Donald Trump Says He Is Going To End EVs and Renewable Energy
Put this in the nonsense from the campaign trail.
In this video I discuss Trump's comments and what the reality of the situation is. It starts in China, something that Trump would have no control over it.
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I'm sorry about this, I thought Trump was in favor of renewable energy and electric vehicles, but from your video it seems that this is not the case (at least I didn't misunderstand). In my opinion we need to stop fueling our economy only with fossil energy
As far as I know, Trump has always been against renewable energy. He's had a weird obsession against Wind energy for a really long time and has made promises to bring back coal mining as much as possible.
I completely agree with you... we need to end fossil fuel consumption as quickly as possible.
I guess this means Elon Musk decided not to be an angel investor for the campaign.
Oooooooo, I hadn't made that connection, but I think you're right. I'm surprised, with the DOJ, SEC and NTHSA all closing in on Elon I would have thought he'd make any deal to get Trump in to make it all go away.
Elon's smart enough to know that Trump can't be trusted to keep his word.
Trump makes asinine statements all the time. On the other hand, at least he doesn't forget what he is saying mid sentence.
I think you sort of need a Trump translator though whenever he speaks as everything he says is hyperbole. I doubt he really means that he will somehow personally magically end EVs (though I could be wrong). He may mean he will oppose subsidies for EVs and/or try to stop laws mandating EVs and/or something similar.
As far as I know there are no laws anywhere in the world mandating EVs.
I do think Trump's special power is saying literally everything so people will always find something they agree with... of course, if you're saying everything you're actually saying nothing.
There are laws in certain states in the U.S. currently that ban the production of gas powered vehicles after a certain year.
Oh, sorry. I thought you meant mandates in terms of forcing people to purchase EVs, but you were talking about laws like California where they might ban the sale of new ICE cars in 2035?
I guess he could try to put in Federal laws to prevent that... goes against the whole state's rights thing and I don't know how he'd enforce it, but yeah, like you said, likely hyperbole.
Yeah, by "force people to buy EVs" i just meant that at least in certain states you will have no choice if you need a vehicle but to buy an EV. I agree it should be up to the states but there might be something in the Interstate Commerce Act that allows the Federal government to interfere here. Whether Trump would actually try it or not, I have no idea.
But yeah, definitely hyperbole. He could mean a lot of things. Less subsidies, higher tariffs on EVs from China, attempting to block laws banning ICE vehicles, trying to stop the Federal government from purchasing EVs, etc. But obviously he isn't going to literally "end EVs". I could be wrong but I don't even think Trump is intentionally lying or exaggerating when he says things like this. It's just how he sees it and how he speaks. Newspaper headlines always treat what he says as if he is being absolutely literal. Clearly that isn't the case. At least that has always been clear to me and I've always assumed that has been clear to the vast majority of people. Bad assumption on my part probably. If Trump is actually speaking to policy (as opposed to just campaigning) he will usually go into details on what he intends but that doesn't make for good sound bytes or headlines.
Indeed, if you read articles on this, it is Biden's policies of tax breaks, subsidies, investments in charging infrastructure (does the government invest in gas station infrastructure?), etc. that Trump opposes. On that, i agree with him. I think EVs are an inevitability. However, I don't think trying to force adoption is a good idea. Let the market drive the change. On top of that, the headlines are absolutely ridiculous. Speaking in an economic sense, Trump said that Biden's policies would cause a "bloodbath" in the auto industry and "kill" jobs. True or not, the headline NBC uses is downright ominous: "With violent rhetoric, Trump fights electric vehicles to defeat Biden in Michigan". It makes it sound like Trump is calling for riots or something.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-fights-electric-vehicles-defeat-biden-michigan-violent-rhetoric-rcna145689
Just to clarify, people in CA will still have choices... they'll be able to buy second-hand ICE cars, they'll be able to buy new ICE cars from Interstate and buy new EVs. To be honest I'm not sure how it'll go because I'm not sure CA will have the charging infrastructure in place... but I'm curious to see how it goes.
Globally the Oil and Gas industry got $7 trillion in subsidies from governments, so I'm honestly more than happy with EV subsidies to level the playing field. I think with things like auto manufacturing, you can't really let the market decide... because it's so hard to build a car profitably, car makers are always going to make what's most profitable to them, not what people actually want... because people don't really have alternatives.
Same with things like housing... developers build luxury apartments because that's what's most profitable... not because that's what people want or need.
Honestly, it's so hard for me to take anything Trump says seriously... I genuinely feel like he just says what people want to hear and then does what he wants later.
I really do think Trump has told more lies than any politician in the history of mankind. I genuinely think he can't help himself but to lie nonstop.
lol trump trolling with his comments as usual
It is campaign season (in between court appearances).
o.o yes but nobody should believe this joker D:
I thought trump was in total agreement of renewables energy, what might have been wrong in the change of belief
Maybe he is becoming a true politician...flipflopping.
I dont recall his stance on renewables when he was President. I know he was pro-drilling.
On Crypto, I do know his Admin wasnt the most friendly and now he appears to be for it.
Politics takes over everyone entering, even if they arent politicians.
From what I've learned from the different posts about Trump, it's that never to take whatever he says too seriously. He likes to say what is on his mind all the time, and not necessarily whether it is feasible, or accurate.