Living Under the Deception of Doing Good

One thing I've always wondered about was the claim my father-in-law so ardently "crowed" about back in the '80s was that initially a new product - his example was the digital wristwatch - was always more expensive until mass production made it cheaper. At first digital watches were hundreds of dollars to buy, but after a few years when they were almost everywhere they were going for only $20.00. So, I wondered, why didn't this also apply buying automobiles. Despite their being mass produced, my speculation for their continued increasing cost was that it was the inclusion of the latest technology for that time. However, there's a hidden factor which most aren't really aware of are the federal regulations imposed on auto manufactures.

The automobile is unarguably one of America's threads in its cultural fabric. However, with the current shift created by the bureaucrats in the EPA and a few other federal agencies, cars have been changing; especially with the advent of electric cars becoming the "trend" with the "greenies" today. Garmans were once "the" gadget to add into your car for navigating. Now they're built into the auto by the manufacturer. But the rapid change has occurred so fast that we're soon to see driverless cars on the road in the next few years, completely eliminating the need for collecting taxes for a 19th century technology - light rail systems - for solving a 21st century problem; commute traffic congestion.

Prager U has put out a new video pointing out the fallacy that those who buy electric cars are helping to save the planet from ultimate destruction by reducing CO2 emissions. However, studies have revealed that the manufacture of the batteries which power electric cars produce just as much, if not more, of the "greenhouse gasses" as conventional petrol based vehicles. So, the public is very deceptively being sold a "bill of goods" which are actually resulting in the "good" their being told is happening.