Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm appeared in an interview on MSNBC’s “11th Hour” that aired on Wednesday, and discussed the Biden administration’s plan to address increasing energy prices. She stated that “the better choice is to move to electrify transportation, because it is so much cheaper for you” and “moving to clean is moving to energy security and moving to affordability.”
MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle asked, “One of the obvious long-term goals is to lower energy prices. But we live in a world of short-termism and people are worried about their energy prices today.
We’re watching those prices creep up, especially the price of gas, is there a plan right now to address that? Because if people are really fired up and angry about energy prices today, they tend to forget about what could happen tomorrow.”
Granholm replied, “First of all, on oil and gas prices, and especially gasoline, created on a — oil is traded on a global market. I think what we have seen with this war in Ukraine and the volatility of the oil markets, the decision by OPEC to not produce as much, that causes prices to go up. That means the global market is extremely volatile. So, what’s better for us? The better choice is to move to electrify transportation, because it is so much cheaper for you to operate an electric vehicle than it is to fill up your tank with gasoline. So, the bottom line is moving to clean is moving to energy security and moving to affordability.”
Truthfully, that makes zero sense to me unless people that have electric vehicles also have solar panel grids. Electric prices are soaring, and now they want us to add a massive appliance to charge on our already high electric bills? Also, what happens in times of power outage and natural disaster? Times when you cannot charge your vehicle? Now you’re just stuck where you are without means to leave? This is not a very smart plan at all.
