In this week’s episode of ‘The Spirit Campfire,’ Ted Nugent voiced strong opinions against electric vehicles (EVs), labeling them as a ‘scam’ and harmful to the environment. He said:
“Electric vehicles are a scam! You have to be mentally ill to believe in electric vehicles. You have to be a numb nut to believe that wind turbines are better than coal or, oil or, natural gas, or propane. You have to have s**t for brains to believe this global warming bulls**t. If you believe it, you have s**t for brains! While you were sleeping, someone opened your skull and took a dump in your skull. You have s**t for brains.”
The singer went on to express disapproval of the growing support for electric cars and renewable energy:
“The EV move is the rape of the environment. The wind turbines are the rape of the environment and the rape of our tax dollars. The solar panels are the rape of agriculture, the rape of the environment, the rape of our tax dollars! If you believe the electric vehicle is the answer, you’re a rapist of the environment and of the American Dream.”
Why Is The Singer Against EVs?
Previously, on an episode of ‘The Nightly Nuge’ in 2022, Nugent detailed his criticism of electric vehicles, citing the environmental impact of mining for the rare metals needed for lithium batteries. He explained:
“Let’s examine the science, shall we? Where does all the lithium come from, our enemies, and what happens to that toxic environmental-destroying lithium after the batteries go bad, green-breath dirtbags. You’ve gotta be kidding me.”
Saying EVs were worse for nature than petrol cars, the singer added:
“I just had my fleet of Ford Broncos returned, so they get exactly eight hundred and forty yards to the gallon because even if Uncle Ted put the pedal to the metal and just burned all the fossil fuels I could possibly scorch the earth with, I would never catch up with the environmental destruction and the toxicity that is gonna be created by the creation, deployment, and maintenance of all those wind turbines, the creation, the deployment and maintenance of all those solar panels and the creation and the earth-destroying resource raping and pillaging that goes into creating electric cars.”
He Doesn’t Like The New Climate Change Policies
Nugent also stood against the Green New Deal proposals that suggested a transition to renewable energy and resource efficiency with investments in tools like electric cars in 2019. He commented:
“You’ve got to be kidding me. You’ve gotta have a sunbaked turd for a brain to believe any of this absolute left-wing, communist, greedy, Bill Gates, corrupt government monster that they’re creating with the so-called Green New Deal. It’s the worst thing in the history of environmental pollution — way worse than the Industrial Revolution.”
You can listen to Ted Nugent’s recent words on the topic here.
