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Lulu KC

(2,574 posts)
Tue Oct 29, 2019, 09:59 AM Oct 2019

I shouldn't have been surprised--EVs and government facilities

I was talking to someone last night who works for the U.S.government at a huge center with thousands of employees. I think the building might be LEED certified. It was built about 12+/- years ago. I asked where the chargers are for employees with electric vehicles. There are NONE.

I remember a time of prominent sustainability experts working on the "Green White House" in the late 80s/early 90s. I looked this up and realized it is, of course, dead in the water thanks to you-know-who. Why am I surprised? Not only are they not encouraging the use of evs for employees, opportunities for cost savings and policy having anything to do with climate change are over, too.

https://www.sustainability.gov

Love, Debbie Downer

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I shouldn't have been surprised--EVs and government facilities (Original Post) Lulu KC Oct 2019 OP
The traffic going in to the military bases mirrors that... RainCaster Oct 2019 #1
If there's one institution that should benefit from EVs, it's the Post Office. eppur_se_muova Oct 2019 #2
Yes--so true! n/t Lulu KC Oct 2019 #3

eppur_se_muova

(36,299 posts)
2. If there's one institution that should benefit from EVs, it's the Post Office.
Wed Oct 30, 2019, 11:59 AM
Oct 2019

Mail delivery routes are relatively short, predictable, and except in the most rural areas, purely local. I haven't heard of any use of EV's by USPS even here in the TVA area, where electricity is cheap.

I note that UPS has an actual EV strategy; apparently the USPS is forbidden to have one. Maybe after that pension fund is fully pre-funded, they can turn their attention to less urgent structural investments.

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