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$1.5 million in 1912 is almost $50 million today, so he invested pretty heavily in electric before moving on. Without the benefit of hindsight, it's hard to ima
by sethev 3y ago
$1.5 million in 1912 is almost $50 million today, so he invested pretty heavily in electric before moving on. Without the benefit of hindsight, it's hard to imagine that going differently.
I wonder if anyone at the time had an inkling of the long-term downsides of gasoline powered engines?
- wredue 3y agoClimate change predictions look to have “began” around 10 years after the first patent for gas vehicles, but predate mass production by a decade. There probably wasn’t widespread knowledge at the time of mass production. Then ~70 years ago, vehicle and oil giants absolutely knew what was happening and got the wheels spinning on a massive propaganda machine that continues to thrive today.
- collias 3y agoTo be fair, I'm not sure choosing electric over gasoline cars at that time would have much effect on our current climate situation, assuming equal timelines for renewable tech. All those cars would have needed electricity from somewhere, and at the time, gasoline and coal were pretty cheap ways to generate it.
- Wytwwww 3y agoIt's not like they had solar, wind or nuclear back then. Power was produced by burning coal which isn't that much better than burning gasoline.