MLG symposium on transportation omits the one technology New Mexicans actually use to get around

New Mexico Gov. Lujan Grisham isn’t giving up on her EV agenda in the wake of Trump’s presidential win (and the likelihood that Trump will abandon the left’s push for EV’s). EV sales in New Mexico currently account for less than 5% of overall vehicle sales, but they are MLG’s top priority regardless. That clearly shows in the agenda for her recent “Symposium on the Future of Transportation in New Mexico”

The first three panels were as follows: Grid Modernization & Resilience, Charging Network & EV Infrastructure, Electrification of Transportation Fleets.

Other panels included a useful panel on procurement and then two which claim to address various aspects of “climate change.”

What about New Mexico’s deteriorating roads and infrastructure? Should New Mexico be taxing EV’s a a means of generating revenue for road maintenance? What about the costly and carbon spewing Rail Runner and its future? What about the existing technologies like the internal combustion engine and how it is continuously being improved to be cleaner?  What about hydrogen vehicles and other non-electric cars?

Nope. Nothing on any of that. Just more obsession with EV’s and “climate change.” Next time you drive over a pot hole or are stuck in traffic, blame MLG.