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On the recordFebruary 2, 2021
If we disenfranchise a lot of the power sources that we can make cleaner in the process, I am talking natural gas and coal, that now provides our baseline fuel, I mean our baseline power here in this country, we are going to stick the plug in and try to power the vehicle and there is not going to be enough power.
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Shelley Capito
Republican · West Virginia

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Capito warns about potential power shortages when transitioning to electric vehicles.

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