Another government "scam" is the companies have to show that a certain % of their rides are electric for some ridiculous reason. They rent electeic cars (one way Hertz gets use of their Teslas) to drivers at a decent discount and the drivers get a small bump in the rate. This way the company complies with the latest nonsensical regulation and the drivers appear to be making good money. It's a actually just a rental.
I was recently enlightened in this area. It goes much deeper. IIRC it goes something like this [I just pulled these names out of thin air as an example): (Note I think it is a crock, but far above my pay grade and unless financial or political SHTF not going away I believe)
- GoPro wants to sell their new thing. The powers that be have dictated certain %'s be green/carbon neutral.
Think of it as the new CAFE
- The %'s are not straight... The company's HQ may have their own internal % target of say 10%. The location of their HQ may call for 20%. Their #1 distributor Amazon may require 15%. Plus there are other incentives, penalties etc. It's getting even crazier with future predictions that CA may have a % mandate for goods to be even sold in their state.
- they cannot simply buy enough "Carbon Credits" (Another crock) and/or it is not financially feasable
- So, they have to find all kinds of ways to get these magical %'s (Like auto manufacturers trying to get MPGs; A little here, a little there, every facet from Corporate to suppliers is measured (The suppliers are really going to get beat up on this)
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Employees on duty travel: take a Uber Tesla vs the rental Corolla
o Employers pony up a couple bucks for charging stations at the office
o The materials and components flowing into the factory and even on their "Last mile" for distribution: Of course there are no Tesla tractor trailers or 747's BUT, Go Pro dictates the freight forwarders contribute a % so they actually pay the airlines and trucking companies more to buy
SAF "Sustainable Aviation Fuel" [or bio diesel for the trucks].
- It gets even crazier and further down the rabbit hole: Say the airline flying a component to the factory from wherever cannot actually source the SAF at the origin, no problem, they fill up with the regular Jet-A. BUT sell off SAF they already purchased to someone else at the same rate a cheaper Jet-A (Basically subsidizing the higher cost of SAF and having someone else burn it for them in lieu of Jet-A)