> Biofuels are basically dead because they cost more to produce than gasoline and people aren't going to accept an increase in energy costs. That's simply not

> Biofuels are basically dead because they cost more to produce than gasoline and people aren't going to accept an increase in energy costs. That's simply not factual for ethanol. Also, the blanket term "biofuels" isn't particularly useful here because it can mean many things. I'm talking strictly about ethanol. Not biodiesel, not methanol, not LPNG. > Electric vehicles are now viable specifically because they have a lower cost per mile than gasoline. Even if that were to remain true, sorry, I'm not getting another car loan to replace a car that's already working. That's the reality for the vast majority of people. EVs need to come further down in price by far. > The average car is around 12 years old, implying that if we replaced all new cars with electric, we'd have replaced at least half of them within 12 years. Half of people aren't going to trade in for EVs within 12 years unless the price is right. The prices for even used EVs aren't anywhere near where they need to be for people who live outside the elite bubble. As long as used cars and aftermarket parts can be sold, people will run all the remaining ICVs into the ground, and that can take a very long time with modern vehicles even when treating them like crap. > Finding a good deal on a used electric car isn't that easy right now because there aren't that many of them, which changes the more new cars are electric. Those deals have never been easy to find, but the promise of affordable EVs has always been "just around the corner." I'll wait for EVs to make financial sense in the short term future, but I won't count on it.