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WASHINGTON - Rep. Bruce Westerman (AR-04) was recently featured in the MotorTrend documentary, "Why America is Struggling with EVs" to discuss unnecessary government subsidies and mandates regarding EVs which ultimately harm, not help Americans.
Watch the full documentary at the link HERE.
Topline quotes:
"When the internal combustion engine came along, you didn't need a government subsidy to build gas stations. The market demanded filling stations along the roadways and people built them - they're still building them today. Why does it take a government subsidy to build a charging station? It's because they're trying to force something in the market where government has no place forcing it in the market. Pushing EVs through government subsidies and regulations, I think, is bad policy."
"[EVs are] being billed as the solution to a climate issue and they're not [the solution]. 13.49% of global greenhouse gas emissions come from the United States. 29% of that comes from Transportation. Then you look at all of Transportation which includes planes, trains, and automobiles. Only 57% of the emissions come from light duty trucks and passenger vehicles. So now you're down at 2.2% of global greenhouse gas emissions come from U.S. light duty trucks and passenger vehicles. If we were totally serious about reducing carbon emissions, there would be a much greater focus on nuclear power."
"We're doubling down on wind and solar and we're doubling down on EVs when there's a lot bigger piece of the pie that could be captured by building nuclear power plants and either keeping the hydro that we have or expanding the hydro that we have."
"[China] doesn't have a free market system, but they use their government-controlled system to unfairly compete in our free market system."
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