u.”

[@michaelmarsh8802]

It’s like an elementary student trying to debate a college professor! Pete is always five moves ahead! It must frustrate them when he answers their questions because it makes them look ignorant!

[@DavidBurckhard]

All of a sudden the GOP is concerned about people in the Congo? At a time when millions are dying from air pollution from burning fossil fuels. The argument against EVs is absolutely disingenuous.

[@karens2111]

Thank you, Pete.

[@moniqueengleman873]

Good God this senator is INSANE.

[@dulpurp]

"then why didn't you vote for the provision to move it onto us soil?"

[@geridinewhite869]

Dude want to get paid ! To bring those jobs here would mean he can't be Paid !!

[@JohnM3665570]

It amazes me that Republicans say they are concerned about regulations, but will do everything to get rid of regulations to help businesses.

[@therockinlobster149]

So funny to see them try to argue w buttigied like this. They always fail lol

[@MartyAckerman310]

Pete brings receipts

[@jamielancaster01]

That Pete is a smart dude!

[@Pseudo___]

the whole just come and let congress rant and with out really wanting replies is one of the most annoying things in congress

[@xlargetophat]

Why didn't he vote to mine on US soil?

[@forwardpeace]

Excellent responses from Pete B.

[@stephenbriggs1736]

Put a southern twang in a guys voice, an R next to his name, discuss anything related to the environment, women’s rights, and being part of a global economy, and you will be disappointed.

[@reality1958]

Advice…don’t challenge Pete Buttigieg

[@rogerbouchard7135]

Let him answer your question and you might learn something. Republicants are so rude when asking questions.

[@PadreTommyG]

Are you for real? Pete B kept trying to talk over him. Great that they are trying to reduce the lithium and other minerals in the EV batteries but the vast majority I’d S mined in unsafe conditions and is controlled by China! But our left did not learn anything from COVID and our reliance on China for essential products and now we are going to make ourselves even more dependent due to a desire to increase EV even when we do not have the infrastructure to support the overly ambitious time frame.

[@rogerbouchard7135]

@PadreTommyG If the Republicans would forward instead of backwards to the coal mining era they would be working towards new an innovative ideas instead of letting China take the lead on development of new technologies.

[@PadreTommyG]

@@rogerbouchard7135 RB7135, I don’t want to be disrespectful but my honest initial reaction is “are you paying attention at all? China is still opening more coal plants while we have voted in Joe who caved to the radical left by trying to close down the pipeline, restore and increase regs, vowed to shut down the fossil fuel industry, over spent and has been way too aggressive on pushing E-vehicles when we do bot have the infra structure, increased on dependence on China for several of the raw materials. Any person with average intelligence understands the importance of a long term strategic plan to both transition to new energies, develop cleaner fossil based energy and have both a balanced and realistic approach.

[@CorgiAndKeebs]

They just go down a list of questions. They aren't looking for answers. There's a script and they aren't deviating because aren't as good of a debater.

[@aidanwilliams9452]

​@@PadreTommyG Australia has some of the largest deposits of lithium, cobalt, and rare earth metals in the world. If the republicans actually cared about reliance on China, environmental impact, or work conditions, why not lobby for such materials to instead be purchased from Australia or as Pete said to produce on US soil? The reality is the republican party doesn't care, they feel attacked because their interest is with the oil companies and going for scaremongering rather than sitting down for talks with the democrats and foreign countries and trying to compromise. I understand EV's and solar panels aren't the only solution (if anything more public transport is, not more cars), but fossil fuels aren't either.

[@geridinewhite869]

Get em Pete !!!

[@owlegrad]

What an amazing last line. “Why didn’t you vote” indeed

[@ldbagwell]

And what is their concern about all the child labor reductions in the last year.

[@jonathanmilo]

Exactly.

[@toddjennings5096]

Duarte is a hypocrite, now a public one.

[@EmMi-b4i]

Nah it's your gay buddy 🤣

[@jgmidnight]

Bravo Pete!

[@robertstull8759]

It's good to know that Rep. Duarte is going to vote for better worker protections in the US, especially for youth and child workers... and to move mining and EV production to the USA

[@markabbott2281]

No, he want to help the GOP get rid of OSHA. You know, the republicans think there are too many regulations. Oh, if Trump gets elected he will get rid of the EPA too. China will be making all the electric vehicles for the world along with all the solar panels that power them.

[@stuffandnonsense8528]

PB really is excellent.

[@Loosedook]

“Then why didn’t you vote for the provision to move it onto US soil?”

[@6spdkeg]

complete and utter failure.

[@ZONEPRESSLLC]

extremely successful if you're a democrat

[@dandyandy642]

So successful in doing what they're told but not successful as in competency.

[@ZONEPRESSLLC]

@@dandyandy642 well, if you're a democrat, successful in competency also

[@joeatalig5005]

If Japan which is a smaller country can have high speed rail why can't the United States have it.

[@6spdkeg]

@@joeatalig5005 Japan probably didn't allow Beuracrats and 10 other 3 letter agencies and regulators suck all the efficiency out of theirs along with making cost 500% more than it should.

[@rejean2744]

Another republican being schooled by Pete.

[@JoanGonzalez-ui6er]

You go Sec. Buttigieg. The chairman was not interested in your answers.

[@thoughtsonfitness3249]

Oh look. Another liar. Does not have a single clue about construction or infrastructure. And do not even get started on the children of Congo.

[@keernhaslem1845]

Buttigieg is so very good at sparring with these guys. They have their hands full.

[@LarryLaughlin-l1g]

he speaks as though something has been stuck down his throat causing him to be hoarse

[@KathyFewell-ev9zw]

Buttigieg is pulling a Mayorkas. Going into a competition of words when all he has to do answer the questions ....simply.

[@mikesampsel3333]

Yeah, Duarte's BS

[@ArtIsNotAlwaysEasy]

Why is that “guy” allowed an open mic? He is so rude. He is a liar.

[@pantarkan7]

Being cordial and telling the truth are immediate disqualifiers for any posting in the current administration.

[@stalker7892]

@@pantarkan7 Yeah I agree! They ought to be cordial and tell the truth like "Trumpty Dumbty".😂

[@gregh7400]

Well, he is a Congressman so I guess that's why he gets a mic and grandstands like the rest of them.

[@wendyscott8425]

Good question. And he's my Congressman (for now) who can't seem to accept the opinions or facts this hearing might have shown him. I trust he'll be replaced by a more rational and polite Congressman in November.

[@rickrobbins1037]

He's a liar. ​@@pantarkan7

[@CoconutPalmPictures]

Congress is a strange place. They ask a question, then don't let you answer.

[@saluki7651]

Answer a question? Yes. Filibuster and use doublespeak? NO!!!!

[@CoconutPalmPictures]

@@saluki7651 No, they didn't let him answer the question. I get the impression that some of the commenters on the internet are more interested in expressing their pre-determined opinion than gathering information to ascertain the truth.

[@saluki7651]

@@CoconutPalmPictures He didn’t answer the question, rather he circumvented the query and propagated political ideology.

[@CoconutPalmPictures]

@@saluki7651 The interviewer didn't let him finish answering, just cut him off. Probably because the interviewer had a different political ideology.

[@saluki7651]

@@CoconutPalmPictures we have different interpretations of the posted video.

[@ScottGraham-fy3pr]

You know how you deal with forced child labor in foreign countries! Refuse to buy their product! If the product has no buyer there is no reason for producing it!

[@RiaSwiftHealing]

No one will.do that. Too many products and who is going to activate the boycott? Pple today don't seem to be that interested in standing up.

[@cliffkilpatrick7430]

If Duarte would zip it for a couple of minutes, he'd probably get an answer but he doesn't really want one. Hence his speechmaking and rhetoric.

[@geridinewhite869]

He knew who he was dealing with an educated and well informed ,knowledgeable intelligent Man !!

[@jamesbracht4881]

Wow, what a master of double talk.

[@stemmerman]

Was there a question, or did John just want to babble and not let Peter answer?

[@kristyandcowreact]

I'm guessing Duerte just likes to hear his own voice

[@robertlee7606]

Pete doesn’t give any viable examples.

[@kristyandcowreact]

​@@robertlee7606wait... So, guess you didn't watch the vid? Duarte... That you?

[@geridinewhite869]

He just wanted to babble ! Ok ....he earned his pay that day .Dude reminded me of gym Jordan 😂

[@geridinewhite869]

​@robertlee7606 he can't !! They ask him questions and then doesn't want him to answer by talking over him when he attempts to do so ,and to those who are actually listening its confusing.

[@paulcooper8335]

Is Duarte taking lessons from Jim Jordan on how to be ridiculous?

[@jasondashney]

I can't believe I'm actually on the side of Pete Buttigieg here. His point about how we only care about slave labour for this one product is a very good one. John is way out of line here.

[@joannesullivan237]

When are Gorsich, Alito, Thomas, &,Kavanaugh being subpoenaed to testify before Congress?

[@Bholla75]

I find it interesting that KZbin put a "translate to English" on your comment🤔 Maybe it was too well said and KZbin wants a fascist tangerine regime 😒

[@f1y7rap]

@@Bholla75 Read history. Fascism is SOCIALISM. Benito Mussolini was the editor of the Italian socialist paper and the lead of the socialist party. Before WW1 he, like many socialists, expected workers would band together and rise up against their "oppressors" without any borders. HE, like many socialists, saw that people held to nations over class. So Mussolini turned socialism from international to national, thinking that once others saw the success of his nation, they would also adopt socialism internationally. Mussolini also saw Lenin's implementation of Marx's ideas and chose to hold MUCH closer to Hegel, listening to Giovanni Gentili. If you don't LEARN from history, you, like all Democrats, will repeat history. Democrats are the party of Marx and Gentili.

[@daleemrick9816]

4 watt purpose

[@joannesullivan237]

I think they should answer to the American people about why they lied to Congress & the American people at their Congressional hearings. Why did they all lie about Roe, for instance? Why, after 248 years, have they decided to bestow full immunity on the President? Answer questions about Clarance Thomas questioning the propriety of Special Counsel Smith’s appointment? Why didn’t Thomas recuse?

[@geridinewhite869]

You forgot A Barrett

[@mustangfreedom]

Staggering critical logic leaps necessary to even appear to tango with Mr. Pete.😂

[@bikerbill052282]

A Republican concerned about children, who would have thought? Don’t care about schools or lunch in schools.

[@nekonari22]

GOP is actively trying to make child labor legal in US (many GOP states have already passed laws towards this). Like hell they care about some colored kids in some "shithole" (according to their Supreme Commanda Drumpf) country far away.

[@AngelinaLonero]

😂😂😂😂 what

[@jasondashney]

Don't equate a concern with how somethings gonna be paid for with a lack of concern over who would be the beneficiary.

[@josephkostinko739]

Remember when the Trump admin took the money from the school lunch program and added it to the military funding? They make me sick.

[@Xmvw2X]

Pete and Jasmine are my two favorite people to watch in legislation just tearing all this bs to shreds. Both are ridiculously competent debaters.

[@camf7522]

If only the GOP would follow their own ideology completely and stop ALL federal government subsidy and tax breaks. The fact is no politicians will, so this cherry picking of objecting to subsidies for projects the oppose for other reasons is counterproductive for them.

[@RickCeppi]

Pete is right, congress has the power to stop this on its track by legislating that no batteries sold in the US (EVs, cell phones, etc..) can have any components from the Congo... of course that will never happen

[@geridinewhite869]

Money ,money ,money ! MOOONAY !!

[@JohnDoe-oj5it]

He took maternity leave 😅😅😅😅

[@petercristo992]

It was a tough delivery Lord knows but he made it through somehow.

[@NicholasDonskyDonsky]

His throat got pregnant!🎉

[@Cary-p6g]

Ya he had a colonoscopy 😆

[@spocksvulcanbrain]

No, he didn't. He took parental leave, just like every other government employee is allowed to do. Your comment is homophobic which reveals yours.

[@SGT100]

Breast feeding is a two man job.

[@richardadams6988]

😂I like Pete. The only problem is that he is highly sophisticated for yesterday's politicians....it seems very hard to go back to try and fix older problems that were never addressed before, now very costly and time-consuming.... only hope that Pete doesn’t give in.....and give in to all today's rhetoric....thanks, Pete ....

[@cpe111]

It would help if tDuarte actually allowed Buttigieg to answer instead of grandstanding.

[@edwardlouis3428]

Another Republican taken down by Pete?

[@toplarry]

I hope his office toys are all packed.

[@erinblaisure9761]

How do put up with the stupidity, Pete?????????

[@Susan-k6m]

Go ask his husband😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@DemonHunterX1]

Can the witness just simply say, "No" that they don't want to answer the question? Just say you don't want to answer the question!

[@matthewgoral4014]

He was giving a qualified answer to expose the bad faith of the Congressman's question. The reductive "yes or no" binary is an elementary debate tactic that is easily circumnavigated by qualifying an answer with factual context. That the congressman was too emotional to receive that context in good faith does not discredit it. Pete is an excellent orator and an intelligent politician, so of course he came with receipts. This video represents the general lack in finesse and intellectual integrity with which this congressman approached his time in this hearing.

[@allonelife699]

@@matthewgoral4014 Well said

[@larryk2108]

Well when you’re asking a lopsided bullshit question you have to bring it in to context. When he gave them a clear rebuttal they just talked over him. Again they have nothing to

[@krullerooi6845]

It is clear the congressman did not want to hear a nuanced answer. Simply saying answer the question without context or subtext is just to make themselves look good. Anyone with a modicum of intelligence would add the subtext which always has a way of exposing the question as a gotcha question. The congressman's whole premise was cobalt mining creating slavery and the Secretary made clear we are using less and less of cobalt in EVs, and we now get cobalt as a by-product from other processes in the United States.

[@martinutr]

@@matthewgoral4014Boom! Well said!!

[@roamiblu1833]

Since when does the GOP give a darn about slavery in the Congo? They *NEVER* gave a darn about it. In fact, they supported it by turning a blind eye. But NOW you want to be *concerned* with child slavery? What about the child-soldiers? That's part of the Congo, too.

[@dougtwyford7284]

Thank you Mr President for your clarity...sorry I mean Pete..

[@scottterry1659]

The government should never give money to industry

[@johnallred716]

Lockheed Martin on line one...

[@georgesotiroff5080]

I’m tickled that the federal government refused to assist Chrysler from going under back in the 1980s. To have had yet another viable American car manufacturer would have been a veritable disaster! Let other countries support their industries. We should never do so.

[@ianbergman6245]

Great, stop with oil and agro industry subsidies then too.

[@jimhofer8496]

Oil companies are waiting in the lobby with your check Mr. Trump.

[@chrishogan8125]

LOL......Funny how that opinion is ONLY popular when it's EV's that are being subsidized! Meanwhile, how many banks, automakers, fossil fuel companies, defense companies, etc., have been subsidized in years gone by...!?

[@thepimpernel6971]

GOP need to pull their Sox’s up this guy makes them look like imbeciles every time they call him to testify.

[@joseypowell]

How was he even supposed to address the topic if not given the space to do so. I see this all the time. They have these hearings just so the elected official can flap their jaw for their given amount of time and purposely don’t give the person time to address the topic. So frustrating.

[@jameswilliams2635]

he needs to go.

[@bmcas19825]

Why, because he makes the Repubs look stupid

[@doctaflo]

i think he meant Duarte needs to go

[@EarthPersonPrime]

Republicants. No logic, only lies.

[@danseemiller1279]

Buttigieg is an embarrassment.

[@swirlingvortex2022]

Really? I thought he shat on that congressman. But I was trained in logic and debate so what the f*** would I know! You obviously were trained in “research” by politician while I’m on the shitter!

[@Doerakker]

There republican senators are just full of it

[@nandoc5968]

Why is it that all that complain are in the same age range ? Just an observation.

[@pauln624]

100 years ago with less tech and hand tools, we built this country quicker, better and cheaper. WHY?

[@isaidwtfover]

Because God was on our side then.

[@ronaldperry]

GOVERNMENT

[@erinblaisure9761]

Because the government allowed companies to use slave labor using the Irish, Chinese and blacks and before that, indentured servants, too!! Read a history book, would ya???!!!!!!!!

[@ronaldperry]

@@erinblaisure9761 yeah. It has nothing to do with government regulations.

[@wendyscott8425]

@@ronaldperry True. Government regulations keep people safe on the job. The way people used to die on the job was horrendous before regulations.

[@Melden81]

I love The Secretary of Transportation! He’s no idiot.

[@ArticLight14]

He’s such a diva when he can’t answer the question.

[@carljcreighton]

and?

[@karenmewmaw]

He doesn't know but he thinks he know everything that's Mr Pete just my opinion

[@jamesmccloy-brooks5465]

@@karenmewmaw Pete is usually the smartest guy in the room

[@jasondashney]

I can't stand Pete, but in this particular instance he's right, end of story. He actually did answer the questions, and he answered them very concisely even though John tried his best to not let him talk. No rational person could possibly watch this interaction and think that Pete didn't win hands down;

[@carljcreighton]

@@jasondashney why don't you like Pete though

[@danseemiller1279]

Buttigieg don't talk over the Congressman.

[@TruthLovingHippy]

That’s the problem with these people. No respect at all. Instead they bully their way through their disrespect.

[@pantarkan7]

Why not? He's in the administration that recognizes there's no need to tell congress anything the administration doesn't want to admit.

[@gregh7400]

Congressman shouldn't ask questions that require an explanation, then demand a yes or no answer, then cut off and talk over the witness when some of us are interested in the actual answer.

[@danseemiller1279]

@@gregh7400 Just say " I can't answer the question".

[@gregh7400]

@danseemiller1279 That would be a lie. He can answer the question but that would cut into the political grandstanding all members of Congress love to engage in.

[@carlmedlar1258]

What a waste of money this guys a joke TRUMP 2024

[@dbmn7571]

In order to stop this BS take away the government funding and mandates.

[@keithfrey9593]

The fossil fuel industry gets more subsidies than EVs and $100 billion of defense spending a year is spent to keep the Stait of Hormez open EVs should get subsidized out of fairness. Oil will run out & it pollutes the environment more than EVs

[@nl6261]

Repuke 🤮

[@mustangfreedom]

This man asking if he is capable of recognizing a hopeless boondoggle is SNL baiting.😅😂🎉😊

[@ncalovini]

Why should everyone’s TaxDollars subsidize your neighbor so he can buy an EV ? If they’re so great, let the market decide

[@wendyscott8425]

The market let me decide to get my Volt in2016, although I did get a rebate that covered some of the costs, but I would have bought it without the rebate. I love it. I spend about $15 a year on gas. More and more people are getting EVs. It’s good for the air and good for the budget. Oh, and I charge it in the daytime mostly because I have solar panels, plus it almost never needs an oil change.

[@Bholla75]

The market IS deciding, duh🙄 That's why sales are up and this kind of legislation is voted for.

[@Bholla75]

Don't see this kind of comment when you pay for banks and billionaires bail outs and subsidies 🙄

[@swirlingvortex2022]

As long as you apply the same logic to gas price support! Do you know how much we spend holding up the fossil fuel industry? No … thought not

[@kgv6483]

Buttegieg wins this one...again.

[@johnwduncan6707]

Don't argue with Pete

[@petercristo992]

John Duarte's a good congressman, well educated too. 🇺🇲

[@glennkoch3268]

Hes the wife

[@kameronvangilst2157]

You're the wife.

[@scalways]

O look it's Peter puffer.

[@michaelvarble4392]

Lololol 🤣

[@barryshannon5253]

He is a veteran. Five says your a coward.

[@scalways]

@barryshannon5253 I'm a veteran, served in Iraq and Afghanistan. How would you like to pay? Like you, he's exactly the kind of guy that would tell you "I'm a veteran." Just go back to whoville.

[@honpot2016]

don't fk with pete he will make you look like a fool

[@scalways]

@honpot2016 clearly you voted for him. How did puffer get the job anyway?

[@wileyhenry3990]

My friend has 2 EV'S and a Solar powered home. He hasn't paid for gas or electricity in 7 years. He also sells the extra electricity back to the city. What a moron.

[@TheGeonam]

Last winter in Chicago an area it was so cold people were pushing their EV’s to the charging station that had long lines of dead EV’s. Solar panels on the roof go bad you need a degree in electronics to find the problem. A Ford F 150 weighs 6800 pounds. An EV 150 weighs 12000 ponds and cost $20000 to replace the battery. I’m sure your neighbor has had to have his battery changed in seven and years and has never told what he paid.

[@rafaelgonzalez4175]

@@TheGeonam I don't know about you but I do not like to show how stupid I am so I will raise you Cold Cranking Amps to your EV batteries. You see having known most my life cold weather was resolved with batteries exploring chemicals and acid that created the Cold Cranking Amps. Which explains batteries work in the freezing cold. If only just to start the engine. But who in America knows this. Me? Not you.

[@markstack2309]

Wow

[@jesydiaz9120]

Investment in large scale infrastructure, meaning chargers would mitigate this. ​@TheGeonam

[@Lance-fk1eb]

@@TheGeonam While a few dozen cars were being pushed in Chicago last winter, millions more EVs at the time were driving around without problems. You must have experience with solar panels because mine has been working for 5 years now in addition to saving me money. Ford EV weighs only around 7000lbs. Ignorance is bliss

[@collins-fy2rr]

Nothing but bull shit

[@BarbaraPerez-ow5tr]

Buttibut is beyond arrogant. Impeach for incompetence.

[@johnr4898]

The Trans Continental Railroad was constructed between 1863 and 1869 at a cost in today's dollars of$1.2 billion and built by hand labor. It is 1776 miles long. As of May 29, 2023 after fifteen years HSR has not laid one mile of track but it has sucked up hundred of millions of tax dollars.

[@foreststewart1968]

The transcontinental railroad was built essentially through the forced labor of exploited Chinese workers through much of the West. No surprise, costs go way down when an unconstrained & powerful industry (in this case the railroads) can force desperate non-citizens to work in dangerous conditions for next to no pay. Also, do a little research, & you might discover just how many workers lost their lives building that transcontinental railroad that you're pointing to as an example of industry as it SHOULD be. I'd say that a great many lost lives is a pretty high price to pay... but a price that you are finding very easy to (conveniently) ignore. I'd say that you're failing to include some rather staggering details into your "cost" analysis of how things were done back in the good old days.

[@procrastinatingpuma]

CHSR isn't enslaving chinese people to get built...

[@johnr4898]

@@procrastinatingpuma prevailing wage was $35.00 Chinese were paid $30.00 per mo. The point is, we have machines to replace hand labor so, it should go at least as fast.

[@geridinewhite869]

It's all about getting a whole lot of money for doing nothing! How sweet.

[@burningsporkdeath]

Meanwhile we are not allowed to mine the raw materials for this stuff on US soil where we have strong environmental and labor protections.

[@VYDZ]

That is simply not true! A mine sits idle in the remote Salmon River Mountains along the state’s historic cobalt belt until the price of the mineral climbs up to $25 per pound.

[@burningsporkdeath]

@@VYDZ Yes on that particular mine. I am commenting in regards to mine permitting and NGO lawsuits to block mining nationwide. I am currently working at a mine in AZ that is struggling to get off of the ground.

[@robertstull8759]

@@burningsporkdeath Good. Mining should have strong environmental and labor regulations and protections. It's an incredibly dangerous and destructive practice, and if we, as a society, are going to say that we need that material for technological advancement then we should take full responsibility for the process necessary to do so. The workers should be getting paid in direct relation to the product they create while being ensured the protection of their life and health. At the same time the damage to the environment, which is kind of a requirement for humans to live in, should be mitigated and offset as much as possible. Otherwise it's not really benefiting us as a society or a species in the long run.

[@burningsporkdeath]

@@robertstull8759 I do not disagree with any of that. From my 30 years in the industry I have seen that we have a very good regulatory system to prevent the sins of the past. The problem I have is that we rarely get to exercise it with modern techniques due to never ending lawsuits where they lie through their teeth to generate an emotional response to shut us down. We can tell the truth and do everything by the book and right and still lose because we are up against organizations with very deep pockets that will use propaganda and lies. Meanwhile more people are exploited in third world countries to feed world demand as a result. It makes me sick.

[@josephkostinko739]

Maybe not for long. If Trump is elected, he wants to get rid of the EPA.

[@bobbecht7764]

How is that going to be built,what is that train going to be powered with

[@JXZ-JAM]

Crocodile tears from Congress. Shocker.

[@claytonwilliams4303]

Why should I help fund something I can't even buy it's bs I love gas cars anyway

[@grannypattie]

Go Pete

[@jeffreyvalentyn6815]

CAHSR is not the responsibility of the federal government, it is a state project that has received federal funds. It has been delayed so long because of cities and citizens IN THIS GUYS DISTRICT suing the state relentlessly and intentionally slowing the process. What a pathetic man

[@alandeutsch7769]

Pete had excellent responses but he could’ve been more specific about the battery chemistries that go into EV batteries. It used to be that all batteries used NCM (nickel cobalt magnesium) lithium-ion batteries, now (i’m pretty sure) most new batteries are LFP (lithium iron phosphate) which don’t use any cobalt.

[@prajwal1402]

These idiots keep attacking a guy who is , Harvard Educated, worked for McKinsey, and served in the Armed Forces. That is a combination that comes with discipline and preparation. There is beating Pete !

[@oldmancasey420]

Pete is great

[@dubya13207]

I wish Buttigieg would have answered “And aren’t you glad that we’re discovering the challenges of building high-speed rail now, during a relatively small and simple build over flat land between two relatively small municipalities, rather than during a much larger and costlier leg of the project?”

[@pchinnIII]

I keep waiting for Pete Buttigieg to say something stupid. Unlike our 2 Presidential Candidates who have said not just stupid things but incredible stupid things. Democrat's have a chance to go with someone like Pete Buttigieg and leave the stupid one for Republicans.

[@wickedtexan]

Imagine that the continental railroad across America was completed in 1869, in 2024 they cant even build a rail line in California

[@harlanjackson6112]

Slave labor for much of it, Chinese immigrant labor after slavery was abolished.

[@bowlofcinder482]

They used slave labour to do it. Tell me why you are in favour of that?

[@louissimmonds5509]

Pete Buttigieg is a boss.

[@jonathancruz5716]

Oh the republican, now they are concerned about the Congo. Of course, or maybe Exxon, Chevron and Connoco Phillips have something to do with this.

[@beaufan6416]

I sincerely hope America could have A brilliant woman who has always been Honourable in the service of America And man of similar qualities who was Born with different sexuality too Heterosexual men can be mature enough to Grow the f#%k up and vote for the best candidates for the country

[@grahamhodge8313]

I have rarely seen anyone lay a glove on Buttigieg. He is a formidable opponent.