Electric Cars Won’t Save Us [Part 1]
Update: 2024-04-241
Description
The government is forcing me to buy an electric vehicle even though it emits more than a Ford F-350 truck smoking an unfiltered cigarette. COMMUNISM!
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CREDITS
- Created by: Rollie Williams, Nicole Conlan & Ben Boult
- Hosts: Rollie Williams & Nicole Conlan
- Executive Producer: Ben Boult
- Producer: Gregory Haddock
- Editor: Brittany Terrell
- Researchers: Carly Rizzuto, Canute Haroldson & James Crugnale
- Art: Jordan Doll
- Music: Tony Domenick
- Special thanks: The Civil Liberties Defense Center
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