host: your calls and comes for robert meyer, welcome. (202) 748-8001, the republican line. democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents and all others, (202) 748-8002. mark is on the republican line, good morning. caller: good morning. you know what i would like to bring up? the fact whenever there is a talk about climate change or climate issues, what is always left out, what is always omitted from the conversation is when you words -- you use words like tax credits for buying an electric vehicle, or we are going to subsidize things. you know, that is kind of like a soft way of saying we are going to soak the american taxpayer for this. what is going to happen is, people in the lowest tax bracket, people who make less than $40,000 a year or not -- are not going to be able to buy an elective vehicle. their tax money is going to go, by force, to people who cannot afford to buy an electric vehicle. the whole thing with the climate is, i wish you would come out and say what it really is. the people who are behind this, literally believe there are too many people on this planet. whe

. >> our guest is robert meyer, founding executive editor of heat math news. were talking about the inflation reduction act, climate visions and some of the provisions implemented over the past year. we welcome your calls and comments. excuse me, that is the republican line. 202-748-8000 four democrats. and for independents, 202-748-8002. you've delineated which ones were eligible for the tax credit. at the time or shortly thereafter a number of manufacturers, european, were concerned that they were being shut out of the market. it has that been resolved? >> somewhat resolved but foreign manufacturers are opening in the united states. they've seen how the law works. they are playing along. there is another provision that gets talked about s, $7,500 credit for leasing in electric vehicle. and none of the domestic requirements apply because any electric vehicle will qualify. one thing we've seen is the number of leases have increased. vw, most of the electric cars, what would look like a new vehicle is happening through leasing because they have to get that cred