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What if there's an easier, cheaper, more effective way to cut emissions? What if, instead of faster chargers, we pushed for SLOWER gas pumps?
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Hear me out: instead of faster chargers, we should lobby for SLOWER gas pumps
Jo Borrás | Oct 11 2025 - 8:40 pm PT
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Utilities, state governments, and private developers are racing to roll out faster, more powerful EV chargers. At the same time, automakers and tech giants across the globe are pouring billions into R&D to develop batteries that can take ever-higher levels of power. But what if there’s a better, easier, cheaper, and
more effective way to cut emissions?
What if, instead of faster chargers, we pushed for SLOWER gas pumps?
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The pitch
Gavin Newsom high-fives JB Pritzker; by ChatGPT.
The basic idea is this: instead of “just” asking for utility rate-payers and State or local governments to help cover the costs of rolling out an increasingly huge EV charging infrastructure that
will never be big enough to convince the red hats it’s ready, anyway, we focus our lobbying efforts on slower gas pumps in blue states. Like,
significantly slower gas pumps.
By reducing the maximum pumping speed from 10 gpm to 3 gpm, we could increase the minimum time to fill up a half-ton Ford F-150’s 36 gallon fuel tank (yes,
really) from under four minutes to nearly
twelve (12). Factor in the longer wait times ICE-vehicles would have to endure waiting in line to refuel, as well, and we’re talking about a 20-30 minute turnaround time to go from just 10% to a usable 80-or-90% fill.