You know this strikes a huge nerve with me. I'm a little salty about the Chinese EV market too. Supposedly we have global warming. We're all going to die if we don't change. Entire oceanside cities will disappear if something isn't done. They have a tax to prevent that and we should all be driving electric vehicles only they're too expensive for the average person.
Solution: The Chinese come along with $15K SUVs, cars, and trucks only we can't have them!
Seriously, WTF is going on! Is there a global climate crisis or not? Sorry, but the wrong people are profiting, you must continue to destroy your planet. This is a huge issue and debate here as well. Sorry for the mini rant, but seriously, somethings not right.
If our governments are so worried about it, they need to figure out how to level the playing field. In the meantime, I'd like my cheap, environmentally friendly EV please!
LOL, didn't mean to get all serious. Am I making to much of this or do I have a valid point?
You’ve absolutely got a valid point, and honestly, I share many of your frustrations. There’s so much talk about combating climate change, but very little real action that actually makes a difference for the average person. It feels like the wrong people are profiting—governments in Europe and the US seem more focused on lining their own pockets than creating affordable, effective solutions.
Meanwhile, citizens are expected to make these massive, often unaffordable investments. If you can’t pay, well, too bad—you’ll just end up with nothing. It reminds me of Klaus Schwab’s infamous words: “You will own nothing and you will be happy.”
The Chinese are offering affordable solutions, but of course, that’s not what the West wants. Heaven forbid we actually make sustainable living accessible to ordinary people! The more I think about it, the clearer it becomes just how messed up this all is.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It's good to know I’m not the only one seeing the cracks in this system.
Likewise, it's good to know there are people of like thought out there. I can't believe more people aren't talking about the "cracks in the system" as you put it. I do think A LOT of people are waking up to it all though.
That does seem to be the road they are taking too. Make everything unaffordable for individual ownership. There's definitely some kind of weird agenda at play IMHO.
Thanks for the awesome comment!
what is even worse, we don't have a car industry. One we had died 20 years ago, and we gave a lot of money to subsidy a assembly plant for Fiat. And that didn't work for few years now, with plans to make new small EV that will be almost double in price.
And there is maybe max 5% of population that could afford a new EV.
but yes lets kill cows because of global warming 🤷♂
And don't forget to protect the airports worldwide because the people who still do have some money must be able to fly 6 times a year for a well-deserved break, right?