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And soon they will be owned by oil companies. That’s the point. These large oil companies have so much money they just will buy the companies that run the netwo
by gabereiser 6y ago
And soon they will be owned by oil companies. That’s the point. These large oil companies have so much money they just will buy the companies that run the networks. Throw a dart at any station on chargepoint.com and it could be owned by big oil.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 6y agoDoes that matter? My objection to big oil, such as it is, is the carbon emission/fossil fuel stuff. I don't have a problem with the corporate structures inherently.
- cortesoft 6y agoUnless the artificially keep prices high so as to keep gasoline as a cheaper fuel.
- dmt0 6y agoUnless they artificially keep prices high. Full stop. It's not about gasoline, it's about control over energy in any form, concentrated in a small number of hands.
- nindalf 6y agoLot harder to concentrate when solar power is inherently distributed.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 6y agoThey've not managed to do that with gas. I expect that solar will be much the same.
- xiphias2 6y agoGood luck buying up Tesla.
- gabereiser 6y agoThere’s plenty of other charging station companies they could buy and corner Tesla.