Gas price hikes fueling electric vehicle
conspiracy theories
Associated Press,
by
Amanda Seitz
Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog,
3/10/2022 9:39:50 AM
WASHINGTON — Some social media users suggest that soaring fuel prices in the U.S. aren’t the result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, increased consumption or supply chain issues as daily life resumes after two years of stagnation brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, the flurry of Facebook and Twitter posts offer, without evidence, that a nefarious scheme is underway: President Joe Biden’s administration is intentionally driving up the price of gas to get more American drivers behind the wheel of an electric car. “$6.00 a gallon gas is how you get people to buy electric cars,” claims one popular
Reply 1 - Posted by:
jhpeters2 3/10/2022 9:44:00 AM (No. 1095684)
And to think only last week there were no BioLabs in the Ukraine. Pure conspiracy theory, right? How long will this article last before it is embarrassingly disproved?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Quigley 3/10/2022 9:44:42 AM (No. 1095685)
I’m pretty sure I have heard the lefty destructobots say on numerous occasions that higher energy prices are important for their “green” goals.
Artificially run up the cost of efficient energy to make people use less efficient energy.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
mizzmac 3/10/2022 9:46:32 AM (No. 1095690)
To the left, every opposing opinion is a "conspiracy theory."
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
cireskul 3/10/2022 9:47:06 AM (No. 1095691)
I should I believe a "news" organization like the Associated Press that HATES me as a MAGA supporter. Why should I feel anything but contempt for such an organization?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
cireskul 3/10/2022 9:48:46 AM (No. 1095695)
Why should I, not I should I. wth.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
DVC 3/10/2022 9:49:01 AM (No. 1095697)
Not a theory, hard fact. All the evil folks in the Davos crowd are offended by the middle class living well, living free, traveling in nice, comfortable larger vehicles. They want that STOPPED, and dialing up fuel costs is the best way to force us all into micro cars, electric short range peasant cars or onto their buses and public transit.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
GustoGrabber 3/10/2022 9:50:14 AM (No. 1095698)
The heavy handed ness of central planners. Limit chip production and prevent entry into the market of competitors. Ignore the realities of a thriving national economy by shutting it down with a man made and overhyped pseudo pandemic. Allow the centralization Of message with a monopoly of integrated media outlets of multinational oligarchs and empower non government organizations to purchase key legislators to allow the above.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
DVC 3/10/2022 9:53:14 AM (No. 1095703)
Re #1, you are being played by Russian disinformation on these bio labs. Yes, there have always been biological reseach instititues across ALL the Soviet Union, and in the USA, and in all European countries, were and are.
We spent money to improve their security to protect against terrorists having access to bio samples that might be harmful. That was NOT ANY KIND OF A SECRET, was publically reported at the time, although the Enemedia wasn't much interested, you had to look to find the few articles. But the info has always been publicly available.
I know about this from first hand experience, and I got tours through two of these DTRA funded extentions to existing research institutes.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
PChristopher 3/10/2022 9:57:04 AM (No. 1095709)
It's no longer a theory if it's an obvious conspiracy!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 3/10/2022 10:08:37 AM (No. 1095731)
The AssPress KNOWS they’re lying. Anytime they say something is a “conspiracy theory”, that means it’s really happening and they don’t want to talk about it.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
rayscain 3/10/2022 10:10:27 AM (No. 1095734)
I remember TRYING to evacuate Florida during hurricane Irma in 2017. Bumper to bumper to bumper to bumper traffic on I-75 - Cannot imagine what would have happened if the vehicles were all electric! We would still be there!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 3/10/2022 10:20:20 AM (No. 1095745)
Aw man! I stepped in some propaganda. Now I have to clean my shoes!
Seriously, Biden's Buffoons have been running around telling everyone to buy electric cars. How much are Biden's backers invested in the green agenda? How is this not a conspiracy?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Californian 3/10/2022 10:23:36 AM (No. 1095750)
Every bio lab is not a bio WEAPONS lab.
Your local city hospital has a bio lab. They all do. Where do you think your blood tests go? The bio lab.
That doesn't mean your hospital runs a level 4 bio hazard weapons lab. But it is still a bio lab running your blood tests.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
formerNYer 3/10/2022 10:35:14 AM (No. 1095762)
FTA: But misleading posts across social media took Buttigieg’s comments out of context, suggesting that he was responding directly to the recent jump in gas prices by telling people to buy electric vehicles. Some posts claimed Buttigieg’s answer to rising gas prices was for Americans to buy a “$50,000 electric car.”
Out of context? That's an opinion Ass Press. Sometimes "conspiracy theory." is not a theory it's a true conspiracy.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
beancounter 3/10/2022 10:35:28 AM (No. 1095764)
Associated Propaganda is at it again.
Nowhere do they mention the inconvenient truth that mandatory kill switches were a part of the Biden "infrastructure" law.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 3/10/2022 10:51:22 AM (No. 1095784)
Can you recharge the EV in the time it takes to fill up your gas tank?
Are there as many EV recharging facilities near you as there are gas stations?
Can you go 400 miles on a EV recharge?
Can you go on a long trip and see a EV recharge station at every highway exit?
Can you afford to pay $75K for an EV car?
If you answered yes to all of the above, then go ahead and buy an EV, otherwise EV technology is not there yet. OK FJB when will all of the above be true? 1 year, 5 years, 10 years, 15 years, 20 years?
BTW. FJB EV definitely isn't ready today.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 3/10/2022 10:54:03 AM (No. 1095789)
Who're you gonna believe, your lying eyes and ears, or the AP?
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
cor-vet 3/10/2022 11:13:22 AM (No. 1095802)
FTA " ...without evidence". Since when has the AP, or twitter or facebook for that matter, ever needed evidence for their claims. One, out of many examples, would be the 'Jan. 6th insurrection!'
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 3/10/2022 11:16:49 AM (No. 1095805)
Some social media users are psychic.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Highvoltage 3/10/2022 11:17:39 AM (No. 1095806)
Biden is not letting the crisis go to waste. High fuel prices helps his green new deal.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
WV.Hillbilly 3/10/2022 11:28:33 AM (No. 1095817)
It's not a conspiracy theory if it's true.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
DVC 3/10/2022 11:28:47 AM (No. 1095818)
Thank you, #13. Excellent points, but some want to be hysterics, it seems.
Yes, I understand that we are just coming off of a huge Dr. Fraud + China bioterrorism attack, but that doesn't mean every single biological research lab in the whole world is a bioweapons lab. Swallowing Chinese and Russian disinformation is just as stupid as swallowing Demonrat and NYT disinformation.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Robert Jones 3/10/2022 11:39:42 AM (No. 1095834)
If the shoe fits, wear it.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Hugh Akston 3/10/2022 11:52:07 AM (No. 1095847)
Cheapest Tesla ~ $50k. 10% down, excellent credit, 60 monthly payments. $818/mo on an auto loan calculator I just played with. Good credit goes to $885. Average credit $955. Bad credit doesn't have the space in their budget anyway.
I burn maybe 40 gal/mo (30 or less is more like it)...and that's a high estimate. At $5/gal that's $4800 over 2 years...less than the down payment...plus I still have the $800+ monthly nut to crack. I'll keep the 5 grand in my pocket for gas ( 2 vehicles, wife still has a travelling sales job ) ...have no car payments...and lower property taxes with my 2012 Outback and her 2006 Sienna van ( has to have space to haul stuff, go the the beach, etc., that a Tesla doesn't ). I'm sure all the workers of America out there making $75k with 2 incomes, families and other expenses, driving paid off late model cars, with little to no cushion in their monthly budget, are going to rush right out and buy a new electric vehicle just as Pete Buttplug says they should do.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
leonardo 3/10/2022 12:07:22 PM (No. 1095857)
When it comes to AP, just believe the opposite of what they report and you’ll get the real news.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
DVC 3/10/2022 12:24:58 PM (No. 1095877)
Excellent economic analysis, #24. Electrics make no sense at all, other than "look at me, I'm rich and I'[m saving the planet" sort of money wasting foolishness.
Not any sort of a practical, economic choice.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
stablemoney 3/10/2022 12:36:28 PM (No. 1095893)
10% inflation is how you get people not to buy anything.
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Understand this: It has nothing to do with energy, electric vehicles or anything....other than the Dems mad rush to power and money. The average American does not count....only perpetual power counts for Democrats.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
montwoodcliff 3/10/2022 4:37:22 PM (No. 1096128)
Written by someone else living on Pluto. Didn't we hear Butthead Buttagieg say we should buy electric cars? And didn't The Potted Plant say he wants to rid us of fossil fuels a few years ago? If the administration didn't want us to buy electric cars, why don't they allow drilling for our own oil? It's all about the Green New Deal! We are about to go into a recession very soon, and these imbeciles will let it happen because they want the oil and gas to stay in the ground. They have no plan on energy and we all have to suffer. Look for a mileage tax to replace lost revenue from going to electric cars, if the switch ever happens.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Rich323 3/10/2022 5:01:40 PM (No. 1096151)
Democrats, including Buttboy, use common core math to determine their costs. So, you can now understand why Johnny can afford the electric cars, he just changes the math until he can afford the payment. Comprende?
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
red1066 3/10/2022 5:15:45 PM (No. 1096169)
Want to see how unstable electric vehicles are? A ship carrying 4000 cars caught on fire and sank 220 miles out in the ocean while being towed back to shore. Porsches, Audi's, the last of the Lamborghini's Aventadors, and VW's were on board. Some of those cars were special order vehicles costing hundreds of thousands of dollars each. The Lamborghini's were probably worth much more. The cause of the fire? An electric car battery caught on fire. Might have been one of the cheapest vehicle on the ship. A new VW electric vehicle. Once those lithium batteries catch fire, there's not much one can do to put it out. It's why all 22 crew members were evacuated immediately.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
czechlist 3/11/2022 5:46:37 PM (No. 1097206)
Question for #13 and #22
if these are not bio weapons labs tell us why they are so afraid the Russians will capture them? why are they saying the Russians will use them and blame Ukraine?
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Where is the conspiracy? Bidenbots have been badgering people to buy electric cars almost every day.