Lindsey Graham Presses Experts On EVs: ‘How Can You Generate Enough Power To Accommodate’ Them?

[@DavidMorgan-gg7ic]

We should have been giving all the money we spent on wind and solar to electric companies to build nuclear power plants and to be upgrading the power grids. This would have actually helped every American citizen.

[@juanca030782]

How?

[@b195-l5s]

What about the insurance companies with ev fires

[@MaxxMcGee-p8q]

So how is China getting their electricity???? And what are they doing with the waste batteries???

[@660Oliver]

China has no environmental laws. Dam rivers, coal fired plants, ,,,,

[@bobrohrer5925]

A lot of questions but NO ANSWERS = US Senate

[@QuantumShineAMAC]

They froze my assets repeatedly for having the Answers.

[@korykilian2465]

About dam time Mr Graham where you been hiding you still hold a position right

[@garystursa1353]

Maybe that is why China is opening coal powered power plants at a crazy large rate and their agreement in the Paris accord said after2050 they wouldn't increase their carbon footprint, so I guess you make it a ridiculous amount so it doesn't matter

[@madeinfoxtrap5539]

Not even the tires on An EV are not able to be Made without the Byproducts of Petroleum Refining….. The rest of the Vehicle as well Would not be able To be made Without the Petroleum Industry

[@georgia_adventurer]

Climate Communism

[@DavidMorgan-gg7ic]

Trucks need to stay diesel. They are the most efficient way of moving products around the country. No emission either. That is making transportation cost go through the roof. No military vehicles have emission devices on them. They found them to be unreliable.

[@politicsuncensored5617]

The EV vehicle is not ready for the mass population use. I can get in my gas powered BIG SUV and cruise from coast to coast in three days. You could not do that in any EV vehicle in a month. The cost of EV's is far to great to make it worth it. Shalom

[@JonnyQest666]

Don't worry Kamala said she'll fix things once in office.

[@sabaha4637]

I agree with Lindsey, no politics only logics. There there enough examples showing good examples like camifornia 😅

[@warlord8954]

Electric vehicle sales are dropping off worldwide specifically in the USA. We need to stop making them, and buying them because they will drive up the cost of electricity in our homes.

[@MaxxMcGee-p8q]

They have NOT THOUGHT ABOUT WHERE ITS COMING FROM

[@MrNooner319]

Nobody is talking about the trucking industry and the weight truckers will be losing in capacity due to the weight of the batteries. The gross weight is 80k lbs due to the construction of our roads. Less capacity means higher dollars at the store level. Something to think about.

[@nunyabiznes4471]

No one is talking about the fact long haul trucks if they were EV’s could not have their weight supported by bridges because of the increased weight by the batteries. They also would have to charge many hours for a trip across the country. This is government stupidity again by stupid people elected into office by other stupid people.

[@-dash]

Makes sense. Kind of like how when fuel prices increase, so too does the cost of goods, since all goods depend on shipping in one way or another

[@yobronx9185]

EVs are the worst.

[@criticaltheories5222]

What are we going to do to supply our military when all our factories are shut down and we don't make engines anymore or the parts that support our military weapons?

[@juanca030782]

Why do you think they will be shut down?

[@leonlickliter8265]

They will not last long you all will brake down

[@brendabrazell2556]

Not everyone can or will be able too afford a battery powered vehicle. How are farmers and construction workers going too keep their big machinery charged up too get they work done. How is people going too charge up the battery at home if we don't electricity .On cloudy days solar dont work. And windmills don't turn without wind. We would have too depend on other countries too get the stuff too make the batteries here .And what would that cost.And if they decide they don't want too sell it too us and we have given up our resources then what. We are never going too be pollution free no matter what.These other countries has pollution coming over here we don't live under a dome. We only have one sky.China can send anything over here they want.You seen that with their balloons was floating all over the US.

[@MaxxMcGee-p8q]

It’s all about money money money which most people do not HAVE 🔥

[@coolazul-ic9km]

Years ago it was determined that it would take a hundred years to build a EV infrastructure

[@angusm9419]

Poster Boy for TERM LIMITS NOW!!

[@JimwombatLand]

YOU CANT ...NOT ENOUGH GRID POWER ....NOT ENOUGH LOCATIONS TO PLUG TO , HAS TO BE 240V OR IT TAKES 14 HRS TO CHARGE ...

[@timmothy58]

ha...can't even transmit the power if you had it...ha...

[@kenp7814]

If they have to build many more power plants then the cost of electricity with triple or quadruple

[@JesterofRichiousness]

Upgrading the Electrical grid should have been done over 2 decades ago, how many updates is the world behind now???

[@thomasward00]

Because China was a 3rd World backwater 2 decades ago, they were able to build out in modern times, the US is having to "Upgrade", very different.

[@AmyDLong]

Look up the Tesla Tower in Milford, Tx

[@FOURSTAR50]

Trillions of dollars to upgrade

[@brett5405]

Hey Lindsey maybe from selling our weapons like you like so much

[@crazywaffleking]

Nuclear power is the answer.

[@James-pr4bf]

Why South Carolina? Why?

[@jacktomasek7171]

I think Graham is Dead Weight in the Republican Party ! He and McConnell should go out to pasture together !

[@runits]

Small minds ask open questions like this. If you have no answers get the fuck out is politics

[@SB-mw1bg]

I don't care what Lindsey Graham thinks! He's a bad guy.

[@C8Quest]

It’s the idea you should be measuring, not who said it. In this case, he is spot on.

[@michaellane1316]

@@C8Quest Agree. We are faced with many restrictions and bureaucracy from our own government, the lead horse and other horses are half way around the track while we seem to be hog tied at the starting gate. We stay stagnated figuring out who's who, gender equality, racism, fighting over so much crap, China is straight and simply out drawing us as a world dominant power. It's like everything else this country decides to do. They plan and build for yesterday, no where near what the future is presenting. If we don't crawl out from under the rock our elites have kept us under, then better figure on speaking another language, and sooner than one might anticipate. We are a, "Day late & a Dollar Short" on most areas of canvassing our technology. Whether it be electric cars, trucks, trains, planes or ships, one thing is for certain, we must embrace another source of energy. Stripping this "ONLY" planet we now embrace of all it's natural resources will eventually only make us face the inevitable, no more Earth. Should we ever figure out instead of fighting over BS we should all be working together to keep this planet from imploding. There are great minds out there who undoubtedly have many of the answers but are hamstrung by one thing or another.......so let's coin the phrase..."We're only as strong as our weakest link". Maybe at this time in our thinking, EV's are the immediate answer to at least maybe propel us into further opening the draw strings of this space continuum that could eventually get us some advancement. He said it, it's not going away. The question we all have is, how can we provide the necessary supply needed to support such an enormous undertaking. Here in lies that main issues; natural resources. This ravaging in the short term still could not supply enough materials to make it all come to fruition, even in 50 year, at least not without upsetting the applecart in another way that would or could spell disaster. Change is needed, this is clear, as to how, what, where, when the ship can clear port enough to find that destination is anyone's guess. Meanwhile, as the Chinese keep copying, reverse engineering and out performing us just at about most everything, we continue to keep playing tiddlelywinks with our brains because thinking isn't on our table anymore, that and all of the sideshows some group of idiots keeps thinking we need to do to make their lives more enjoyable.

[@Theism2222]

Dumbest most out of touch response I’ve heard….oh, it’s Graham.

[@deannagrady8705]

At the point our government said "you are going to have to", I lost intrest!!!! The US became an independent nation to give the citizens freedom of choice.

[@hoonhwang4778]

The current debate of EV is totally invalid. It should be CONSUMER FIRST approach. No reason EV should be more pricy than ICV when they are already expensive. When I have to spend $40-50k hard earned money, environment isn't my main concern. It better be government's problem.☹️

[@DanAlvey-e6z]

What about the increased costs of electricity? Higher demand = higher costs. We need electricity to live in today’s world, we don’t need electric cars when we have cheaper, cleaner, and more efficient “Fossil fuels”.

[@darlenegoodall7797]

Never go for an EV.

[@jeffperry601]

If you are an expert on eevee's and Evie has failed miserably you are not an expert on eevee's

[@-dash]

eevee shmeevee

[@QuantumShineAMAC]

They won't allow me to publicly produce your Solutions. That's why I use Word of Mouth, which Parliament Ignores, making my Goals and your Solutions, outside of their Circle of Power and Corruption

[@QuantumShineAMAC]

I can make PowerCells and Kinetic Systems that make EVs outclass ICE vehicles in every domain.

[@Mabeylater293]

Somebody show Lindsay Graham the sun

[@Patriotman-s6l]

Sodo Graham. A little snowflake.

[@chefbink61]

I'm not sure what he is looking at, but 80% of all the EV's made in China are all sitting if fields rotting away. Yes the rest of the world jumped on the EV wagon before we did, but the rest of the world has slowed down the EV push. The EV sales in the UK have slowed down so much that dealers are having a hard time trying to meet the monthly required sales (government imposed quota), and now at the present rate of sale the UK will never meet the 2035 numbers that the UK government has imposed. Also after the EV fires in South Korea there has been a big push for new laws on parking and such. Also insurance companies are already dropping EV's from their list due to the cost of replacement and other issues. There are lots of problems with EV's, and they need to address before huge numbers of dollars are spent on something that is doomed to fail.

[@midwestcharm]

He didn't say anything

[@alphonsemoonflee299]

Lindsey Graham is the evil caricature in every movie

[@gyterdoneJP7315]

So with Ford and GM etal stuck with EVs on their lot and losing bug money; just what State is buying all EVs? California which can't even kept their lights On? The beltway bubble dwellers remain as disconnected as ever. Graham needs to be returned to his State and live n real -ville.

[@DaveNewman-po8hl]

When politicians solve problems rather than engineers. Thank goodness for clean, cheap and plentiful fossil fuels. Thank goodness for the chevrolet small block. EV has peaked.

[@IGOBYTHENAMELOVE]

I mean he didn’t lie

[@Ibrian8888]

Electric vehicles will never work

[@Terrathrax]

How the fuck would you know?

[@georgestark1788]

This silly goose knows nothing...

[@orzechowski_]

What happens when we run out of oil, Lindsey?

[@C8Quest]

Then we’ll have harmony, right?

[@brucemiller1696]

Heard somewhere that there is enough oil to last 100s of years.

[@orzechowski_]

@@C8Quest not quite.

[@orzechowski_]

@@brucemiller1696 who told you that, Exxon?

[@coolazul-ic9km]

You can look it up

[@bowhunter341]

EVs weigh more than gas vehicles so the roads will have to be worked on more often. Just my opinion. Do your own research if you want to.

[@joshdauberman1267]

You could use the same argument against pick-up trucks, but that wouldn't really fit your point of view, would it?

[@C8Quest]

@@joshdauberman1267 pickup trucks are not being mandated.

[@OldRustySteele]

@@joshdauberman1267 EV pickups weigh more than ICE pickups, so what’s your point? If your point is that many people buy heavy pickups they really don’t need, then say so. Frankly, I’d agree with that. But that’s not an EV vs. hybrid vs. ICE issue. That’s a “size of vehicle” issue. BTW, we partly solved this problem in the mid-1970’s when we significantly downsized vehicles to address fuel shortages back then. Getting back to the EV debate, if we as a nation aren’t willing to build more nuclear power plants, widespread use of EV’s are a fallacy.

[@joshdauberman1267]

@@OldRustySteele That was my main point - that many people love and currently use heavier vehicles in Jeeps, pick-ups, and Hummers - and they have just as much, if not more, of a toll on the road than EVs do. Finally, I totally agree with you, we need to rapidly increase our nuclear energy capabilities to prepare for the coming increased demand on the grid by EVs. New technology has made nuclear safe, effective, and creates many high-paying jobs that it's ludicrous to overlook.

[@OldRustySteele]

@@joshdauberman1267 Bingo! I agree. One problem I see with ALL vehicles is that they have morphed into overly heavy, overly technology dependent, costly “safety cocoons” because people don’t pay attention to traffic, drive too fast, and are impatient. (And I have an older Corvette, so I’m not a slow crawler out there, myself). I still have honest questions about EV batteries and their environmental footprint, but I must admit that I really don’t have any properly-researched thoughts about that. I’d just be blowing smoke there, so I’ll just go silent on that!

[@kjeldlarsen912]

Snake!

[@MarttiSuomivuori]

Japan took a turn in EV politics once somebody did the math and found out that there is not enough capacity and it is unlikely to be built. Now America has finally done the same analysis and arrived into the same conclusion. You cannot beat math with propaganda.

[@Highlander1432]

No. No they haven't. Oil companies buying propaganda again. China has over 150 EV companies. Do they have electricity issues ??

[@-dash]

@@Highlander1432What percentage of Chinese cars on the road are electric?

[@Highlander1432]

@@-dash In China ? Or US ? This narrative "our powwr grid can't handle charging EVs" is absurd. EVs aren't convenient yet Infrastructure will take years to catch up to ICE but it will get there

[@-dash]

@@Highlander1432 in China obviously

[@Highlander1432]

@@MarttiSuomivuori Ford GM Stellantis All going out of business within 15 years

[@Outdoorshuntingshooting]

Hybrids are the best option. Short range needs use the battery, long trips combination of both.

[@ripvanwinkle2002]

yep worse and faster tire wear from the weight of the electric motor on one or more pairs of wheels MASSIVE cost increase for repairs and when the battery pack is dead you have to buy a whole new car cause who is gonna pay 10k for a battery on a 10 year old hybrid? hybrids are AN option but not the best by far..

[@normansmart7502]

A man with a lot of common sense well spoken sir😊

[@rogernewton7831]

Joking right?

[@ripvanwinkle2002]

LOL no..

[@jonhenry8268]

Did you forget that Elon bought your party???

[@taitruong3835]

You know electric takes a power from earth 🌍 please don’t destroy earth 🌍

[@joshdauberman1267]

Electric is actually the exact opposite! We can use renewables such as wind, solar, and hydro power which take nothing from the Earth! Unfortunately, we are still using fossil fuels which do take from the Earth and destroy the Earth because the gasses get trapped in our atmosphere - changing our atmosphere. Nuclear will likely be the only short-term solution to fix our current problems.

[@jaysoncarter5093]

Once we were ahead in ALL things. Bold,and, ready for the next thing. Now we have people who want to stop😂😂😂😂!!!! Left behind.

[@HDHQDIRECT]

Anyone fresh out of the placenta is Bold and ready for the next thing. The rest of us have already burned ourselves on the stove and know better.

[@ripvanwinkle2002]

new does not equal better.. EV are trash for anyone who doesnt live within 50 miles of everything they ever need and also dont need to tow or haul anything for any distance you DO KNOW the WEIGHT of the batteriws and the motors gets SUBTRACTED from how much a vehicle can carry in cargo right? and they weigh FAR FAR more than a gas engine and fuel of the same power.. you know that right? know what happens if each truck takes less stuff each trip? WE PAY MORE...

[@ripvanwinkle2002]

@@HDHQDIRECT excellent comment