Biden promised to install thousands of EV charging stations. Only 7 have been built

Biden promised to install thousands of EV charging stations. Only 7 have been built.

“State transportation agencies are the recipients of the money,” he said. “Nearly all of them had no experience deploying electric vehicle charging stations before this law was enacted.”

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So it's run into logistical challenges that are taking awhile to get past
Sounds about right when building new infrastructure
- Isn't that what they said with hydrogen fuel cells as they grifted away a decade continuing to invest in car infrastructure instead of pedestrian, bike, and rail?
  EVs are the new hydrogen fuel cells. They're not about saving the environment, they're about saving the auto industry.
  
  My understanding is they the problem with hydrogen is the conversion loss factor of air to hydrogen. It at least used to be a net loss of power by a significant margin to generate.
  
  So volunteer to let them drill for oil in your back yard? Is that the answer since anything that takes more time or more money than that is obviously not a worthwhile solution.
  Even expanding public transport takes time to build infrastructure and contractors would need to get paid, you know, "funnelling money" to them. None of it is a one presidency job and none of it is free.
Dude how tf are we not just putting these at interstate rest stops. It’s a no brainer and they’re clearly going to fumble it
- The majority of places where we need additional EV charging infrastructure are off the the interstates.
I’m sure the hand of the free market will step in at any moment.
- Per the article:
  “State transportation agencies are the recipients of the money,” he said. “Nearly all of them had no experience deploying electric vehicle charging stations before this law was enacted.”
  So the money is there, it's just taking time.
  
  That money could be building infrastructure to make cars less relevant instead of wasting time on a fake solution.
Mass Public Transport > Electric Cars.
Electric car support will take a short while to implement, but fossil fuel reduction will take a long time to show and a long time to be significant.
But Mass Public Transport takes a long while to implement and savings are quick to show, that would be because less people would require personal cars, which means direct drop in fuel usage per person, even more so in big cities which suffer because high population density requires too much parking space that is never enough.
Mass Public Transport could undo plenty of harm caused knowingly by the auto industry. funding, or in this case legitimizing the industry will not really help as electricity itself is still generated from fossil fuels.
The solution should be LESS consumption, not making excuses for the same consumption, or legitimizing more.
- There are applications for which mass transit just isn't enough. I expect to see for example some of the disabled using EVs instead of mass transit. Realistically: we need to minimize driving, and electrify what remains.
  
  Agreed, also public transport should be more accommodating towards the disabled, it's always such a weird thing that the buses (where i live in) have 0 or 1 "seating spots" for wheelchairs, instead of something modular that is more accomodating.
Some of us told you Biden's climate bills were performance and pork and wouldn't make any difference. Some of us told you the goal was to funnel money to political allies, not save the environment.
You told us to vote harder and donate more money to Democrats in the midterms and it would work out somehow.
Yeah. How's that "most environmentally friendly president in history" talking point working out?
- Per the article:
  “State transportation agencies are the recipients of the money,” he said. “Nearly all of them had no experience deploying electric vehicle charging stations before this law was enacted.”
  So the money is there, it's just taking time.
  
  How does this refute the message you replied to?
- Nice comment history mate, you sure you're OK?