• @ChonkyOwlbear
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      31 year ago

      That’s a balance of politics. Better to be self-sufficient than to depend on other countries for oil. We are still going to be using oil for a while until we create a whole new national infrastructure for electric vehicles and phase out most gas engines.

      • blazera
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        51 year ago

        Yeah we’re gonna continue heating up the planet for a while too.

        • @ChonkyOwlbear
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          11 year ago

          Sure, but there isn’t an alternative. Currently only 4% of US car owners drive an electric car and only 20% of the energy we produce is renewable. Even if we transition as fast as humanly possible, it would take decades.

          • blazera
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            21 year ago

            Other countries seem to be doin a much faster job than us. This dont have shit to do with capabilities.

            • @ChonkyOwlbear
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              11 year ago

              They started earlier. We can’t go back in time. We can only start now.

              • blazera
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                11 year ago

                Millions of acres of new oil drilling is nothing but continuin to put off starting

                • @ChonkyOwlbear
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                  11 year ago

                  It is not to increase consumption. The only difference is the oil used in the US will come from the US, not Saudi Arabia, Russia, etc.

          • @[email protected]OPM
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            21 year ago

            Right. But it doesn’t look like a sudden cut-over; it’ll look like oil use dropping something like 5% each year if we require every new vehicle to be an EV.

            • @vanderstilt
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              11 year ago

              How soon would the supply chains and manufacturing capacity be ready for every vehicle sold in the US to be an ev?

              • @[email protected]OPM
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                Something like 3-5 years if it was mandated and people living ordinary lives lived with mid-sized cars instead of pickup trucks with less ability to spot a kid in front of them than a tank.

                • @vanderstilt
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                  11 year ago

                  Given trends so far you’ll forgive me if I think even 5 years is way too optimistic.

  • @Mojojojo1993
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    61 year ago

    It isn’t. He’s definitely doing a lot better than some. But it’s not going to change the pace we are on for destruction. Gotta really cut into corporations for that.

    Plus Russia has stated it will refuse any measures that cut into its oil business.

    So there’s that