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In reply to the discussion: Trump Is Losing a Second War. The Iran debacle is accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels [View all]Johnny2X2X
(24,383 posts)16. So you can charge at home.
It makes it a no brainer IMO if you have a garage so you can charge at home off peak energy price times. It works for a lot of people without garages too, but being able to charge at home is just so much of a game changer.
And what's ignored in most of those threads is that people with EVs love them. Their satisfaction rate is extremely high and people like the performance and the fact that there's less maintenance. It's really a superior technology right now. Simpler and more robust design, less moving parts, more reliable.
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Trump Is Losing a Second War. The Iran debacle is accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels [View all]
applegrove
14 hrs ago
OP
When we stop using fossil fuels, all this goes away. All the oil powers are the ones doing ALL of this.
Scrivener7
13 hrs ago
#3
Just wait until you see Exxon's profits for this quarter and you will know....
Ol Janx Spirit
12 hrs ago
#8
Yes, they do exist--which is great--but only in very limited capacity at the moment, and scaling...
Ol Janx Spirit
8 hrs ago
#28
All those things are true, but the oil industry is still looking at a long time horizon...
Ol Janx Spirit
6 hrs ago
#37
Which is one of the more urgent reasons to rapidly develop EV technology: anything...
Ol Janx Spirit
49 min ago
#47
The gasoline that was at $2.79 now selling north of $4.50 with NO CAPITAL COSTS to them.... ALL PROFIT
dave99
2 hrs ago
#45
Thanks for the OP. We really don't hear much about how TSFs war on renewables and EVs is making
wiggs
11 hrs ago
#17
Renewables are democratic (small-d). And the future, but petro corps and certain countries will
wiggs
11 hrs ago
#18
The War in Iran Is Causing China to Sell So Many Solar Panels That Your Jaw Will Drop
usonian
11 hrs ago
#19
I wish the blockade on fertilizers would result in a move to organic agriculture
MadameButterfly
6 hrs ago
#39