1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:04,400 The next Stefan Good Day download with Doug and Jay Kershner is made possible in 2 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:08,039 part by Keltron, which is the safe way for you to lose weight and 3 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:12,880 keep it off, and also by previagent keeping your brain healthy. It's Monday 4 00:00:12,960 --> 00:00:20,640 the fifteenth. Nick Miles, who runs a fabulous business helping people decide what 5 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,559 to buy, how to fix their cars, what to do to take care 6 00:00:24,679 --> 00:00:30,879 of them insurance wise. All kinds of things are there at our autoexpert dot 7 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:37,439 com. I noticed that the Department of Transportation has announced millions, hundreds of 8 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:43,679 millions of dollars in grants to support EV charging infrastructure, which has been one 9 00:00:43,679 --> 00:00:46,119 of the things Nicky, you and I have talked about the fact that there 10 00:00:46,119 --> 00:00:52,039 aren't these places across the country. So now the taxpayer is going to support 11 00:00:52,079 --> 00:00:58,119 electric vehicles by putting up charging infrastructure stations around the country or at least paying 12 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:02,960 for them. There are forty seven projects in twenty two states. The emphasis 13 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:07,640 is on rural areas, underserved communities that for the most part don't want these 14 00:01:07,799 --> 00:01:12,959 anyway, Seventy five hundred EV charging ports will come out of this, So 15 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:18,560 that would lead me to believe that costs ten almost ten million dollars, actually 16 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:23,560 more than ten million dollars if you do the math right for no, is 17 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:29,159 it ten million or one million? For whatever? It is ten million in 18 00:01:29,159 --> 00:01:33,920 funding for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to build charging stages for people 19 00:01:34,519 --> 00:01:40,760 living in multi family housing. Maryland Clean Energy Center is getting ninety ev charging 20 00:01:40,799 --> 00:01:47,480 stations. Northern California gets fifteen million, Energy Northwest in Oregon gets fifteen million. 21 00:01:48,359 --> 00:01:52,120 Up in Alaska they get one point four million. I don't know, 22 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:57,359 I just you know, this coupled with all of the hoopla at CEES last 23 00:01:57,359 --> 00:02:02,319 week about electric vehicles and you know what there I was just talking to Holland 24 00:02:02,319 --> 00:02:07,799 Cook, who was there last week helping us on our program understand what was 25 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:12,759 going on. You know, the concern they say they have for the environment. 26 00:02:13,159 --> 00:02:15,439 Okay, So anyway, I'm off on a tute here, as I 27 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:21,479 have been on a number of things all morning. What's your read on all 28 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:24,960 of this? Well, it still comes down to that fundamental problem, Doug, 29 00:02:25,159 --> 00:02:29,919 of the fact that if we reverse engineer this a little bit and look 30 00:02:29,919 --> 00:02:34,479 at what would it be like if you could not transport gas to a gas 31 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:38,800 station and you had to run it in lines to the gas station, and 32 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:42,960 that's basically what you have to do with electricity. So anywhere you have electric 33 00:02:43,319 --> 00:02:47,759 vehicles that need charging, you have to run cables there, and that's where 34 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:53,879 all the money is. And because the United States is so big, and 35 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:58,080 I think I might have said this before. If I leave my house on 36 00:02:58,159 --> 00:03:00,280 the west coast of the United States and I fly east, and my sister 37 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:05,360 leaves her house in London and she flies to towards the United States, we 38 00:03:05,439 --> 00:03:08,719 meet in New York. And that's how big America is. With the whole 39 00:03:08,759 --> 00:03:13,479 of the travel time, I can't get out of America, versus the fact 40 00:03:13,479 --> 00:03:17,280 that she can get across Europe, across Spain, across all these countries and 41 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:22,639 get to across Iceland and Greenland or and get to the United States. So 42 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,800 it's so massive that it just doesn't seem to make all that sense to dig 43 00:03:25,879 --> 00:03:31,879 trenches and run new cables to power something that we're already powering with a different 44 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:38,639 energy source. And now we're learning the electricity may not be as environmentally friendly 45 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:43,199 as we first thought. It's still toxic with all of the waste. Until 46 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:46,240 they invent new ways to do these cars, we just seem to be just 47 00:03:46,319 --> 00:03:50,840 adopting what Europe is doing and Asia is doing, and it probably isn't a 48 00:03:50,879 --> 00:03:58,319 good idea. Well, it's followed the bouncing ball thinking and it's getting behind 49 00:03:58,439 --> 00:04:01,560 something. Okay, this is a great movement. It's we have in our 50 00:04:01,599 --> 00:04:06,840 philosophical point of view that is to save the atmosphere, keep things clean for 51 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:12,639 generations. As far as that goes, and there's a certain amount, there's 52 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,639 a certain limit to it, but there's a certain amount of truth to wanting 53 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:20,040 to keep the atmosphere clean or benefit maybe a better word than truth, is 54 00:04:20,079 --> 00:04:24,439 a benefit obviously for all of us. And you can see how the air 55 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:29,600 in Los Angeles has changed and gotten much better over the years because of things 56 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:34,319 actions that they've taken there on cars. And so is that necessary everywhere? 57 00:04:34,879 --> 00:04:39,600 Not if you're not in a really congested area like Los Angeles or New York 58 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:45,439 or Chicago or Saint Louis or any dal you know, the cities are not 59 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:49,920 spread out as much, so you do have that problem the highways, and 60 00:04:50,000 --> 00:04:54,000 it's just it's kind of sticky. Yeah, go ahead. There are better 61 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:58,680 choices, Doug, And a lot of times we're choosing something because it benefits 62 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:02,319 a small group of people, not because it benefits the nation. For instance, 63 00:05:02,399 --> 00:05:05,800 hydrogen is a lot better choice in a lot of places because we can 64 00:05:05,839 --> 00:05:12,920 make that ourselves. We sport it in trucks, it's safe, it's efficient, 65 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:16,519 and it technically uses electricity as well. So ultimately, why aren't we 66 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:19,800 pushing hydrogen and putting all this money into that, which would be a much 67 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:26,160 better resident The farmers have it on tractors, trucks, Some trucks have it, 68 00:05:26,199 --> 00:05:29,639 but it's been used more in farming than anything else. Great point, 69 00:05:29,759 --> 00:05:32,240 hydrogen instead of electric. Let's think about that and where it goes in the 70 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:38,959 future. Nick milesroexpert dot Com is his website. The next Stefan Good Day 71 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:43,399 download with Doug and Jay Kirshner is made possible in part by Kelitron, which 72 00:05:43,439 --> 00:05:46,000 is the safe way for you to lose weight and keep it off, and 73 00:05:46,079 --> 00:05:48,639 also by previlegent, keeping your brain healthy.