[6figurelenins]

> [Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm's] advance team realized there weren't going to be enough plugs to go around... So an Energy Department staffer tried parking a nonelectric vehicle by one of those working chargers to reserve a spot for the approaching secretary of energy... a family that was boxed out — on a sweltering day, with a baby in the vehicle... called the police

Benefit analysis:

Global carbon emissions, US share (2021)[1]: 14% ..Transportation sector[2]: 28% ....Light-duty vehicles[3,4]: 58% ......Electricity, non-hydrocarbon sources[5]: 40%

So we can solve less than 1% of the problem.

What will it cost?

[1] https://www.statista.com/topics/3185/us-greenhouse-gas-emiss... [2] https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emis... [3] https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/fast-facts-transportation-... [4] https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2022-12/58566-co2-emissions... [5] https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3

[jfim]

It might be less than 1% globally, but moving from gas cars to electric has the potential to lower the US carbon emissions by more than 16%, according to your numbers.