Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has been vocal about his support for higher gas prices as a means to prompt a shift towards electric vehicles in the market. This stance, dating back to 2003, has seen Kennedy advocating for the end of subsidies to oil companies and the inclusion of certain production costs, which could potentially lead to gasoline prices soaring to $22 per gallon.
Kennedy's argument revolves around the idea of achieving energy independence from foreign oil, emphasizing the need for true market values. In an interview last year, he stated, "The No. 1 thing we need to do as a nation is to get off of foreign oil," highlighting the massive subsidies directed towards the carbon industry annually, in addition to the costs incurred from wars protecting oil interests.
During a speech at the University of California, Berkeley in 2016, Kennedy proposed that if oil companies were made to internalize costs linked to environmental and public health impacts, such as healthcare expenses and pollution damages, gasoline prices could reflect the true costs, potentially reaching $12 per gallon.
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Kennedy envisions a scenario where stimulating the electric vehicle market becomes the norm, driving innovation and efficiency in alternative transportation technologies. He has also underscored the importance of a governmental framework that promotes energy-efficient solutions and penalizes inefficiencies in traditional oil and coal industries.
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In various media appearances and articles, Kennedy has reiterated that if oil companies were to shoulder the genuine costs of production and environmental impact, gas prices would sit around $12 per gallon, encouraging mass adoption of electric vehicles. He criticized the oil industry for exerting undue influence, hindering the growth of disruptive technologies such as efficient electric vehicles and renewable energy sources.
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He is full of poop. Take the electric/mileage restrictive and stick em were the sun don’t shine…………..
Oil companies already “shoulder the genuine costs of production and environmental protection” at the current sales price, most of which is in the cost of crude oil. As for environmental protection, oil companies spend tremendous sums on high-temperature reactions of petroleum fractions with hydrogen to remove sulfur from kerosene and diesel fuels, and the resulting hydrogen sulfide is then reacted to form elemental (solid) sulfur or sulfuric acid, which can be used in batteries. This has been done for over 50 years since the enactment of the Clean Air Act in the 1970’s.
He can’t be that stupid. A barrel of crude oil makes more than JUST gasoline for cars. Where does he think all the plastic come from to build those EVs. Or how about the tires or the wire coatings and so on.
He should remember his uncle. And shut the fuck up. He seems like a nice guy just brain damage from worms is getting to him.
Electric cars are all charged with petrolium genereration, or coal… Just learn the second law of Thermodynamics. You cant get something for nothing.
It’s like all these “college graduates”, now in politics, shunned Physics in school, so they “didn’t get the memo!”. They’re science ignorant making suggestions and policies of stuff they are not qualified to.