Bonchie at RedState beat me to this, including calculating the distance from Detroit to D.C.

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Wait just a bit, your majesty, and we’ll be back running down peasants in no time

Marie Antoinette has investigated high gas prices, and is amused

Her aide drove her from her country estate to the palace the other day, and they didn’t pay a livre

I checked the mileage from Detroit to D.C., and it clocks in at about 520 miles. Given the traffic she likely hit along the way through various major cities, it’s probable she had to find a place to charge at least twice, depending on what kind of electric car she has. Even assuming no lines, that would have added hours to her trip. So, the idea that she just sailed home is obviously bunk.

Regardless, if someone wants to buy an electric car, I’m actually all for that. More power to those who can afford them and whose families (or lack thereof) make them somewhat practical.

But the snobbish elitism on display is astonishing. What about the single mother who has $8,000 to get a used car with? What electric vehicle can she buy, given the median price on one is over $55,000? Heck, even if someone gave that single mother an EV, how would she charge it at her apartment?

Or what about the contractor who needs a pickup truck? Is he expected to wait around two years for a Ford Lightning to be delivered? And that’s assuming he can make do with a half ton.

The point is that this message of “just go buy an electric car” is insulting and completely devoid of reality. It’s also incredibly dumb politically. Democrats that keep pushing such nonsense deserve the shellacking that is coming. Electric vehicles may have their place, but they are not a replacement for smart energy policy.

[FWIW]: In the good old days, before, first, bicycles in the late 180s and, later, cars, the majority of peasants in Europe and the United States rarely traveled more than 5-10 miles from their village in their lifetimes. There are people who saw nothing wrong with that then, and who’d like it even more today; keep ‘em down on the farm, where they can be kept track of, monitored, and controlled. Just ask Xi Jinping.