The civilians and citizens of Appalachia are well along in getting things stable for themselves, so now I will offer the obvious observation.
The destruction, death, and loss in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene flooding in North Carolina is the perfect proof the proposed All Electrical Vehicle Nation is an irresponsible pursuit. With the entire power grid physically destroyed and massive flooding and destruction of entire towns, there are logistical and logical questions to answer about the viability and durability of EVs.
- With an entire extensive multi-state power grid down for over a week (and months away from being fully restored), how will EVs charge?
- With charging station infrastructure destroyed by flooding, even when the power is restored, how will EVs charge?
- How long will it take to rebuild the EV charging infrastructure?
- Will it take more or less time to rebuild gas stations?
- Will it take more or less money to rebuild gas stations?
- Gas is easily physically imported from outside the disaster area, without rebuilding gas stations. How easy is it to import EV chargers?
- Is it true portable EV chargers need to be powered by gas or diesel?
- Isn’t it more efficient to use gas and diesel to power cars directly?
- Imported gas can be taken exactly to where it needs to be in any size container. Can “portable” EV chargers do the same?
- How many people would have died without gasoline available? Gas trucks, gas quads, gas generators, gas chainsaws, gas heaters, and everything run on portable, dependable petroleum distillates. All essential survival tools run off a single power source.
The fairy tale of a world of all EVs leaves us lethally vulnerable to an undependable, impractical vehicle alternative with undependable, impractical powering infrastructure and portability.
One day of torrential rain and historic flooding proves this without debate or question. The entire EV system in southern Appalachia was destroyed in one day.
It’s time to end the EV experiment.
* The image of flooded Tesla charging stations is a stock photo and not from the North Carolina destruction. I’m choosing to minimize using images from North Carolina. These are the lives and dreams of our fellow Americans in photos and videos of the aftermath. That is what the wreckage represents and to me that is not a spectator sport.
A great article hitting to the core of the situation. EV’s are a folly of epic proportions.
This hasn’t been an unknown quality or quantity. And it’s insurmountable EVs are vulnerable to power grid disruption and no advance in technology can address this. Not in a morbid way, I’ve been expecting a catastrophic event to reveal this with no room for debate.