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> Spokesman for energy workers advocacy group Power the Future Larry Behrens told the Center Square: “Taxpayers were sold an $8 million ‘solution’ that can’t op

by kccqzy 9mo ago

> Spokesman for energy workers advocacy group Power the Future Larry Behrens told the Center Square: “Taxpayers were sold an $8 million ‘solution’ that can’t operate in cold weather when the home for these buses is in New England.” “We’re beyond the point where this looks like incompetence and starts to smell like fraud,” Behrens said. It’s disingenuous to quote someone from Power the Future, a known fossil fuel advocate in the beginning of the article. Batteries are subject to recalls. So what? Newer technologies aren’t as mature yet. If you wait until a technology is fully mature before adopting it, you are never going to adopt any new technology. The Chevy Bolt has had some bad battery recalls and actual fires, but these days these growing pains are over and the Bolt is a reliable vehicle.

ceejayoz 9mo ago
https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/power-the-future/ https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/power-the-future/ > Daniel Turner is the founder and as of 2025 was the executive director of Power the Future. Turner is an commentator on energy and environmental issues especially as they relate to jobs, rural communities, and the U.S. economy. Turner formerly worked as director of strategic communications at the Charles Koch Institute, vice president of communications at Generation Opportunity, and network and cable liaison director for the 2012 Republican National Convention. So, yeah.
- Mixtape 9mo ago
  Adding onto that, the last quarter or so of the article is spent quoting William Rampe of the Institute for Energy Research. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Energy_Research https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Energy_Research > IER is often described as a front group for the fossil fuel industry. It was initially formed by Charles Koch, receives donations from many large companies like Exxon, and publishes a stream of reports and position papers opposing any efforts to control greenhouse gasses. Thomas Pyle, president of the IER and its offshoot American Energy Alliance (AEA), was appointed to the US Department of Energy's transition team after the 2016 United States elections. Regardless of whether or not the buses proved effective, it's pretty obvious to me that this isn't neutral journalism. It seems like the author approached it first as an opportunity to echo anti-EV talking points and second as a noteworthy story.

by kccqzy 9mo ago

ceejayoz 9mo ago

https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/power-the-future/ https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/power-the-future/ > Daniel Turner is the founder and as of 2025 was the executive director of Power the Future. Turner is an commentator on energy and environmental issues especially as they relate to jobs, rural communities, and the U.S. economy. Turner formerly worked as director of strategic communications at the Charles Koch Institute, vice president of communications at Generation Opportunity, and network and cable liaison director for the 2012 Republican National Convention. So, yeah.

Mixtape 9mo ago
Adding onto that, the last quarter or so of the article is spent quoting William Rampe of the Institute for Energy Research. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Energy_Research https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Energy_Research > IER is often described as a front group for the fossil fuel industry. It was initially formed by Charles Koch, receives donations from many large companies like Exxon, and publishes a stream of reports and position papers opposing any efforts to control greenhouse gasses. Thomas Pyle, president of the IER and its offshoot American Energy Alliance (AEA), was appointed to the US Department of Energy's transition team after the 2016 United States elections. Regardless of whether or not the buses proved effective, it's pretty obvious to me that this isn't neutral journalism. It seems like the author approached it first as an opportunity to echo anti-EV talking points and second as a noteworthy story.