The Biden administration has spent tens of billions of dollars on green energy, yet last year the U.S. and the world used record amounts of fossil fuels. That would seem to be prima facie evidence that this 'great transition' to renewable energy has so far been an expensive policy belly flop. The evidence is everywhere. Americans aren't buying electric vehicles any more than they were before President Joe Biden was elected.
Here's another mystery. Why can't Secretary Pete give us an exact count on the progress when the number is small enough to use his fingers? At this pace, they may get 500 built by 2030 -- not the 500,000 promised. Thank God our celebrated transportation secretary, renowned for riding his bike to his Washington office, wasn't in charge of the Normandy landing. bu Then there is the question of where the $7.5 billion of taxpayer money has actually gone.
First, though Biden loves to chat up how much money the government is 'investing,' where are the signs that any of these borrowed trillions of dollars have improved our lives? This EV charger scandal is just another reminder that the government generally doesn't 'invest' tax dollars -- it mostly wastes them. Second, competence matters.
All this 'infrastructure' without a single penny or instruction manual from Washington. Can you imagine if Biden had been president in the 1920s and proclaimed the government would build 500,000 gas stations? They still wouldn't be built, and we'd all be waiting in long lines. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM STEPHEN MOORE