What keeps them from suing the car companies because they're polluting out the tailpipe?

Yeah.

Yeah, and, and I mean the same thing, uh, gun companies, and again, ranchers, farmers.

They, you know, they're, they're pointing at oil and natural gas right now to say, "Hey, it's you guys we're coming after first," because the price is high at the pump and it's not gonna evoke a lot of sympathy.

But yeah, ranchers, farmers, uh, any number of small businesses, any number of any...

I mean, I'm sure the cannabis industry is safe in Colorado, but what about the secondhand smoke from that, and what about the water use from that? I mean, there's any number of things that you could just point at a business and say, "You know what?"

Correct

... and I'm sure Colorado, like the rest of the country, is getting ready to maybe see their first frost, if they haven't already, I know you guys have altitude, uh, uh, this weekend.

What do you make of this case? How important is it?

It's hugely important, and you're right.

They have to defend themselves to the tune of millions of dollars.

But if the Boulder, Colorado County Commission City Council win this case, then Americans are going to have to defend themselves to the tune of billions of dollars.

This is a backdoor carbon tax.

Make no mistake about it.

They know that Congress won't pass it.

It would give the green light, because if I read this right, Larry, there are, what, 40 other lawsuits, similar lawsuits around the country, just sitting there waiting with their hand on the trigger, waiting to pull it, right? Yeah.

It's really remarkably frightening, but it's something it's a threat we should take seriously, isn't it?

It absolutely is.

History tells us that you could vote your way into socialism, communism, but there's only one way you get out and it's not pleasant.

And that's what people need to be realizing as they go to the polls tomorrow in Wisconsin and in other states as well.

And as they go to the polls in November, this is an existential problem for the United States.

and we focus on energy because that's what we do.

And that's the first place the communists like to take over.

Would this be an example of how bad leftist policies and even socialism policies are gonna turn out for this country?

More oil, more natural gas, more opportunities to control our own energy future, and that's really important, Larry, isn't it?

It absolutely is.

And yeah, natural gas heats about 50 million or more American homes in the winter.

And it doesn't just jump out of the ground and head to your furnace instantly when you need it the first night of December when you turn on that furnace.

But another important aspect of it and something that we're feeling right now, it's also the leading electricity producer in places along the East Coast and yes, even in New York.

And so What is also keeping your air conditioning going is natural gas, so the fact is when we see massive heat spikes like we've seen the last couple of weeks, it is summer.

We use a lot of natural gas, but we're also storing more about 5% ahead of what is the five year average, and so we're storing more at this point than we usually do.

So is there a more friendly environment right now? Are we making some progress?

So what happened in this case? How in the world did they drop $8 million on five electric buses? I mean, hasn't this country already had a very bad record when it comes to success when electric buses are introduced almost anywhere in the country?

They have, and that's why we're asking them to look into it.

And I guess to answer the question, why did they not drop $8 million or look at it before they did, I guess they thought, you know, I can't open a Somali daycare, so I'll just throw $8 million at five buses.

That's $1.6 million just under per bus.

That's three times the cost of a diesel bus.

And what happened was first the battery was recalled, so they could not literally store them inside because of a fire hazard.

And then they found out that, well, that same battery – cannot charge in temperatures that are less than 41 degrees, which, lo and behold, happens in Vermont.

It's only going to last a dozen years.

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That's 1.6 million, uh, just under, per bus.

That's three times the cost of a diesel bus.

And what happened was, first, the battery was recalled, so they could not literally store them inside because of the fire hazard.

And then they found out that, well, that same battery cannot charge in temperatures that are less than 41 degrees, which, lo and behold, happens in Vermont.

And so these buses are completely sidelined until they get a software update, which we're told would happen in the next 12 to 24 months.And it is a massive, massive waste of money, and it's all to virtue signal, right? This is not...

There, there are products that are available to drive people around that do not require to be charged and can still work in under 41 degrees, but they had to have these and spend more of our money to do it.

It's only gonna last a dozen years.