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Don’t worry, they‘re not going to stop making and selling cars with combustion engines in the foreseeable future for the reasons you mentioned. This whole elec
by cbmuser 6y ago
Don’t worry, they‘re not going to stop making and selling cars with combustion engines in the foreseeable future for the reasons you mentioned.
This whole electric car hype exists in wealthy urban bubbles only and only because they are heavily subsidized.
These cars are still not competitive in the market after all these years and they are completely useless in cold or rural regions.
- 29083011397778 6y ago> only because they are heavily subsidized I mean, you're right - electric vehicles are heavily subsidized. But it's not like it's a one way street where ICE cars have no (indirect, in this case) subsidies. The petro industry has its own share of funding and tax breaks, ranging from greenwashing and public imaging [0] to regular old tax breaks [1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Energy_Centre#Funding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Energy_Centre#Funding [1] https://kimsiever.ca/2020/10/20/alberta-oil-gas-firms-get-3-year-tax-break-on-new-wells-and-pipelines/ https://kimsiever.ca/2020/10/20/alberta-oil-gas-firms-get-3-...