{"id":1562603,"date":"2022-07-20T09:36:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T13:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1562603"},"modified":"2022-07-20T09:49:24","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T13:49:24","slug":"the-more-pain-buttigieg-says-high-gas-prices-will-incentivize-people-to-go-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-more-pain-buttigieg-says-high-gas-prices-will-incentivize-people-to-go-green\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The More Pain\u2019: Buttigieg Says High Gas Prices Will Incentivize People To Go Green"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-more-pain-buttigieg-says-high-gas-prices-will-incentivize-people-to-go-green%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1562603&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-20-at-9.20.15-AM-e1658323371282.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg suggested Tuesday that Americans will be incentivized to buy electric vehicles if they keep feeling the pain at the pump.<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg said high gas prices are actually a much-needed push as he testified before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on the Biden administration\u2019s transition toward \u201cclean energy production.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe more pain we are all experiencing from the high price of gas, the more benefit there is for those who can access electric vehicles,\u201d Buttigieg said, when asked how Americans can offset financial difficulties faced at the pump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you\u2019re saying the more pain we have, the more benefit we\u2019re gonna get?\u201d Republican Florida Rep. Carlos Gimenez asked, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/pete-buttigieg-blasted-touting-benefit-electric-vehicle-owners-pain-high-gas-prices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox News<\/a>. \u201cI think that\u2019s what I heard you say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course \u2013 no, no, that\u2019s what you heard me say. I know you want me to say it so bad but honestly, sir, what we\u2019re saying is we could have no pain at all by making EVs cheaper for everyone,\u201d Buttigieg reportedly said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would take four times as much electricity to charge the average household\u2019s cars as the average household uses on air conditioning,\u201d Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie later told Buttigieg. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/29\/ludicrous-buttigieg-watches-as-manchin-throws-cold-water-on-bidens-ev-dreams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Ludicrous\u2019: Buttigieg Watches As Manchin Throws Cold Water On Biden\u2019s EV Dreams)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg\u2019s comment sparked pushback, with Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz claiming that the point is cruel.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The cruelty is the point. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lgARQv36Wd\">https:\/\/t.co\/lgARQv36Wd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1549465383085789184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/29\/pete-buttigieg-electric-vehicles-cost-gasoline-prices-americans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buttigieg<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/07\/pete-buttigieg-buying-charging-electric-cars-evs-gas-prices-surge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previously suggested<\/a> Americans should try to save money on gas by purchasing an electric vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The average price of an <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/08\/electric-vehicle-deforestation-global-climate-pledges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">electric vehicle<\/a> was $56,437 in November 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/eight-straight-new-vehicle-prices-mark-another-record-high-in-november-2021-according-to-kelley-blue-book-301442015.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to Kelley Blue Book. The average price jumped 6.2% from the same month in the previous year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;So you&#8217;re saying the more pain we have, the more benefit we&#8217;re gonna get?&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1562603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1562603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1562603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1562603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1562603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}