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RFK Jr.: It Would Be Better if ‘Everybody Got Measles’

Not supporting this dude, but I watched the whole video and he never once said it would be better if everyone got measles. Maybe I missed it; if so, please correct me. He mentioned a waning effect with the vaccine vs full-blown infection, which I highly doubt is accurate (I'll research it later), but that's a massive stretch to get to the headline. He even recommended vaccines and said they will be available for free to anyone that needs them. I've gotten a little lazy in fact checking left leaning stuff because I always felt it was a little more trustworthy. I'm just starting to wonder how much I've been blindly accepting because it conforms to my biases.

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For most US drivers, EVs offer emissions benefits and cost savings

Love my EV. For my use case, it's great. A couple things to watch out for that factor into cost calculations : Home charging is almost a requirement. Fast charging is almost as expensive as gas (probably because they've dialed it in to be so), slow charging is, well, slow. You really have to plan around slow charging.

I just had to renew my tag and my other vehicles were $21. My EV was $255. The logic is, since EVs are paying for tax on fuel to go towards road works, they have to make up for it elsewhere. I'm fine with this, but I don't drive a lot in a year and $255 is way more than the tax I would have spent for gas. Also, I'm pretty sure gas tax has been suspended in my state. So I'm subsidizing the cost for ICE vehicles. Check your state for rules.

Lastly, (and this may be more impactful for my EV which is kinda performance biased) driving Interstate miles eats up your range a lot more. I used to put the cruise control on 75 MPH pretty much all the time. I've found 65-67 is about the break even point to get the miles I should.