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this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2026
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And the oil industry. Also, nobody wanted to spend the money to build EV infrastructure.
Yes. 'EV infrastructure' is just "reliable power" and successive conservatives in the administration and judicial interrupted only by shackled progressives for brief periods hasn't done anything to maintain or grow any infrastructure in America, including a reliable power grid.
For example, I support a tiny company who happens to produce an additive required to make 75% of American water safe and palatable since the distro pipes are such shit.
(Honestly, I know why they posted feds at the gate, now, since if hillbillies or qanon took the plant out - they hate vaccines and fluoride, so it's not a stretch - America would be super-fucked generationally)
Ironically, expansion and maintenance of infrastructure like the power grid become a voting issue only when it's past breaking, and US car makers have staved off that crisis of Obvious proportions by their very meddling.
I'm just glad we've decided to keep feeding America their power ... for the time being. Because in addition to being in a flood risk area, the only plant producing the chemical required for American drinking water happens to be powered redundantly from a Canadian feed.