http://twitchy.com/brettt/2025/06/10/usa-today-explains-why-burning-evs-isnt-a-good-idea-n2414076
USA TODAY has been coming out with the hot takes recently. They recently published an opinion piece on how Simone Biles (who has since walked back her position) showed her greatness again in standing up for transgender community, reporting that "there is no scientific evidence that transgender woman athletes have an advantage over cisgender athletes." USA TODAY then went for another ratio record, posting that a certain "Maryland father" was on his way back to the country, leaving out that he was returning to the United States to face charges of human trafficking.
USA TODAY and other outlets have noted that a handful of Waymo self-driving cars have been set ablaze in the Los Angeles riots.
USA TODAY Video (@usatodayvideo) ~ Waymo autonomous taxis were vandalized and set ablaze by LA protesters. Video shows the charred remains of the vehicles.
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/1932444541371531669
"The cars were vandalized and ignited during anti-ICE protests, according to the LAPD." Good sourcing, there.
Elizabeth Weise writes that setting electric vehicles isn't a good idea ... not because torching cars is illegal and stupid, but because of the effect on the climate.
USA Today is a pathetic rag, so I expect this kind of inspid pablum from them. Uh, Ms. Weise ... your lame article truly missed the mark ... not because you pointed out that burning EVs arguably put off more toxic fumes than that of burning gasoline-powered vehicles and that extinguishing an EV fire requires different firefighting techniques - this is true - but, you blatantly omitted (which I presume was premeditated on your part) any mention of the crucial element at the core of this story - that LAWLESS THUGS SHOULD NOT BE SETTING FIRE TO ANY VEHICLES - EV OR OTHERWISE - IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, PERIOD, END OF STORY! Fumes from a burning EV might be more toxic, but burning gasoline-powered cars also produces toxic fumes that are bad for people and the environment. Not to mention that it is also an act of felony arson, you stupid slut.
Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) ~ USA Today: “Waymos are being torched in LA. Why burning EVs isn't a good idea.”
“Electric vehicle fires can burn hotter and more intensely than gasoline-fueled cars, if their batteries catch fire ... EV fires can release gases such as hydrogen fluoride, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, and metal-based particulates…firefighters are at special risk due to the frequency and intensity of their exposure to EV fires.”
So, Ms. Weise ... is your unwritten contention that the rioters should really focus their efforts on torching gasoline-powered vehicles, instead? Is that your implication ... all in the name of saving the environment?
So maybe setting EVs on fire isn't such a good idea because burning cars in a riot isn't such a good idea.
Oooh ... now THERE is a NOVEL concept ... for dipsh!t Democrats, anyway.
American (@AmericanEighth) ~ Never let a crisis go to waste.
garbage woman (@ctx422) ~ Rioting is also not a good idea. But, stupid is as stupid does.
Joe (@JoeP1234566789) ~ Are they suggesting burning non-electric cars is a good idea?
Holy Toledo (@Holy2ledo) ~ It’s never been about the climate.
Scotty P (@Steve49216401) ~ No worries, “just people having fun.” #Idiot.
It was a mostly peaceful protest, just “a bunch of people having fun watching cars burn.”
Weimdog (@weimdog) ~ Hopefully, the rioters were breathing in deeply.
With THIS, I wholeheartedly concur. I so hope that all of the rioters were breathing very deeply around the EVs that they torched.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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