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It’s a clickbait title. More appropriate clickbait would be “the United States becomes the #1 producer of oil while China rushes to electric vehicles”, busses
by melling 8y ago
It’s a clickbait title. More appropriate clickbait would be “the United States becomes the #1 producer of oil while China rushes to electric vehicles”, busses and cars:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-autos-electric/china-targets-35-million-vehicle-sales-by-2025-nevs-to-make-up-one-fifth-idUSKBN17R086 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-autos-electric/chin...
- crumpets 8y agoThat revision is still clickbait. The US being the #1 producer of oil doesn’t say anything about usage. Example: a country could simultaneously be a low user while being a huge producer - Norway.
- melling 8y agoI understand your made up hypothetical example but it has no value. Wouldn’t it be more worthwhile to deal with reality? The US is by far the largest consumer of oil and we love large vehicles. https://qz.com/1344537/by-2020-suvs-could-make-up-50-of-us-car-sales/ https://qz.com/1344537/by-2020-suvs-could-make-up-50-of-us-c...
- buzzerbetrayed 8y agoWhy do we need to include the US in the title at all when the story is about e buses in China?