cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/32432803
“There are a lot more people out here living in abject poverty than what people like to think or admit to. You voted for this—and now we’re paying the price.”
Employees learned of the cuts on Monday in a video message from Michael Adams, CEO of BlueOval SK.
Adams announced the transition would mean “the end of all BlueOval SK positions in Kentucky.”
A prime example of the argument propaganda has pushed.
How do I know? Because I’ve seen this argument literally hundreds of times and it’s so easily bunked.
How often do you actually make that drive? Is it every month or more? I highly highly doubt that you’re driving that far that frequently.
If it’s that rare? Rent a car. It’ll be less than buying gas.
Or, if you have a two car household have one EV and one ice. Take the ice on long trips and then 99% of the trips you take near home it’s ev.
Even if they make that drive every month, a plugin hybrid would be a vastly better solution. I used to have a job I did have to make the trip every month. I really wanted a plugin hybrid for that reason.
And that’s exactly what I recommend for people who can only have one car, it’s not as great as a full EV, but it’ll get you over the hump