It’s a deeper belief than just EVs. At the beginning of the Obama administration, when there was the “cash for clunkers” program to buy back inefficient old vehicles, these people made a show of going out and buying massive Hummers and other horribly inefficient cars they’d drive around town in. When new efficiency rules went into place for halogen lightbulbs, they flocked to the stores to stock up on as many inefficient bulbs as possible.
They can be pushed to be good little consumers when needed, but it’s almost always to promote inefficiency and oppose environmentalism.
It’s a deeper belief than just EVs. At the beginning of the Obama administration, when there was the “cash for clunkers” program to buy back inefficient old vehicles, these people made a show of going out and buying massive Hummers and other horribly inefficient cars they’d drive around town in. When new efficiency rules went into place for halogen lightbulbs, they flocked to the stores to stock up on as many inefficient bulbs as possible.
They can be pushed to be good little consumers when needed, but it’s almost always to promote inefficiency and oppose environmentalism.