Vermont is doomed

Vermont took decisive action in November 2022 when lawmakers approved changes to clean-car requirements. The new regulations mandate that all new cars sold in the state must be zero-emission vehicles.

THE MORNING RANT – Periodic Roundup of the EV Follies (7/26/2024)

 

 

Some great news on the EV front – consumer rejection of EVs built by legacy automakers is so thorough that Ford and GM are being forced to adjust their capacity away from unwanted electric novelty

 

GM Delays EV Projects in Latest Industry Pullback” [WSJ – 7/24/2024]

General Motors said it would delay plans for a new Buick electric vehicle and push back the opening of an EV truck factory, the latest retrenchment by automakers that had been pushing hard into battery-powered cars.

That must be greatly disappointing to CEO Mary Barra’s handlers in the Biden administration. Perhaps she is preparing for a change in the occupant of the White House next January.

“Ford pivots from EVs to Super Duty truck production at Canada plant” [Yahoo – 7/17/2024]

Prior to Thursday’s announcement, Ford had planned to build its next-generation three-row EV SUV at Oakville, with an initial rollout for 2025, which was pushed back to 2027 in April of this year. The EV pushback at Oakville came as Ford delayed EV production at its massive BlueOval City EV campus in Tennessee to 2026 from its initial 2025 start date.It seems [CEO Jim] Farley, who bet heavily on EVs with the automaker’s Ford+ plan revealed in early 2023, is continuing to adjust the rollout of the company’s future EVs as demand has weakened in the US.

 

Unfortunately for Ford, its left-wing CEO, Jim Farley, is lamenting the popularity of Ford’s most successful product. Mr. Farley is quite open about his disgust with Ford’s loyal customers for wanting to purchase products that his eco-communist buddies in Davos do not approve of.

“Ford execs send mixed signals about EV commitment” [The Street – 7/21/2024]

However, Ford’s move to prioritize a gas guzzler over an EV does not mean that the company is not fully committed to electric cars; it simply reflects current conditions.“We have to start to get back in love with smaller vehicles. It’s super important for our society and for EV adoption. We are just in love with these monster vehicle

 

 

Unsurprisingly, this is one of the many EV companies that seduced Georgia’s gullible governor, Brian Kemp (R), into throwing hundreds of millions of Georgia taxpayer dollars its way.

Ford also partnered up with SK On, and was able to persuade the US government to flush $9.2 billion US taxpayer dollars at a venture involving this now-failing battery company.

Please, President Trump, make this insanity stop. I am so ready for the Day 1 promise to end all the ridiculous EV mandates and incentives.

 

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External Combustion Vehicles

There is a lot of news regarding EVs spontaneously erupting into dangerous conflagrations…

 

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When do insurance companies stop providing coverage for houses with electric car chargers in the garage? And are my insurance premiums going up so steeply to help cover the risk of insuring these fire-starting mechanisms?

“NFL receiver Randall Cobb, family ‘lucky to be alive’ after escaping house fire started by Tesla charger” [Fox News – 6/27/2024]

“We are lucky to be alive,” [Aiyda Cobb] wrote in a post to her Instagram Stories. “The Tesla charger caught on fire in the garage late last night and quickly spread. We got out of the house with nothing but the clothes on our back and no shoes on our feet.”“Thank you GOD,” she added.

 

The Cobb family offered much praise and gratitude to the brave firemen who came to their aid.

 

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“Tesla bursts into flames at EV charging station in Upper Allen” [CBS-21 7/10/2024]

Upper Allen later released a statement about the incident, thanking the other responding agencies for helping with such a difficult fire: “UAFD would like to extend our sincere gratitude to all the companies that came out to assist us with this incident. These are not easy fires to put out and the hazmat concerns they pose are difficult to mitigate.”

It’s going to take a little bit of bondo to get this EV looking good again. Might need some new tires too.

 

 

 

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“Firefighters work electric vehicle fire at Edmonds car dealership” [KIRO Seattle – 7/11/2024]

The fire was reported around 10 AM in an unoccupied electric car at the dealership located at State Route 104 and Highway 99. The car, which was parked about 50 feet away from any buildings, was engulfed in smoke when firefighters arrived.Due to the challenges associated with fires in vehicles powered by lithium-ion batteries, which can reignite and produce toxic smoke, this fire was upgraded to a second-alarm hazardous materials call. The response included 15 fire units, including a hazardous materials truck, and more than 30 firefighters. Typically, a fire in a non-electric vehicle usually requires just one fire engine with a crew of three.

30 firefighters battling the thermal runaway fire from one lone EV that spontaneously combusted is beyond preposterous.

If I were providing insurance coverage to auto dealers, I would prohibit used EVs from being kept in inventory, since there is no way of knowing if a pothole or a minor bump during its life caused the minor damage that can turn an EV into an explosive device.

 

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Can you imagine receiving a notice from your automobile’s manufacturer advising that your car is so dangerous that you must park it outside lest it burn your house down when it spontaneously combusts? That is the notice that thousands of Chrysler customers received last week regarding their electric vehicles.

“Stellantis tells owners of over 24,000 hybrid minivans to park outdoors due to battery fire risk” [AP – 7/18/2024]

Stellantis is telling the owners of more than 24,000 plug-in hybrid minivans to park them outdoors away from buildings, and to stop charging them due to the possibility of battery fires. The company said Thursday that it’s recalling certain 2017 through 2021 Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrids, mainly in North America. Some are being recalled for a second time. All can still be driven.

Plug-in “hybrids” are an entirely different creature than hybrids such as the Toyota Prius. Plug-in hybrids are effectively EVs, but also possessing a separate gas-powered engine. Ultimately plug-ins are the worst of both worlds, with the complexity of two powertrains, very limited range under battery power, and diminished gas mileage due to the weight of the lithium battery.

Stellantis, maker of Jeep, Chrysler, Ram and other vehicle brands, said its investigation is ongoing but the company has linked the problem to a rare abnormality in individual battery cells.

 

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“Electric Amazon Delivery Vans Keep Burning Down, And Chargers May Be To Blame” [7/02/2024]

Amazon appears to have traded internal for external combustion with its Rivian fleet.

That is a hilarious line.

So when a pattern in EV fires starts to emerge — say, when Rivian vans keep catching fire at Amazon distribution centers — one starts to wonder why.

Maybe this was an isolated incident? Nope.

This isn’t the first set of Rivians to burn down at an Amazon location. Posts in Amazon worker subreddits show a similar situation last August in Salt Lake City, where another set of vans burned in a distribution center parking lot. Drivers in the comments noted that they’ve experienced issues with the vans charging in high heat, and suspected the chargers as having caused the blaze.

The temperature was in the 90s in Houston when this most recent incident occurred. That is normal summertime weather in a huge swath of the country. If these “external combustion” Rivian EVs are prone to thermal runaway fires when being charged in summertime heat, maybe they should be banned in the name of consumer safety.

 

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The incompatibility of operating EVs in normal summer heat is such a concern that Chase Bank is warning its customers of the danger, and providing tips on how to reduce the risk of operating an EV in hot weather. [h/t to Beege Welborn at Hotair for this link.]

“How does hot weather affect EV range: Tips for reducing the risk” [chase.com]

• Park in a garage, covered lot or shaded area.• Pre-cool the vehicle while it’s still plugged in, using an app or timer function if you have one.

• Use the vehicle’s air conditioning system sparingly. Consider cooling yourself instead of the car — for example, dress for the heat and try lowering the windows for air flow. Some EVs even have seat coolers, which are much more efficient than cabin A/C.

• Keep the tires properly inflated to reduce rolling resistance and heighten efficiency.

• Keep your EV clean and clutter-free, ensuring that you don’t channel power toward hauling unnecessary weight. Cutting back by just a few pounds can have a positive effect!

• Avoid driving and/or charging during the hottest parts of the day, when possible.

• Charge your EV battery to 80% instead of 100%. A full charge creates more internal resistance and heat, further stressing the battery.

• If the vehicle has a “battery saver” and/or “hill-hold” mode, use them.

• Pay close attention to your EV range and plan for fewer battery-powered miles than usual when it’s very hot out. While every EV is different, all are affected by the heat to some extent.

 

 

Alternatively, instead of not driving when it’s hot, and instead of not fueling all the way up, and instead of using A/C sparingly, and instead of all the other idiotic restrictions and inconveniences required to drive an EV, you could just drive a gasoline-powered car.

 

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There is no Republican party in Vermont. They are busy transitioning to Democrats.

Moderate Republicans in Vermont are pondering their next move after falling short in their effort to stop Donald Trump from becoming their party’s presidential nominee.

Nikki Haley’s supporters in Vermont pulled off what her backers in no other state could do last week — a victory in the Republican presidential primary.

They didn’t have long to savor the win. Fewer than 24 hours after the polls closed in Vermont, Haley announced that she was suspending her campaign. And that’s left anti-Trump Republicans pondering their next move…

This is so pathetic, and embarrassing.  It’s not enough that the Progressive/Democrat party has overwhelming majorities in the legislature (courtesy of voters to be sure) but the Republican party of Vermont is nothing but lapdogs afraid to be chastised by the media

They also got the big endorsement they were looking for, from Phil Scott, the most popular governor in the U.S. Scott appeared alongside Haley at a campaign event in South Burlington two days before the primary.

And it worked. Haley defeated Trump by four percentage points here — and then promptly dropped out of the race.

For Vermont Republicans such as Mary Evslin, it’s unclear how they’ll redirect the time and energy they’d been pouring into the one candidate they believed could stop Trump.

“There certainly are a lot of people who have nowhere to vote now,” said Evslin, also a co-chair of Haley’s Vermont leadership team.

Evslin said Haley represented a long-overdue new chapter in American politics. She said she could comfortably cast a vote for Biden in November.

“I think he’s a kind, good, decent human being,” she said. “I do not feel that way about Trump.

Of course, he is Ms. Evslin, I’ll bet you wish he was sniffing your hair right now.

When it comes to Trump it’s all personal. The good things President Trump accomplished during his term despite the media hoaxes, the swamp trying to destroy him, and half of the Republican party stabbing him in the back is remarkable. And all conveniently forgotten.

It makes one want to puke! 

Of course, the article makes no mention of Vermont’s “open primary” where democrat parties are free to pick up a ‘Republican’ ballot to vote against Trump out of spite. Biden won the Democratic primary with nearly 90% of the vote, no drama there.

And if there was any doubt, we know where “the most popular governor in the U.S.” stands.

Gov. Scott has said he’ll do anything he can to prevent Trump from becoming the next president. Asked last week what he thinks Vermont Republicans should do to avoid that outcome, Scott offered some suggestions.

“Well, don’t vote for Donald Trump, number one,” he said. “Number two, educate your family members. Try to do your research and homework. Hold him accountable for the things he does and says that aren’t accurate.”

Scott said he’ll continue his own “resistance” against Trump whenever the opportunity presents.

In Vermont, there is the Democrat/Progressive party, the Uniparty (the pachyderm morphing into a jackass),

and the enemies of the state, people who support Donald Trump.

When I drive through the backroads of Central Vermont I come across more than a few residences flying a Trump flag, a Gadsden flag, and an American flag. 

Over 33,000 people checked the box for Trump. He lost by 3,086 votes to the Uniparty and crossover Democrats. Trump supporters are a minority, but we’re not a fringe. But how many are afraid to state openly our true beliefs and feelings to keep the peace in the family and workplace? 

The media likes to portray Trump supporters as akin to “White Christian Nationalism”, so my hat is off to everyone who proclaims their beliefs in public without fear or compromise.

It’s going to be a very interesting, and dangerous spring and summer. Trump is running against a corrupt administration with a demented puppet as its titular head and the arrayed security apparatuses of the DOJ, FBI, and CIA.  And let’s not get started with the media. They are out to stop him by any means necessary. 

 

Rest in Peace President Coolidge the “Brave Little State” that existed in your time doesn’t exist anymore. And it all happened within a single lifetime.

 

I’m glad I’m old.

When the all-but-in-name Communist party of Vermont acquires a super legislative majority over its opposition, slowly and methodically the boot will be pressing down on that human face.

But always – do not forget this, Winston – always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – for ever.

 

They want to transform the Constitution of Vermont into the 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union. 

 

Of course, free speech goes out the window.

 

This specifically targets a political intent.  The obviously unconstitutional S.265 makes little effort to hide the fact that its purpose is to intimidate voters against criticizing representatives – even when the latter are overtly violating basic tenets of law.  Legislators in Vermont have called to ban unvaccinated people from entering public buildings, suborned voter fraud, pushed for transgender therapies for children with no age limit or parental consent, distributed funds and privileges solely according to skin color, and are currently crafting numerous other patently unconstitutional laws.  Meanwhile, a Republican state senator who challenged a teacher on behalf of constituents for pressuring young students to employ gender pronouns was attacked by the Vermont Left for allegedly “doxxing” the teacher – for making his already-public email public.

and it continues with “environmental justice”

“Life, Liberty and Safety” now means infinite powers for the government to create a utopia via overt systemic discrimination. This jurisprudential somersault yields the racist system intended for Vermont:

 

“It is the policy of the State of Vermont that no segment of the population of the State should, because of its racial, cultural, or economic makeup, bear a disproportionate share of the environmental benefits or burdens.”

 

It seems that if you’re a “white” Vermonter who owns a nice home on a “few” acres on a quiet country dirt road in the backcountry of Vermont surrounded by beautiful fields and forests; you may have a “disproportionate share of the environmental benefits”, and it will be the prerogative of the government to take some of those benefits away from you and give them to people of color who on account of ‘white male privilege’ bear the “burden” of living in an urban setting with higher levels of pollution.

How this will be accomplished will be up to their imagination.  

 

And if you voted for this crap I hope that you’ll have the decency to bend over and take it like a man…with a smile.

 

 

 

 

 

 

What happened to all their indoctrinated student footsoldiers of two years ago?

Were the students being away from their classrooms for an entire school year on account of the pandemic having a debilitating effect on their psyche?

What happened to the “safe” spaces”?

“In this school year, students are unsafe, the staff is unsafe, learning environments and learning tools have been damaged, classes are displaced from their only proves om to alternative — and inadequate — workplaces, learning for all grade levels has been disrupted, student work is ripped from the hallway walls and a general sense of helplessness and fear has permeated our school,” Murnane wrote in her statement, which was first reported by the Addison County Independent. 

 Well, you teachers have been telling your students for the last 15 years that we only have 12 years to save the planet.

Now your are shoving Critical Race Theory (CRT) down their throats. Teaching elementary students who are ‘white’ that they’re born racist and denying it will only prove that you are racist.

And let’s not forget the boys, who are taught that it’s not only their skin color but also their “TOXIC MASCULINITY”! It’s alright if they identify as girls, (and use the girl’s restroom and showers) but may the State forbid that boys should identify as boys.

“These are students in crisis who need our help,” 

Haven’t you “helped” enough Asshole!!

You’re reaping what you’ve sown.

 

Meanwhile in Vermont’s Queen city

Bending over for “BLM”, and defunding the police seems to have had obvious unforeseen consequences”.

Public safety used to be the responsibility of civil law enforcement. Not anymore, now the city of Burlington is having to hire private security.

I wonder if they’ll do any better than the new traffic agents in New York City. Another example.

 

How on Earth did it come to this?

“We have men on Church Street who are preying on female employees every day,” Davis said at the meeting.

Cry me a river, Davis.

Society is circling the drain. But it’s not going to be my problem in about 10-15 years.

But the majority voted for this so choke on it.

Remember when equality was the goal. Remember Dr. Martin Luther King when he said this. Dr. King was a martyr for the cause of civil rights for all Americans regardless of skin color. But that was a long, long time ago. And it seems obvious that they don’t even teach about the Man, his principles or his dream anymore.

Anyway, Dr. King’s already been cancelled..

You have to be carefully taught to hate(yourself), you have to be carefully taught.

And remember, we as taxpayers are footing the bill for this crap.

At least one Vermont School District (Essex-Westford, or EWSD) has instituted Critical Race Theory (CRT) “teaching” in its classrooms.  Integral to the “race as sole issue” foundation of CRT is the dismissal of free speech and “equality” as tools of white supremacy and the advocacy of direct (reverse?) discrimination and even shaming as necessary tools to redress historic racism.  As part of its curriculum, the ESWD has endorsed the poetry of a “Vermont poet and educator” (relocated from Los Angeles) named Rajnii Eddins.  The raging racism of Eddins’s poetry reflects the toxic vitriol of CRT.

Oh well, perhaps teaching white Vermont students that they’re racist scumbags will take their minds off believing the world is ending in ten years due to climate change.

And speaking of scumbags...

For anyone suspected of voting for and supporting President Trump.

And it will be none other than the Vermont Republican Party throwing these people, who in all likelihood helprd to vote them into office, under the bus.

First order of business will be a revision of Vermont’s history.

Vermont Representative Anne Donahue was responding to the state GOP’s effort to appease a leftist initiative at creating a “BIPOC” (black and indigenous people of color) bank to serve the needs of Vermont’s miniscule minority population. In a carefully worded introduction to their own bill, the Republicans spoke of “the historic socio-economic disparities arising from racism, while acknowledging Vermont’s proud heritage of tolerance toward BIPOC, and intolerance toward prejudice and slavery.”

This, according to Donahue, didn’t go far enough: “the intro to one of the bills references “Vermont’s proud heritage of tolerance toward BIPOC. ….I do not think mere “tolerance toward BIPOC” would be a “proud history,” nor would I find it a matter of pride today to say that I was merely tolerant of those in the BIPOC community.”

Donahue condemns Vermont’s heritage — and its people — for “mere tolerance.”  This dovetails perfectly with Critical Race Theory, which seeks to eliminate the Constitution in favor of something “more tolerant,” but never defined.  What is it that she now propounds she takes pride in toward the BIPOC community that is “more than merely tolerant”?

And now according to our weasal ‘Republican’ Governor Phil Scott his own Republican party leadership is racist. And Republican legislatures also piled on:

So the Vermont Republican party has denounced and renounced everyone in Vermont who voted for Donald Trump despite the fact that they also voted for the very same ‘Republicans’ who managed to win political office.

I will concede that out of 248,412 votes Phil Scott received only 112,704 voted for Trump. Scott even received more votes than Biden (242,820) so it’s plain that despite the enthusiastic rallies and support that I personally saw for Donald Trump we’re still a minority so Phil Scott and the GOP leadership feel perfectly justified in accusing nearly 113,000 Vermonters of being ‘white supremacist’ and kicking us to the curb.

The Vermont Republican Party is dead to me. I will never give them another penney

They hate us, they really really hate us.

Let’s see if we start losing our jobs, and be forced to wear armbands and duncecaps.

And come for our firearms.

Right here in little old Vermont.

This weasel only got re-elected because (1) He’s a weasel RINO and (2) The alternatve was even worse.

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott said during a press conference on Tuesday that schools in the state will include new questions during daily health checks  about whether students and their parents attended gatherings outside of their households following the Thanksgiving holiday. 

Scott noted that any students who attend events with more than just their immediate household will be required to either take online classes for a two-week quarantine period or quarantine for a week and then have a negative COVID-19 test.

“We understand how difficult this is, but since we know these types of gatherings have been the cause of so many outbreaks, we’ve got to do all we can to slow this down,” Scott said. 

The governor also encouraged businesses to take the same approach with their employees.

“From my standpoint, this is fair warning to those of you who are planning to have gatherings from outside your household for Thanksgiving,” Scott added. “If you don’t want your kids to have to transition to remote learning and quarantine for a seven-day period, maybe you ought to make other plans.”

The latest effort comes as state officials have warned small gatherings are fueling the recent spike in coronavirus cases, and worry Thanksgiving gatherings with people from multiple households could exacerbate the problem.

It’s always better to start them informing at a young age. They’ll get used to it with practice. Besides, it will be for their parants own good.

Local news.

So Vemont’s choice is for Governor is a CUCK RINO incombent and a Progressive pretending to be a democrat.

Does Vermont continue to slowly circle the drain towards Socialism and the loss of Freedom it entails? Or should we just hit the “Flush handle”, do it all at once and get it over with? Burlington and Caracas sister cities.

It doesn’t bod well for this fall. the Vermont Primary results reveal that for Governor the democrat primary vote exceded the Rebublican vote by nearly 40,000.

Fifty years of indoctrination, K-12 through college coming home to roost.

Vermonters seem hell bent to turn the State into a SHITHOLE.

The Liberal rich will do fine for a while. Until they decide to leave. Young people with ambition will leave. In order to have “free” healthcare taxes will be raised and goverment will ration. And if Vermont is to save the Planet draconian enviromental policies like the Green New Deal will need to be inacted. This will require ENFORCEMENT! This will require the State Government to become Authoritarian.

Authoritarianism is a form of government characterized by strong central power and limited political freedoms. Political scientists have created many typologies describing variations of authoritarian forms of government. Authoritarian regimes may be either autocratic or oligarchic in nature and may be based upon the rule of a party or the military.

Does Vermont slash its wrist and die slowly. or do it quick with a bullet.

That’s our choice this fall.

Freedom of speech is slowly being eroded away and looking at this there isn’t much unity either.

Another essay by John Klar from “American Thinker”.

Despite residing in the most rural of states, many leftist Vermonters suddenly presume to be great experts on the inner-city suffering of black Americans, and have launched a fervent ideological mission — despite COVID and an imploding economy — to implement radical societal change to advance the lives of “people of color.”  In doing so, Vermont’s government has become chief arbiter, and it refuses to permit any voices of dissent — defacing a BLM sign, or calling BLM racist, is regarded as hate speech! 

The capital city commissioned the painting of a Black Lives Matter mural in front of the State House but denied a request to paint “Liberty and Justice for All” for Independence Day.  Vermont governor Phil Scott advised the Agency of Transportation to leave BLM graffiti undisturbed but to remove any opposing messaging.  One school board recently announced that gay pride and BLM flags will be displayed when schools reopen, refusing to even consider a petition in opposition signed by more than 500 residents.  One school principal was fired for opining that white people should not be labeled racist simply for refusing to endorse BLM… Read More

John Klar is a canidate for Governor. The local media says that he’s a long shot. We shall see.

Primary day is August 11th. Make your feelings known. VOTE!!