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Republicans try to stop military’s electrification with mind-bogglingly dumb proposals (electrek.co)

submitted 2 years ago by DarkGamer@kbin.social to c/politics@kbin.social

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Several Republican representatives have proposed amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act to try to stop the Pentagon’s electrification. The proposals sound so mind-bogglingly dumb that they look like they were written by 19th-century Luddites or the fossil fuel industry itself.

With the US military operating a fleet of hundreds of thousands of vehicles, including tactical vehicles, it makes the Pentagon the largest institutional consumer of fossil fuels in the world.

The entire transportation industry is currently transitioning to electric propulsion, and the US military knows better than to be left behind.

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[–] alternative_factor@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This is actually the best dystopian news I've read in awhile, whenever the military gets serious about a technology they usually throw money into it to make it cheaper and more efficient, which eventually ends up getting in the hands of us civilians. Teslas are still luxury vehicles, it'll be great if the military makes e-fords or some ungodly thing like that.

[–] Flaky_Fish69@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Teslas aren’t luxury. They’re just way over priced. They have worse fit and finish than my decade-old beater

[–] alternative_factor@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I mean just in terms of price really, I've seen their Soviet build quality.

[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Umm what? Ford already makes these.

[–] alternative_factor@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

They do? Well shit I feel dumb.

[–] DarkGamer@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No need to feel dumb, be happy you're one of today's lucky 10,000! ;)

[–] Flaky_Fish69@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

There’s always a relevant XKCD, lol

[–] Flaky_Fish69@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah. They’re QC sucks. With all manner of defects like hoods flopping up on the highway, weather stripping literally just falling off, gaps in the interior. (And all sorts of other recalls.)

It doesn’t help that every thing is over engineered and prone to breaking in the first place.