Quote:Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer is preparing to spend hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars on a plan that would fast-track the elimination of nearly every gas-powered vehicle in the country.

The Senate’s top Democrat wants to spend a massive amount of money enticing Americans to exchange their gas-guzzling vehicles for an electric car. Schumer’s proposal, which he announced in a New York Times editorial Thursday, shows Democrats are lurching leftward on the issue.

“That’s why I am announcing a new proposal designed to rapidly phase out gas-powered vehicles and replace them with zero-emission, or ‘clean,’ vehicles like electric cars,” Schumer wrote after suggesting scientists agree that climate change represents an imminent threat to the U.S.

He added: “The goal of the plan, which also aims to spur a transformation in American manufacturing, is that by 2040 all vehicles on the road should be clean.” The plan would remove more than 63 million gas-powered cars from the road by 2030, Schumer estimates.

Schumer’s office expects the proposal to cost roughly $392 billion over a decade. The Washington Post referred to the idea on Friday as “essentially ‘Cash for Clunkers’ on steroids,” referring to a policy from the Obama-era encouraging Americans to trade their old vehicles for fuel-efficient cars.

Cash for Clunkers was the mechanism allowing the federal government to offer incentives of between $2,500 and $4,500 to citizens who traded in their older vehicles for newer ones. The policy received a lot of media play, but critics called the idea a failure even if it was designed with the best of intentions.

The senator also announced the plan on Twitter Friday.

[twitte]https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1187770719830269952[/twitter]

Under Schumer’s plan, car owners will get a rebate starting at $3,000 if they trade in their car for an electric vehicle, with the amount of rebate going up the longer the vehicle goes without recharging. The rebate could dramatically exceed the existing $7,500 tax credit for electric vehicles.

Citizens are not the only ones who’d get a windfall. States and cities would also receive $45 billion in funding to install charging stations. The plan, which does not have legislative text, would also provide $17 billion to grant programs to build new factories for electric vehicles.

The senator’s idea comes as Democrats continue shifting leftward on environmental issues.

House Democrats introduced a Green New Deal in February calling for a “10-year national mobilization” toward a series of goals aimed at fighting global warming. The deal’s proponents called for the eradication of fossil fuels before lawmakers stripped the idea out of the final product.

Conservative analysts are already criticizing Schumer’s plan.

“The money would be wasted. Even if Americans stopped driving entirely today and forever, there would be no discernible impact on, much less improvement of the weather or climate,” Steve Milloy, a lobbyist on behalf of the energy industry, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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Chuckyou Schumer wants more of those traveling bonfire Teslas on the road?

This would quash any attempt at mass evacuation. It would also give the government the power to easily prevent a mass rally on DC by controlling transportation.

not that we didn't already know this, but what a fk'n pandering POS moron....

just when ya thought cash for clunkers, free cell phones, student loan forgiveness, fast and furious, senseless military involvement, and 'free' health care wasn't enough....etc....

that cat doesn't have a clue what needs to be fixed coupled with a failing infrastructure and edjumicational system...

I live in ding-dong land....

I wonder if an electric car can get me to California from Texas in the same amount of time as a gas-guzzler?

That man is as stupid as his party. Wow, these are the people that we elect?

Screw flyover country that travels miles between cities and work. Electric vehicles can not work there. Central cities like New York are was different.

Is there anything the loons won't give over to government control?

(10-27-2019 08:47 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  Is there anything the loons won't give over to government control?

1984 is happening every single day....it's disgusting watching it happen...

there isn't any form of 'empire' that lasted forever....

capitalism coupled with exponential advancements in technology being the driving mechanisms, it was inevitable....

the consistency of mankind is forgetting whence they came.....

#puppiesGoWoofyWoof

Before the California blackouts, I was moderately in favor of electric vehicles.

Now they look like death traps. Turn off the power and nobody can go anywhere.

(10-27-2019 09:22 PM)Claw Wrote:  Before the California blackouts, I was moderately in favor of electric vehicles.

Now they look like death traps. Turn off the power and nobody can go anywhere.

they'll lobby for gas powered generators to supply those req'd energy needs....

(10-27-2019 09:24 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(10-27-2019 09:22 PM)Claw Wrote:  Before the California blackouts, I was moderately in favor of electric vehicles.

Now they look like death traps. Turn off the power and nobody can go anywhere.

they'll lobby for gas powered generators to supply those req'd energy needs....

LOL, ain't that the truth. These Demons are not only evil they are stupid.

If you have an electric car with OnStar or something similar, it will be quite easy for your car to be remotely shutdown - or perhaps even driven.

Eliminating the ease of private travel makes people more dependent on the government. If you have to stop for hours to charge a battery you are less likely to drive and more likely to take a train, bus, or plane which will allow the government to keep better tabs on you and limit you if you are not deemed worthy of travel. China does this already

Another deal sealer for Our President.

(10-27-2019 09:24 PM)stinkfist Wrote:  

(10-27-2019 09:22 PM)Claw Wrote:  Before the California blackouts, I was moderately in favor of electric vehicles.

Now they look like death traps. Turn off the power and nobody can go anywhere.

they'll lobby for gas powered generators to supply those req'd energy needs....

HA!

(10-27-2019 10:22 PM)solohawks Wrote:  Eliminating the ease of private travel makes people more dependent on the government. If you have to stop for hours to charge a battery you are less likely to drive and more likely to take a train, bus, or plane which will allow the government to keep better tabs on you and limit you if you are not deemed worthy of travel. China does this already

Sounds like something Nazi Germany would have done.

(10-27-2019 10:08 PM)Claw Wrote:  If you have an electric car with OnStar or something similar, it will be quite easy for your car to be remotely shutdown - or perhaps even driven.

Gas or electric, if you have a vehicle with OnStar it can be remotely shut down already.

Electric cars are great for certain people and areas. If you drive less than 80 miles daily and can plan longer trips around stopping at charging stations for bathroom/food breaks it can be done. Oil is a finite resource so anything that eases of the sucking of that tit means it will last longer for the people that have to have oil fueled things.

No way in hell the government should be involved in the transition let alone forcing people to change.

(10-28-2019 07:43 AM)bobdizole Wrote:  [Electric cars are great for certain people and areas. If you drive less than 80 miles daily and can plan longer trips around stopping at charging stations for bathroom/food breaks it can be done.

I don't, so electric cars are useless for me. The car I do drive gets 43 highway and 35 city, so I am doing what I can.

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No way in hell the government should be involved in the transition let alone forcing people to change.

Exactly. But if democrats get their way, government will be dictating everything--cars, guns, food, you name it.

(10-28-2019 07:43 AM)bobdizole Wrote:  

(10-27-2019 10:08 PM)Claw Wrote:  If you have an electric car with OnStar or something similar, it will be quite easy for your car to be remotely shutdown - or perhaps even driven.

Gas or electric, if you have a vehicle with OnStar it can be remotely shut down already.

Electric cars are great for certain people and areas. If you drive less than 80 miles daily and can plan longer trips around stopping at charging stations for bathroom/food breaks it can be done. Oil is a finite resource so anything that eases of the sucking of that tit means it will last longer for the people that have to have oil fueled things.

No way in hell the government should be involved in the transition let alone forcing people to change.

80 miles before charging???
I wouldn't be able to get to Raleigh

This is all ridiculous when China and India are still turning and a burning!

(10-28-2019 09:32 AM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  This is all ridiculous when China and India are still turning and a burning!

It was clear this post was going to be about something ridiculous when you saw Schumer in the title.

(10-28-2019 07:43 AM)bobdizole Wrote:  

(10-27-2019 10:08 PM)Claw Wrote:  If you have an electric car with OnStar or something similar, it will be quite easy for your car to be remotely shutdown - or perhaps even driven.

Gas or electric, if you have a vehicle with OnStar it can be remotely shut down already.

Electric cars are great for certain people and areas. If you drive less than 80 miles daily and can plan longer trips around stopping at charging stations for bathroom/food breaks it can be done. Oil is a finite resource so anything that eases of the sucking of that tit means it will last longer for the people that have to have oil fueled things.

No way in hell the government should be involved in the transition let alone forcing people to change.

Dang Bob, aren't you a Liberal? That's twice you've sided with the mean ol' Republicans. You're gonna lose your Liberal card, man.

But, there's still time to "Walk Away".