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Remember when they said they couldnzt electrify the grid for ev's so they opted to just not do anything with ev's. Now datacenters are getting rushed in so fast
by sylos 2mo ago
Remember when they said they couldnzt electrify the grid for ev's so they opted to just not do anything with ev's. Now datacenters are getting rushed in so fast and breaking the grids so hard they can illegally running generators
- throwaway473825 2mo agoEVs aren't popular in the US due to the Republicans being beholden to oil and gas interests and the Democrats to unions. The grid was just an excuse.
- watwut 2mo agoBoth sides! We need to make up democrats against EV, because conservatives are!
- throwaway473825 2mo agoOne side being worse isn't an excuse for the other being bad. Regarding EVs, the US started to fall behind in 2019, and the gap has only continued to widen, regardless of administration: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electric-car-sales-share?facet=none&country=OWID_WRL~USA https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/electric-car-sales-share?... Electric buses should be a no-brainer, yet New York comes last among US states in a recent market survey: https://theicct.org/publication/zero-emission-bus-and-truck-market-us-q1-2026-jul26/ https://theicct.org/publication/zero-emission-bus-and-truck-...