SHOULD I BUY AN EV OR GAS VEHICLE? Hmmm ...

 PERSPECTIVE:

PERSPECTIVE: Best-Selling Electric Vehicles of 2021 (Through Sept.) Hyundai Ioniq Electric (1595 units sold) Tesla Model X (3000 units sold) Tesla Model S (5400 units sold) Porsche Taycan (7228 units sold) Hyundai Kona Electric (7656 units sold) Audi e-tron and e-tron Sportback (7793 units sold) Nissan Leaf (10,074 units sold) Volkswagen ID.4 (12,279 units sold) Ford Mustang Mach-E (18,855 units sold) Chevrolet Bolt EV and EUV (24,803 units sold) Tesla Model 3 (94,900 units sold) Tesla Model Y (132,000 units sold) Top selling vehicles in America to date: Ford F-Series, 534,831 Ram Pickup, 434,772 Chevrolet Silverado, 407,266 Toyota RAV4, 313,447 Honda CR-V, 290,140 Toyota Camry, 256,769 Nissan Rogue, 234,647 Honda Civic, 216,575 Toyota Highlander, 207,564 Toyota Tacoma, 200,631 Toyota Corolla, 200,225 GMC Sierra, 191,186 Jeep Grand Cherokee, 189,727 Jeep Wrangler, 164,709 Ford Explorer, 160,174 Honda Accord, 157,988 Chevrolet Equinox, 151,110 Mazda CX-5, 137,343 Subaru Forester, 132,254 Subaru Outback Wagon, 122,978

Total Vehicle Sales: Electric - ~290k Gasoline - ~16M

CO2 benefits of EV's:

The electricity that supplies the energy for electric vehicles is generated by burning fossil fuels, including 30% with coal. In many other countries, such as China, the percentage of electricity from coal plants is much higher.

The average electric car uses kWh 0.346kWh per mile. The average kWh of electricity generated by power plants produces 0.85 lbs of CO2. The average gasoline vehicle gets 25.4 miles per US gallon which works out 0.0408 gallons per mile. Every gallon of gasoline burned creates about 8,887 grams of CO2 which works out to 363 grams (.8 lbs) CO2 per mile. Average CO2 Produced Per Mile (Energy used): Electric - .85 lbs Gasoline - .8 lbs

Energy Costs* Per Mile:

Electric - 4.33 cents per mile

Gasoline - 0.13872 cents per mile

*Figures based on 12.5 cents per kWh and $3.40 per gallon.

Dependency: Electric - Lithium (for batteries) supplied 80% by China Gasoline - Gasoline supplied by the USA Taxpayer Subsidies: Electric - $7500-$12,500 Gasoline - $0

Energy Distribution Requirements: Electric - new charging stations nationwide and massive improvement to our Electric grid. Gasoline - existing gas stations

Vehicle Cost - Average Vehicle Selling Price:

Electric - $51k Gasoline - $42k

Selection:

Wider selection of new and used vehicles to choose from. Gas handsdown.

Per Mile energy cost:

Gas advantage. Plus electricity costs are going to rise significantly in coming years!

Range on a charge versus a tank.

Gas advantage

Time to Refill verse Recharge:

Gas advantage

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:

With electric vehicles there is an environmental hazard with dead batteries. EV batteries are larger and heavier than those in regular cars and are made up of several hundred individual lithium-ion cells, all of which need dismantling. They contain hazardous materials, and have an inconvenient tendency to explode if disassembled incorrectly. Gas vehicles have lead batteries that are easily recycled.

Economically viable electric vehicle lithium-ion battery recycling is rapidly and increasingly needed. But it is very unclear that there is an economical and viable solution. This may substantially increase the end-of-life disposal cost of EV's. This cost is not factored into the comparison, but it could be quit a sizeable disadvantage for EV's in the near future.

One more thing, and its a big thing! You know all that lithium that we are going to need to power the vast number of EV's. Well guess who is the WORLD'S largest miner of lithium? CHINA. And those mines are an environmental nightmare. So we go from depending on OPEC to "energy independence" to relying on China for lithium. UGH!!

BOTTOM LINE:

At this time the only reason an EV stands a chance in competing with gas power vehicles is because of large taxpayers subsidies. Someone has to cover the cost of those EV tax breaks!

There is the benefit of "virtue signaling." Driving an EV shows the world around you that you care about climate change and that makes you a "better person." Really??

CONCLUSION:

Buy an electronic vehicle because you prefer the way it drives, not because you are saving the planet.

There are many more cost effective ways to save energy and reduce greenhouse gases than buying an EV, at least at this point in time. Given all the advantages that Gas vehicles have presently, the choice is pretty clear.

By the same token, the future is not far off, maybe the span of one car lease, when the status of EV'S will be far better. Sunny days are ahead. Check it out.

EV MYTHS - EVs should not be seen as some sort of panacea for dealing with climate change.

Are Electric Vehicles a Scam?

Staying warm in a traffic jam.

WE WERE WARNED

Total U.S. annual primary energy net imports (imports minus exports) generally increased in most years since the mid-1950s.

Donald Trump came to office with a “vision” and a promise for an “America first energy plan”. This included developing new oil fields in the US, creating “at least half a million new jobs” in energy, and promoting natural gas over coal in order to tackle emissions.

Trump delivered on his promise.

In December 2018, the U.S. became a Net Oil Exporter for the First Time in 75 Years!!  In addition, Trump Administration policies resulted in a massive supply of low cost clean natural gas. 

Increases in domestic natural gas production and increases in liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity resulted in The United States becoming a net exporter of natural gas for the first time since the late 1950s. In 2020, natural gas gross exports reached a record high. The USA became the world's largest supplier of gas. The climate benefits of natural gas over coal are very significant. 

The large supply of cheap and clean natural gas drove down demand for coal. As a result, coal production hit a 50-year low in 2020, and 151 coal mines were idled or closed.

On January 27, President Biden issued executive orders which did just the opposite. He revoked the federal permit for the continued construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline, (cost 11,000 jobs) and he "temporarily" stopped granting permits for oil and gas operations on federal lands, which will reduce U.S. oil production. There were at least 10 other orders and directives issued aimed at repealing directives issued by Trump.

Biden’s executive orders reduced U.S. oil supplies that reached historic levels of 13 million barrels per day just one year prior.

Biden's terrible energy policies resulted in skyrocketing natural gas prices. This contributed to a giant surge in the usage of the most climate unfriendly form of energy production - coal.

U.S. coal production is actually up significantly this year. The U.S. Energy Information Administration expects 22% growth in electricity generation from coal this year compared to 2020, partially due to coal's stable prices and the high cost of natural gas.

China is ramping up coal production like crazy. They are opening hundreds of new coal mines to meet energy demands at home and abroad. China, Russia, OPEC, and others including Iran are all too happy to fill the energy gap which Biden policies have contributed to.

Whereas most nations that signed on to the Paris Climate Accord failed to meet their goals and actually increased CO2 emissions, while Trump was President the USA made great strides in reducing greenhouse gases. 

Biden's policies amount to giant tax on consumers. 

The median price of a barrel of oil during Trump's term was approximately $45. Today's price is $85.  (89% increase in 10 months.) The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline during Trump's term was about $2.20. Today's price is about $3.38. (51% increase in 10 months.)

We were winning!

Trump's energy policies were one of his greatest achievements.  During the Trump years the economy and tbe consumer won. He drove down energy prices, lowered greenhouse gases, turned the USA into a net exporter of CLEANER energy supplies. In the process the United States national security interests were served and the world was a safer place. 

We were warned.

Trump warned us the Biden's energy policies would reverse America's supply gains, raise energy prices, help our enemies and make the world less safe. Biden even campaigned on the policies that Trump warned us about. 

WHY DID YOU VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN? SERIOUSLY, WHY?

ONE QUESTION

LOOKING BACK AT THE LAST TWO ELECTIONS I HAVE ONE QUESTION TO ASK SOME OF YOU.

Trump pressed on several key themes when he ran for President in 2015/16. As President he made great strides on all of them. So much so that supporters often repeated words that became a mantra - "Promises made, promises kept."

LOOKING BACK AT TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLATFORMS:

1ST TIME - Trump's 2015/16 Campaign Platform:

• A country needs a secure border.
• America is too reliant on exports, we need to bring manufacturing home.
• Past Presidents made stupid deals - renegotiate NAFTA.
• The Paris Climate Accord is bad for the USA. We can have clearer air and water without it.
• The Iran nuclear deal is terrible.
• China is taking advantage of us.
• Our NATO allies are taking advantage of us.
• We need to rebuild our military and project strength 
• Drug companies aren't treating Americans fairly.
• We can become energy independent. That is good for Americans personally and for national security.
• The mainstream fake news is lying about the the Russian Hoax and treats him very badly. Fake news is the enemy of America.  Social media giants are out to get him.
• There is a way to make a Middle East peace deal. 
• We will move the American Embassy to Jerusalem.
• We need to rebuild America's infrastructure. 

2ND TIME - When Trump ran for President the second time he added a bit more: 

• Finish the wall. Biden will open the border.
• We would have a vaccine by the end of 2020. (Politicians and media mocked his prediction. The vaccine was announced 1 week AFTER the election.)
• The world needs to hold China accountable for Covid. China owns Biden and Biden will never do that.
• He will focus on infrastructure in his second term since Democrats didn't let him get his $1 trillion dollar proposal through during his first term. 
• Europe should buy natural gas from it's NATO ally the USA rather than it's NATO enemy Russia.
• Now the USA has achieved energy independence we must maintain it. Biden will kill the XL pipeline and other projects, making the USA dependent again and driving up energy prices.
• Bring more manufacturing home.
• Bring troops back home (he struggled with securing Afghanistan.)
• The economy will enjoy new records and stocks would soar to new highs!
• Hunter Biden did corrupt things and that Joe Biden could not be trusted as President. (The media and the FBI buried the findings on the Hunter Biden laptop.)
• He will not let the far Left Squad run the country and turn the USA into a Socialist Nation.
• There is Deep State corruption in the FBI, DOJ, CIA.
• The Deep State and the Washington Swamp is after you (Patriotic Constitution believing Americans) and Trump is in the way. 
• Cancel culture is a Left Wing movement to overthrow America and it must be stopped.
• The Socialists Left is after God and the Judeo-Christian values our Nation was founded upon. 
• Bidden will raise taxes.
• The Left wants to defund the police - crime is going up. 
• We have to stop teaching Critical Race Theory.
• The Radical Left is going to run this country. Biden doesn't even know where he is.

MY QUESTION: 

WHY DID YOU VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN? SERIOUSLY, WHY?

I believe the answer in a word is: HATE!  Why do I say that? Because it is the best explanation for why you'd vote against what Trump promised. He was right on every one of his campaign points. 

THINK ABOUT THAT!!

https://youtu.be/mXD4zPY4Ai0

KNOW ANY GOOD WITCH DOCTORS?

 

PERSPECTIVE:

Put this under the category of "WTF?"

Check the U.K. on this chart about.  Now consider the fact that to date, 78.9% of the U.K. population over the age of 12 is fully vaccinated for Covid. 

Africa is WAY behind on Vaccinations. Less than 20%. And yet look at their cases on the same chart.

It is true Covid testing in Africa is MUCH lower than in the USA. 6 out of 7 cases are estimated not to be detected there.  

By the same token, they do count deaths. According to WorldData, Africa has had 211k deaths out of population of 1.26 billion. That is a mortality rate of 0.0001674603.  Contrast that with the USA.  We've had 728k deaths, nearly 3.5 times more than Africa.  But our population of 330 million is about 1/4 the sizes!  Our mortality rate is 0.2206060606.  Therefore, if my calculations are correct, the mortality from covid is 1,317 times higher in the USA than Africa. 

This begs a question. Know any good witch doctors? LOL.

I was relieved to get my vaccine early on. And I will be going for my booster as soon as possible.  Plus I had my flu shot like I do every year. I even got the Shingles vaccine. But the data on Covid is disconcerting.  So I'm  not anti-vac!  But I seriously question the mandate.  

Biden's big campaign vow was to lick Covid by July. Like everything else this clown says and does is a failure.

"END OF TIMES" IS TRENDING

Situations that smack of the "End Times" are trending and I see the irony.  

Have you seen the MASSIVE Netflix #1 hit series "SQUID GAME?"

The week of this post, Squid Game topped the charts in 94 countries. With this dystopian drama series Netflix says they have "pierced the cultural zeitgeist. "

So what is the defining spirit of culture at this point in world history? What is the mood of people in the 194 million households that are tuning in?  In a phrase - "End of Days."

Squid Games is a "thought-provoking, emotional viewpoint about society, showing how wealth disparity can often lead people to do the unthinkable for money—even at the expense of their own lives."

The Korean show creator said "Squid Game" was inspired by a game he used to play when he was younger as a child in the schoolyard or the streets of the neighborhood.  He felt that this game could "represent the kind of society we live in today.”

The Holocaust desensitized people. The public, the soldiers, and even the victims. To perform or to experience the actions of the Nazi monsters, people's normal emotions and morals were stripped away or buried. There are so many ways that the entertainment industry is doing this today. From games to TV series to hit movies, we are desensitizing young adults.

I wonder if in some prophetic sense, people are being prepared for what is to come?  "What" the elite call "The Event" -- The thinking that some major crisis triggers a series of other cascading events, together which lead to the breakdown of civilization. 

There are many very wealthy "preppers" who are going to significant lengths to prepare for an apocalyptic like world.  An article from the New Yorker speaks to this.

The writer of this article says "In recent years survivalism has expanded to more affluent quarters, taking root in Silicon Valley and New York City, among technology executives, hedge-fund managers, and others in their economic cohort."

The wealthiest in society who can afford to are taking "prepping" to higher levels.  Examples include buying up land in New Zealand, getting Lasik eye surgery and "hardening" their homes into secure compounds. 

The super rich aren't the only ones who are actively "Doomsday prepping" -- preparing for a political, social, or natural global emergency by stockpiling food, weaponry, and other supplies. Survivalism has been edging deeper into mainstream culture. 

A survey commissioned by National Geographic found that 40% of Americans believed that stocking up on supplies or building a bomb shelter was a wiser investment than a 401(k). 

In 2012, National Geographic Channel launched “Doomsday Preppers,” a reality show featuring a series of Americans bracing for what they called S.H.T.F. (when the “shit hits the fan”). The première drew more than four million viewers, and, by the end of the first season, it was the most popular show in the channel’s history. 

There is no doubt that the Covid pandemic has contributed to the fear that something much worse is on the horizon. But much of [this] predates the outbreak. The divisive political climate has also contributed to what has become increasingly uncertain times. 

The theme of extreme wealth disparity and the desperate lengths humans will go to is played out in Squid Game. Some find the show uncomfortably close to the horror that Jews faced in the ghettos and concentration camps before and during WWII. 

Squid Game isn't Anti-semitiic per say. But it is representative of a trend in thinking that is especially frightening to Jews. Jews know too well that when society breaks down, the Jews are likely to suffer. For thousands of years, the Jew has been the scapegoat. 

For those who believe in God and the Messiah all of this is rather ironic. If "Armageddon" is ahead, and we are truly in the "end times," the way to prepare is with something far more simple and less expensive  - a Bible.  A well stocked pantry is nice, but it WILL run out and then you will have to go outside.

Isaiah 55:11-13 -- "so My word will be that goes out from My mouth. It will not return to Me in vain, but will accomplish what I intend, and will succeed in what I sent it for. “Yes, you will go out with joy and be led forth with peace. The mountains and the hills will break forth before you singing, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands! Instead of the thorn bush, a cypress will come up, and instead of the brier, a myrtle will come up, and it will be a memorial to Adonai, as an everlasting sign that will never be cut off.”

🙏PSALM 91🙏

REAL POWER

 DO CORPORATE INTERESTS HAVE AMERICAN INTERESTS AT HEART?  DO WASHINGTON  DC INTERESTS HAVE AMERICAN INTERESTS AT HEART?

I will tell you what I think. They have THEIR interests at heart. Which begs the question - what are their "interests?"

Do you recognize these two gentlemen? 

These two men founded and lead the firm which owns/holds and controls more assets than the GDP of every nation in the world except the USA and China.  

Their power and influence can not be overstated. Their firm is one of top five shareholders in the top 7 banks in America and other banks around the world. What's more, the top USA banks they have top shareholder positions in the banks which are top shaholders of the Federal Reserve Banks of New York, Boston, and all the other Federal Reserve Banks which control the USA Money supply!!

Their firm is one of the top five shareholders in most of mainstream media companies including CNN, ABC, CBS, Comcast which owns NBC, the NY Times, and many others.

Their real estate holdings are unfathomable!!  After the "Subprime Crisis," they took ownership of MASSIVE portfolios of foreclosures at pennies on the dollar.

Their firm is among the top 5 institutional shareholders of Amazon, Alphabet (Google) and Facebook, Tesla, ExxonMobil, Microsoft, Berkshire Hathaway, Apple, Walmart and many of the other largest companies in the world.  (In most of the examples above they are in the top 2 or 3 largest shareholders!)

Their firm is among the top 5 shareholders of the top pharmaceutical companies in the world including Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Merck, Sanofi and others.

Their firm is the world's largest investor in fossil fuels on the planet!

Their firm is one of the top 3 shareholders of the three private prison corporations in America. Their firm wins regardless of which private prison company gets the government contract!  

The fact is, their firm wins regardless of where you bank or which news channel you watch! They win whether you watch The View, Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah or Seth Meyers. 

Have you guessed who they are or firm they Founded and run together? 

Yes, they are two "nice Jewish boys," and their firm is BLACKROCK.  

To put the value of Blackrock (approximately 10 trillion of Assets) in perspective, consider it compared to these other giants. Blackrock has approximately 7x more assets than Goldman Sachs, 8x Morgan Stanley and 2.5x more assets than JP Morgan Chase.  Don't confuse Blackrock for Blackstone. Blackrock has 13x more assets under management than Blackstone.  Blackrock dwarfs the total capitalization of Tesla and the total shareholder equity of Apple. 

There is only one other firm that comes close to matching the total assets of Blackrock. That firm is Vanguard. Their influence is practically as large and has very similar holdings. [As of 2021, Vanguard has more than $7.50 trillion in assets under management (AUM), second to BlackRock, Inc's $9.01 trillion (AUM).]

LET'S TALK ABOUT "INTERESTS" . . . 

So I ask you, which President fought to drive down energy prices? Which President attacked drug companies for charging more in America and was issuing Executive Orders to stop that practice?  Which President supported law & order and was succesful at stopping open borders? Which President went after the mainstream media, the big banks and social media giants? Which President was constantly in a battle with the Federal Reserve?  Which President went after the unfair and inhuman trade practices of China, the country supplying many of those big companies?

PRESIDENTS LEAD OUR COUNTRY, BUT REAL POWER AND INFLUENCE, WHICH TRANSCENDS PRESIDENTS WHO COME AND GO, OPERATES QUIETLY BEHIND THE SCENES.

Black Rock uses it's power!  Here is a recent article that speaks to the ways the founders do so. Larry Fink's Global Crusade. 

The real power in America controls the most voting shares of the major corporations in America.  The real power is the power behind the lobbies of all those companies who influence the Washington DC swamp! 

If the "real power" wants Americans to hate Trump, they have the means to drive that message into our brains every hour of the day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year for 4+ years! The real power has more than "7 ways from Sunday" to go after Trump!  We saw many of them, but I'm convinced we don't know the half of them! 

The first time Trump got elected was an accident! The politicians in Washington, the pundits, the polls and the media never thought it would happen. Hillary was so shocked she couldn't come out for a consession speech. China and Russia never thought it could happen. Trump surprised everyone except his supporters. But the real power made absolutely certain that accident wouldn’t happen again! 

Could the real power in America influence former FBI director Comey and CIA director Brennan to lead Americans to believe in a Russian Hoax, a Ukrainian Hoax and a pornstar lawyer?  Could those hoaxes influence voters? Would the media be complicit and perpetuate such lies?

I find it interesting that one major corporate player in the whole election process, Dominion Voting Systems, is a company that is owned by "Private  Equity" firms and thus I could not identify it's shareholders. 

The real truth, and I am not talking about your truth or my truth, is the WORD - the Bible. But the real power in America has been turning our nation from being a country that was founded on faith in God, into a nation that has turned it's back on God and believes God loving Christians are the enemy.  The real power in America is trying to convince us that red-blooded American Patriots who love the USA are domestic terrorists.  

President Trump got more votes than any incumbent President IN HISTORY and over filled massive stadiums around the country for the last 6 years and STILL DOES!!  YET, Biden who lost two previous Presidential races by a mile and campaigned for his 3rd attempt from his basement got more votes than any Presidential candidate in history including Obama. That is despite having a running mate who was the least popular candidate and dropped out of the Primary with about 1% support. 

If the real power in America wanted Biden to be elected, despite his obvious cognitive issues, horrendous reputation for decision making, racist gaffes, smelling little children and numerous other flaws, they had unlimted resources and many ways to accomplish what wasn't possible in two previous elections.  

Trump ran against the real power in America. He ran against the Washington Establishment. There will never be another Trump. Long live the Washington DC swamp. 

God bless America??

Relevant Article 

KNOW OUR ENEMY

What I am about to say is not political.  It is spiritual. To preface my remarks, please read the following article in JNS about Obama's revisionist book "The Promised Land."

Like the Serpent (Satan) in  גן עדן, Obama is a most clever beast.

In a fight, one best know the enemy.  With Anti-semitism who is the enemy? It's not Obama, Trump, or Biden. God appoints Kings. 

Daniel 2:21 "He changes times and seasons. He removes kings and installs kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning." 

The enemy isn't even white supremiststs. The enemy is neither a Democrat or a Republican.  

The enemy works through who ever he wants. His tools are lies and deception. He appeals to the flesh, Man's earthly desires.  He exploits our fears, ego and selfishness. 

The enemy isn't "natural."  The enemy animated himself through Pharoah, Niro, and Hitler. He was there at Bable, Nineveh and Sodom. The enemy is the evil which seeks to be God. It is the evil that seeks to destroy God's "chosen people" in his conquest over God.

Deuteronomy 31:7  Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong! Be courageous! For you are to go with this people into the land Adonai has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you are to enable them to inherit it.

Like the Tanakh, Anti-semitism will never be fully understood in the natural. The roots of Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism run deep, all the way back to The Garden. Our battle is Supernatural. 

I believe that in order to understand Anti-semitism one must understand this scripture: 

Genesis 3.1 The serpent was shrewder than any animal of the field that Adonai Elohim made. So it said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from all the trees of the garden’?”

Anti-semitism is a battle which predates modern and ancient history.  

 We are fighting an enemy who was there at "Bereishit" in the Garden.  The enemy is never done. Each time he is put down, he rises up again. We will be fighting this enemy until HaMashiach defeats him and brings Shalom. 

This is not to say that we don’t have an important responsibility to fight Anti-semitism in all it's forms. Surely, we should have resisted Hitler with all our strength! Clearly we have battle on our hands with Russia and the CCP. No doubt Israel's enemies are surrounding her.

Hazak hazak, v’nithazek! God keeps his promises!

Numbers 33:50-53  Adonai spoke to Moses along the Jordan in the plains of Moab across from Jericho saying, “Speak to Bnei-Yisrael and say to them: When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, You must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. You must destroy all their idols and cast images, and demolish their high places. You will take possession of the land, so you will settle in it, because I have given it to you to possess."

Be Fruitful, But Not TOO Fruitful.

God told Adam not to eat the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. 

When Man's desire to "create" gets out of control, we invite God's wrath. 

Has Man gone too far?