Ford Cuts Back EV Production Due To Lousy Sales

Ford Cuts Back EV Production Due To Lousy Sales https://lidblog.com/ford-ev-production/   by Jeff Dunetz  Ford announced today (Aug 21) that it was trashing plans for a sizeable all-electric SUV, delaying production of its all-electric pickup truck to the second half of 2027, and will sell their existing EV products at a steep discount. Why are they […]

Harris-Walz push ‘climate silence’! WaPo: ‘Why Democrats are so quiet about climate change right now’ – Dem ‘Party leaders appear to have calculated that climate silence is the safest strategy’ as ‘most voters rank other issues as more important’

Washington Post: Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats have not made significant mentions of climate change or the environment in recent stump speeches. … 

Harris and other top Democrats have not highlighted climate change or the environment in recent stump speeches, including keynote remarks at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week.  The split-screen approach suggests that Democrats see talking about the environment as a lose-lose proposition. If they call for curbing fossil fuel production to fight global warming, they risk alienating voters in Pennsylvania, a pivotal swing state where natural gas powers the economy. …

With most voters ranking other issues as more important, and with Democrats wanting to paint a rosy picture of the future, party leaders appear to have calculated that climate silence is the safest strategy.