{"id":265436,"date":"2023-07-04T19:31:58","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T17:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=265436"},"modified":"2023-07-04T19:32:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T17:32:01","slug":"the-electric-car-revolution-is-a-disaster-before-its-begun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=265436","title":{"rendered":"The electric car \u2018revolution\u2019 is a disaster before it\u2019s\u00a0begun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"621\" data-attachment-id=\"265440\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=265440\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/00electric-car-revolution.webp?fit=1200%2C1030&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1030\" 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=\"00electric-car-revolution\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/00electric-car-revolution.webp?fit=723%2C621&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/00electric-car-revolution.webp?resize=723%2C621&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/00electric-car-revolution.webp?resize=1024%2C879&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/00electric-car-revolution.webp?resize=300%2C258&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/00electric-car-revolution.webp?resize=768%2C659&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/00electric-car-revolution.webp?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com\/\">NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Better late than never, I suppose Ben!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"515\" data-attachment-id=\"265438\" 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