The Federalist Papers by C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal
In every bureaucratic state of a left-leaning flavor, whether it be at a national or regional level, there’s invariably an incredible rush to electrify public vehicle fleets.
In the United States, the Post Office has ordered over 10,000 electric delivery vehicles as part of its fleet replacement program. In the United Kingdom, the government gave a $246 million boost (£200 million in U.K. pounds) to reach a target of 4,000 electric buses in the country and, according to a March 2022 announcement on a government website, “comes as consultation launched on ending sale of all new non-zero emission buses from 2025 to 2032.”
Mind you, electric vehicles have come a long way from the days of the GM EV1 and other earlier experiments in carbon-free transportation. However, the concerns around fleet electrification don’t just involve the rapidity with which governments are pursuing programs which don’t make environmental, economic or practical sense…
