Biden Energy Secretary on Colonial Pipeline: If You Drove an Electric Car, Not a Problem

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Colonial Pipeline Crisis: If You Drove an Electric Car, ‘This Would Not Be Affecting You’

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EDITOR’S NOTE – Someone should point out to Secretary Granholm that “if you drove an electric car” during Texas’s big power outage in February 2021, a full charge would have cost you $900?

Secretary of the Department of Energy Jennifer Granholm said at a press conference at the White House on Tuesday that people who are driving electric cars are not affected by the hacker-forced shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline.

“I just have a question for each of you. I’ll start with you, Secretary Granholm, because ladies first,” a reporter asked. “Obviously, we have the acute issues with the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack. But looking more holistically in a macro view, how does this speed up the efforts at DOE to move in more of a renewable direction since this is going to have an impact on people at the pump?”

“Yeah, I mean, we obviously are ‘all in’ on making sure that we meet the President’s goals of getting to 100 percent clean electricity by 2035 and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050,” Granholm said. “And, you know, if you drive an electric car, this would not be affecting you, clearly. “

“But it’s just — it’s another — it’s — I don’t want to — this company is acting in a responsible way,” Granholm said. “They took their pipeline down so that the ransomware would not spread. And so, up to this point, they have — they’re carefully reviewing so that they’re doing this in a responsible way.”

“The broader issue is a very important issue,” Granholm said. “It’s an issue for the president’s priority and the American Jobs Plan — the issue of investing in a transmission grid, for example, so that you don’t have the cyber issues associated with it.”

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1 Comment on Biden Energy Secretary on Colonial Pipeline: If You Drove an Electric Car, Not a Problem

  1. Oh yeah, that’s a great way to handle an emergency. Use a snide remark while ignoring the situation. In addition to that, her incompetence and ignorance are showing. The vast majority of electricity is generated by the use of hydrocarbon fuels, often incorrectly referred to by people who don’t know as “fossil fuels”. She is not fit to hold her position. Then again, no one in the Biden administration is fit to hold their position.

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