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LARRY: WELL, FOLKS, HATE THAT
HECK TRICK CAR YOU’RE DRIVING?
JUST BLAME JOE BIDEN AND HIS
EPA.
JOINING ME NOW THE GREAT
RICK PERRY, FORMER ENERGY
SECRETARY, FORMER TEXAS
GOVERNOR. RICK, WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW.
RICK, WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW.
SORRY THE OCCASION IS A LITTLE
GLOOMY BUT WHATEVER.
LET ME READ YOU QUICK, THIS IS
THE WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT ON
ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
EXPANDING DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING
AND ACCELERATING ADOPTION OF
ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES.
THIS IS BRINGING GOOD PAYING
JOBS BACK HOME AND PUTTING THE
UNITED STATES ON A BOLD PATH TO
OUTCOMPETE CHINA IN SECURING THE
JOBS AND INVESTMENTS OF THE
FUTURE.
I THINK IT IS THE BAILOUT CHINA
BILL.
SO, RICK, MY VIEW, I MEAN YOU
LOOK AT THE POLLS, NOBODY WANT
THIS THING.
NOBODY CAN AFFORD THIS THING.
U.S. HAS NO INFRASTRUCTURE TO
SPORT THIS KIND OF YOU KNOW, ALL
ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS RIGHT
NOW?
>> 1500 PLUS PAGES FROM THE EPA.
SO, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT ALL IS
IN THERE BUT YOU HIT A FEW OF
THE HIGH SPOTS, LARRY.
YOU’RE SPOT ON.
LISTEN, WE KNOW AT THIS
PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME WITH
THE RESTRICTIONS THAT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION HAS PUT ON THE
MINING INDUSTRY, FOR INSTANCE,
WE HAVE THE RARE EARTH MINERALS
IN THIS COUNTRY TO BE ABLE TO
BUILD BATTERIES THAT WILL BE
NEEDED BUT IF WE’RE NOT ABLE TO
MINE FOR THOSE RARE EARTH
MINERALS THEN IT IS NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN.
YOU WILL HAVE TO RELY UPON
CHINA, USING SLAVE LABOR AND, I
MEAN THIS IS A HORRIBLE STORY
ALL THE WAY AROUND.
LISTEN, I DON’T IS A PROBLEM
WITH ELECTRIC CARS.
WE’RE GOING TO BUILD SUBSTANTIAL
AMOUNT OF THEM, TESLA IN AUSTIN,
TEXAS, BUT THE MARKET OUGHT TO
DECIDE THAT.
THE GOVERNMENT SHOULDN’T BE OUT
THERE SAYING WE’RE GOING TO
STRANGLE THE FOSSIL FUEL
INDUSTRY AND DON’T GET CONFUSED,
THAT IS WHAT THIS IS.
THIS IS A CONTINUAL ATTACK ON
THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY IN THIS
COUNTRY.
THEY HAPPEN TO BE GOING AFTER
GASOLINE-POWERED, DIESEL POWERED
ENGINES TO DO THAT.
WE DON’T HAVE THE CHARGING
STATIONS AS YOU SAID.
WE DON’T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE
OUT THERE.
LISTEN, DON’T COME UP WITH A
SOLUTION UNTIL YOU HAVE AN
INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE ABLE TO
TAKE CARE OF YOUR SOLUTION.
THAT WOULD BE MY ADVICE TO THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION BUT THEY
DON’T SEEM TO LISTEN TO MANY
PEOPLE.
LARRY: NOBODY IS GOING TO BUY A
NEW CAR, THAT IS WHAT IS GOING
TO HAPPEN, BECAUSE THEY’RE TOO
EXPENSIVE.
THEN, IT MAY BE RICK, NOBODY
WILL BUY A NEW GAS-POWERED CAR
BECAUSE THEY WILL BE TOO
EXPENSIVE.
EVERYBODY WILL BE DRIVING USED
CARS.
THAT WILL BE ONE, YEAH, I DON’T
KNOW THE INARDS OF THIS BUT ARE
YOU GOING TO CHANGE ALL OF THE
REGULATIONS AND ALL OF THE
MANUFACTURING PROCESSES, THERE
ARE GOING TO BE HUGE JOB LOSSES,
HUGE JOB LOSSES.
THE UAW BETTER BEWARE.
>> THE COST IS GOING TO BE
SUBSTANTIAL HERE.
HERE IS ANOTHER THING, REALLY
BURIED DOWN IN THAT.
THEY DID A POLL I THINK, ASKED
THE MANUFACTURERS, HOW MANY OF
YOUR ELECTRIC CARS TODAY WOULD
BE ELIGIBLE THESE, BENEFITS THAT
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS
PASSING OUT?
I THINK THE ANSWER WAS FIVE,
FIVE OUT OF 91 OF THEIR MODELS
ARE GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR
THAT.
SO THIS IS ILL THOUGHT OUT, THIS
IS AN EPA RUN AMOK.
THIS IS CONTINUAL GENUFLECTING
AT THE ALTAR OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL GODS THIS
ADMINISTRATION DOES WITHOUT
GIVING A TINKER’S DAMN WHAT IT
WILL COST THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
A DISASTER.
LARRY: THIS IS ONE OF THESE
REGULATORY, SOCIALIST, CENTRAL
PLANNING STUFF, THIS, THEY’RE
JUST JAMMING IT DOWN OUR
THROATS.
YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF SO-CALLED
SMART PEOPLE SITTING IN THE D.C.
SWAMP, JAMMING IT DOWN OUR
THROATS.
GOOD QUOTE FROM SHELLEY MOORE
CAPITO, SENATOR CAPITO OF WEST
VIRGINIA, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION MADE CLEAR IT
WANTS TO DECIDE FOR AMERICANS
WHAT KIND OF CARS AND TRUCKS WE
ARE ALLOWED TO BUY, LEASE AND
DRIVE.
THESE MISGUIDED EMISSIONS
STANDARDS WERE MADE WITHOUT
CONSIDERING THE SUPPLY CHAIN
CHALLENGES.
AMERICAN AUTOMAKERS WILL STILL
FACE THEM.
THE LACK OF SUFFICIENTLY
OPERATIONAL ELECTRIC VEHICLING
CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE, OR THE
FACT THAT IT TAKES NEARLY A
DECADE TO PERMIT A MINE TO
EXTRACT THE MINERALS NEEDED TO
MAKE ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
SO WHAT SHE IS SAYING IS, BY THE
BY, AMERICANS LOVE FREEDOM, THEY
LOVE CHOICE.
THIS BIDEN GOVERNMENT IS TAKING
OUR CHOICE AWAY.
THE SECOND POINT THEY WON’T GIVE
US PERMITS FOR MINING MINERALS
OF BATTERIES AND THAT WILL BE
THE CHINESE SIS BILL OR CHINESE
BAILOUT BILL.
FINALLY THIS WILL BE A
JOB-KILLER.
ALL THE LINE WORKERS WILL LOSE
THEIR JOBS.
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT.
>> YOU ARE SPOT ON.
LARRY: THEY NEVER CARED ABOUT
BLUE-COLLAR WORKERS.
>> THEY HAVE BEEN PROVING THAT
NOW FOR BETTER THAN TWO YEARS,
LARRY.
THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT
THINGS WE’VE SEEN OUT THERE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THIS IS
COSTING AMERICANS, WHEN YOU LOOK
AT WHAT INFLATION IS DOING, WHEN
YOU LOOK AT THE ABSOLUTE ATTACK
ON FOSSIL FUELS, AND, THE RESULT
OF THIS ATTACK ON FOSSIL FUELS
IS BASICALLY, WE’RE GOING TO
JUST GIVE A DEATH SENTENCE TO A
LOT OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD
BECAUSE WE’RE NOT GOING TO GIVE
THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN
ELECTRIC POWER ANYWHERE.
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE IN A HUT SOMEWHERE AND USE COW DUNK
HUT SOMEWHERE AND USE COW DUNK
TO HEAT THEIR HOUSE AND
PARTICULATE MATTER.
THAT IS OKAY, BUDDY, YOU WILL
DIE.
WE’RE OKAY HERE IN AMERICA.
GUYS ON THE EAST COAST WE’LL
LIVE IN A COMFORTABLE WAY.
ALL YOU OTHER PEOPLE IN THE
WORLD, TO HELL WITH YOU.
WHAT A SAD STORY.
LARRY: ONLY% OF AMERICAN ADULTS
HAVE AN -- 8% OF AMERICAN ADULTS
HAVE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE.
THEY WANT TO TAKE THAT UP TO
60%, 65% IN 10 OR 12 YEARS.
THIS IS FROM UNIVERSITY OF
CHICAGO POLLS, NON-PARTISAN
POLL, JUST 19% SAY IT IS VERY OR
EXTREMELY LIKELY THAT THEY WOULD
PURCHASE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND
HALF SAY IT IS NOT LIKELY THEY
WILL GO ELECTRIC AT ALL AND 60%
OF THEM, RICK, SAY BECAUSE OF
THE HIGH COST.
THEY’RE TOO EXPENSIVE.
IT IS JUST TOO EXPENSIVE.
THE MOTIVES MAY BE GOOD BUT THE
MODUS OPERANDI WILL NOT BE GOOD.
PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD THIS THEY
LIKE FREEDOM AND CHOICE.
BIDENS LOVE TO DENY US, THEY
WANT TO TAKE OUR WOOD BURNING,
GAS BURNING SELVES AWAY, WANT TO
TAKE MY SHOWERHEAD AWAY, TAKE MY
TOILET BOWL AWAY, HONESTLY
EVERYTHING I LIKE, INCLUDING MY
OLD, I HAVE A FIVE OR
SIX-YEAR-OLD CAR RIGHT NOW, IT
IS AN SUV.
THEY WANT TO TAKE THAT AWAY.
I WANT TO KEEP MY STUFF.
>> HERE IS MY ADVICE FOR YOU AND
ALL YOUR LISTENERS, TAKE REALLY
GOOD CARE OF YOUR CAR BECAUSE
YOU WILL PROBABLY KEEP IT A
HONK, LONG TIME.
LARRY: THAT IS THE TRUTH.
NOBODY WILL BUY ANYMORE NEW
CARS.
THAT IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
PROBABLY AT SOME POINT BECOMES
UNSAFE, RIGHT?
>> IT HAS GOT A LOT OF
REPERCUSSIONS.
SO THE AUTOMOBILE DEALERS OUT
THERE AS THEY LOOK AT THIS, AND
YOU KNOW, THERE IS GOING TO BE A
PUSHBACK ON THIS IN ALL
SERIOUSNESS, LARRY.
AGAIN THE GENUFLECTING AT THE
ALTAR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL GODS
IS COSTING AMERICAN AS HUGE
AMOUNT OF MONEY.
I WILL SUGGEST TO YOU THEY DON’T
WANT IT, THEY WANT TO DO THEIR
PART TO TAKE CARE OF THE
ENVIRONMENT.
ONE OF THE WAYS YOU DO THAT IS
BY INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF
FOSSIL FUELS, BEING ABLE TO USE
THOSE EFFICIENT, CLEAN-BURNING
NATURAL GAS THAT WE HAVE IN THE
UNITED STATES.
ALL YOU’RE DOING IS GIVING
RUSSIA AND CHINA AND OTHER
COUNTRIES THAT ARE FOSSIL FUEL
DEVELOPERS, EXPORTERS, THE LEG
UP.
WHY IN THE WORLD THIS
ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO DO THAT
IS BEYOND ME.
I DON’T KNOW WHO THEY ARE MAKING
TO BUT IT IS NOT, IT IS NOT TO
THE FOLKS IN THE GREAT STATE OF
TEXAS, THAT’S FOR SURE.
LARRY: ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
I KNOW.
YOU’RE RIGHT.
BY THE WAY THE CAR DEALERS WILL
GO NUTS OVER THIS.
PROBABLY THEY HAVE ALREADY GONE
NUTS OVER THIS.