1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="5kD960l8xk"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/media-admit-it-electric-cars-are-not-such-a-good-idea/">Media Admit It: Electric Cars Are Not Such A Good Idea</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/media-admit-it-electric-cars-are-not-such-a-good-idea/embed/#?secret=5kD960l8xk" width="600" height="338" title="“Media Admit It: Electric Cars Are Not Such A Good Idea” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="5kD960l8xk" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> The media will ride just about any transportation fad that they believe sticks it to Big Oil (and get behind just about every government subsidy and expenditure that ostensibly helps the environment), and electric cars have been no exception. But some journalists are concluding that the massive amounts of government spending on electric cars and hybrid plug-ins might not have been worth the costs. Three months back, one of those television news "I-teams," this one in Boston, found that the state of Massachusetts is wasting millions on electric car programs. The I-team reported that "the (Gov. Charlie) Baker administration is committing $20 million for all electric vehicle programs."https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_charging_station.jpg