Ryan DeLarme,
June 15th, 2022
President Biden’s Secretary of Energy and former Governor of Michigan, Jennifer Granholm, is the latest Democrat to suggest the solution to high gas prices is to buy a $60,000 electric vehicle.
A tweet from the RNC on Tuesday shows Granholm making a case for “going electric” as a way to avoid skyrocketing gas prices.
Biden Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm insists high gas prices are "a very compelling case” to buy an electric vehicle. pic.twitter.com/pMpLIoXBKR
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 14, 2022
“If you filled up your EV [electric vehicle] and you filled up your gas tank with gasoline, you would save $60 per fill-up by going electric rather than using gasoline… it’s a very compelling case, but again, we want to bring down the price at the point of purchase,” Granholm said.
Of course, Granholm neglects to mention the glaring hypocrisy and environmental drawbacks associated with Lithium-Ion batteries or where the energy to power said batteries really comes from.
“Please ignore the massive strip mining for lithium and other toxic chemicals in battery making, please ignore that most electricity is still produced by coal and oil products, please ignore they’re expensive and have limited range. Thank you!”
— Steve Linderman (@LindermanSteve) June 14, 2022
to bad most can't afford an EV, and on top of that the savings in her example does Not amke up for the sky high monthly car payment most ppl would have trying to buy and EV
— Dave (@up2bKrzy) June 14, 2022
The comments by Granholm follow the record-setting surge in gas prices, which have now pushed over $5 per gallon.
According to Fox News, Granholm made similar points in a White House press briefing in May 2021.
“If you drive an electric car, this would not be affecting you,” she said during the briefing.
According to Forbes, Granholm is worth roughly $8 million, but here’s where it gets interesting.
Granholm recently served as the director of an electric car company called Proterra. In May, she exercised stock options in the company, pocketing about $1.6 million from the transaction, according to an energy department spokesperson.
Environmentalism is an admiral cause, but as with most things, discernment is required to ensure you are actually contributing to a cleaner world and not just lining somebody’s pocket.
Ryan DeLarme is a disillusioned journalist navigating a labyrinth of political corruption, overreaching corporate influence, high finance, compromised media, and the planned destruction of our constitutional republic. He is also a Host and Founder at Vigilant News. His writing has been featured in American Thinker, Winter Watch, Underground Newswire, and Stillness in the Storm. He also has written scripts for television series featured on Rise.tv. Ryan enjoys gardening, creative writing, and fighting to SAVE AMERICA
