First stop at an Ionna charger, in Beaver, UT. Pretty seamless, and cheaper than Electrify America, even with membership ($.36 v $.42). Lots of variety of cars coming through. No problems for anyone.
Page, AZ has fast-ish chargers now! This is a big deal for North-South transits from Az into UT or CO. It used to be very thin through here requiring very conservative speeds to preserve range.
#EVRoadtrip
#Polestar2
#PollyPockets
First time in history, an oil crisis isn’t strengthening the system—it’s accelerating the exit
1973, 1979, 2008… every shock reinforced oil
This time? We’ve got an off-ramp: EVs, solar, batteries
Crisis → electrify → less oil
The system doesn’t recover… it gets replaced #Bettrification
Shocking 😲
(Except not really. 🙄😒)
Same thing happens during hurricanes. Call this an oil war storm.
I’ve posted a few of my own cross-country EV roadtrips in recent years. Will do it again for two more trips this summer, likely highlighting the low cost compared to fossil fuel priced trips during yet another US Oil War in the Middle East.
I wonder if their timeline will accelerate as the price of LNG climbs as a result of the US war with Iran.
I wonder how much the US war with Iran will juice these numbers in coming months as oil/fuel prices spike.
Oh yes, we definitely realize it.
Budget Bidet
This is what it is to live in a surveillance state.
BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING . . .
The DH"SS" is expanding its efforts to identify Americans who oppose ICE by sending tech companies legal requests for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency.
#ResistAndUnsubscribe
What we’ve dropped so far, including unsubscribing and completely deleting accounts, where possible.
Apple (All services)
Netflix
Amazon (cancelled account and all subscriptions)
Uber
Google Chrome
Disney
Hulu
Meta (deleted all accounts)
… still looking for more.
A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown.
Join the movement.
www.resistandunsubscribe.com
#resistandunsubscribe
A nice perspective that I hadn’t previously wrapped my head around. Greta to hear some new ideas.
Leave it to Canada to make a Ronald Reagan radio address on free trade go viral.
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Plainly stated, “The rise of China as the clean energy superpower and the ambitions of a country like Saudi Arabia show that the U.S. is thinking small. The Trump administration seems to be thinking about the next three years while rival nations are thinking about the next three decades.”
One of my favorite refrains from Kai Ryssdal: “As we’ve said before at Marketplace, no tax cut in the history of tax cuts has ever paid for itself.”
How our $36 trillion debt came to be www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...
Tes Kia EV6 as the only car charging at an Electrify America charging station. An RV and Live’s road sign in the background.
In my latest cross-country EV road trip, I’m struck by how uncrowded the chargers are. Maybe I have great timing? Maybe there’s just less travel happening in this economy? Maybe there are finally enough chargers to alleviate the crowding and wait times I used to experience.
#EVRoadTrip
#EV6
It also neglects to point out where that tax revenue is coming from… “the call is coming from inside the house.l
How much has your family contributed to Trump’s multi-trillion dollar tariff tantrum? We’re at 12% of our retirement savings and counting.
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Seeing TSLA drop nearly 10% in a day makes my inner Schadenfreude sing.
Fuck them. They voted for this crap. They must reap what they sowed.
Well, one could say that the silver lining from the actions of our Moron in Chief is that with a global recession we also usually see a reduction in energy consumption, and therefore a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. So, yay?
