{"id":233113,"date":"2022-12-09T12:49:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T11:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=233113"},"modified":"2022-12-09T12:49:46","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T11:49:46","slug":"the-futility-of-electric-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=233113","title":{"rendered":"The Futility of Electric Vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"233116\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=233116\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/0Screenshot-2022-12-09-124803.png?fit=896%2C505&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"896,505\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Screenshot-2022-12-09-124803\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/0Screenshot-2022-12-09-124803.png?fit=723%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/0Screenshot-2022-12-09-124803.png?resize=723%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-233116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/0Screenshot-2022-12-09-124803.png?w=896&amp;ssl=1 896w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/0Screenshot-2022-12-09-124803.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/0Screenshot-2022-12-09-124803.png?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@HeartlandInstitute\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/yt3.ggpht.com\/ytc\/AMLnZu95AGezjM9hCCYIQlHvnSZLyt4mXuRZ5ICh_E6M0Q=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@HeartlandInstitute\">The Heartland Institute<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Advertisements for electric cars and trucks are EVERYWHERE now, but it seems that few people are looking at the real challenges of production, operation and ownership. A new study from Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago shows that the implementation of electric vehicles has had almost a negligible impact on the consumption of gasoline &#8211; amounting to about two days worth of gasoline consumption reduction in the last 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Essentially, electric vehicles have had negligible impact of the use of fossil fuels in transportation over the last decade. Meanwhile, there&#8217;s a massive push to meet a &#8220;Net Zero&#8221; goal by 2050 by implementation of wind and solar technologies in the hope they will power the future of transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">In this episode of Climate Change Roundtable, Sterling Burnett, Linnea Lueken, and host Anthony Watts will discuss the futility of electric vehicles and the plan to power them in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z516EmPDaak?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Essentially, electric vehicles have had negligible impact of the use of fossil fuels in transportation over the last decade. 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