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Miguelito Loveless

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42. Oh, the planet is hosed

Tue May 5, 2026, 04:15 PM

10 hrs ago

Our chance to stave off the worst of climate change came and went a decade ago. Oil has LOTs of other uses beside plastics, which makes it valuable to burn, but stupid people are stupid.

As to batteries, we are now moving away from volatile battery chemistry chock for of high cost metals like, nickel, cobalt, manganese etc, and moving into sodium and iron.

For the survivors of the climate cataclysm, there is hope for a cleaner future.

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Ahh, yes... LakeVermilion 19 hrs ago #1

My neighbors just bought an EV, spurred by the spike in gas prices. SunSeeker 19 hrs ago #2

When we stop using fossil fuels, all this goes away. All the oil powers are the ones doing ALL of this. Scrivener7 19 hrs ago #3

Since the sun shines and the wind blows nearly everywhere paleotn 17 hrs ago #12

I have had solar and EVs Miguelito Loveless 13 hrs ago #29

I love apartment living, but this is one area of drawback. We don't have enough roof space to power Scrivener7 5 hrs ago #48

And I bet you have a solar clothes dryer too airplaneman 16 min ago #49

Chris Hayes had a segment about this last week Deminpenn 18 hrs ago #4

Are oil executives still happy with the Gropenfuhrer? KS Toronado 18 hrs ago #5

Just wait until you see Exxon's profits for this quarter and you will know.... Ol Janx Spirit 18 hrs ago #8

EV trucks? Conjuay 15 hrs ago #23

Yes, they do exist--which is great--but only in very limited capacity at the moment, and scaling... Ol Janx Spirit 14 hrs ago #28

Their joy will be short term Miguelito Loveless 13 hrs ago #30

All those things are true, but the oil industry is still looking at a long time horizon... Ol Janx Spirit 12 hrs ago #37

Oh, the planet is hosed Miguelito Loveless 10 hrs ago #42

Which is one of the more urgent reasons to rapidly develop EV technology: anything... Ol Janx Spirit 6 hrs ago #47

The gasoline that was at $2.79 now selling north of $4.50 with NO CAPITAL COSTS to them.... ALL PROFIT dave99 8 hrs ago #45

US oil and Russia are the big beneficiaries. tinrobot 15 hrs ago #24

Reddit is full of threads about EVs right now Johnny2X2X 18 hrs ago #6

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You don't...but JPK 17 hrs ago #11

Got it! kcoates 17 hrs ago #15

Depends on the way the houses/streets are configured tinrobot 15 hrs ago #25

So you can charge at home. Johnny2X2X 17 hrs ago #16

I would also point out Miguelito Loveless 12 hrs ago #32

Yeah, I will buy lightly used for sure Johnny2X2X 12 hrs ago #38

By that time Miguelito Loveless 10 hrs ago #41

Yeah Johnny2X2X 10 hrs ago #44

Technically, you just need somewhere to plug in Miguelito Loveless 13 hrs ago #31

I have a 2019 Chevy Volt JPK 18 hrs ago #9

I buy gas for my Volt about once a year. Thunderbeast 14 hrs ago #27

My wife and I had a Volt Miguelito Loveless 12 hrs ago #33

Hopefully, maybe EVs will come down in price. mwmisses4289 17 hrs ago #10

New, they can be pricy JPK 17 hrs ago #13

The have been coming down for a while, and used EVs can be a real bargain. tinrobot 15 hrs ago #26

Buy used Miguelito Loveless 12 hrs ago #34

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Thanks for the OP. We really don't hear much about how TSFs war on renewables and EVs is making wiggs 17 hrs ago #17

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"internal consumption engines"? Interesting typo. Maybe Autocorrupt? CaptainTruth 15 hrs ago #22

I dipped my toe in with a hybrid. boston bean 12 hrs ago #36

How long ago Miguelito Loveless 10 hrs ago #43

I just bought one. boston bean 7 hrs ago #46

I wish the blockade on fertilizers would result in a move to organic agriculture MadameButterfly 12 hrs ago #39

The Law of Unintended Consequences is kicking in... Wounded Bear 11 hrs ago #40