Dear Readers: everyday we are bombarded with stranger than fiction news regarding “green energy”, “global warming”, and EVs.
Sorting through all the absurdities takes time, so for your convenience, here I present a specially curated nugget.
In my ramblings and basura sorting, I recently identified an exotic niche EV curiosity: a Washington State program that promotes and subsidizes EVs for folks at or below poverty level, defined as a 4 person household that brings in less than $93,000/year, or per guidelines below:
The million dollar question: why does a person at the poverty level need an EV?
It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that these less than fortunate people don’t need or want an EV, but would instead better benefit from a reliable ICE car or hybrid that gets decent mileage, right?
Is the EVs for the Impoverished Program a ploy to get rid of EVs sitting moribund at dealerships with no takers?
Or perhaps the program is yet another example of white-guilt virtue signaling per this report: “Most US car owners would benefit from EV switch, but lowest-income Americans could be left behind: study”
Whatever the case, the hit to taxpayers is quite significant, as backed out of the data shown below.
Hellbound and Down 