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I think the bigger joke is not facing for how you'll get electricity in the future, or how much it will cost. About 80% of electricity in the US is produced wit
by wakawaka28 2y ago
I think the bigger joke is not facing for how you'll get electricity in the future, or how much it will cost. About 80% of electricity in the US is produced with fossil fuels. And this demand is expected to skyrocket with AI and EV demand. There will be no carbon reduction with EVs, at least for probably a hundred years (if ever) because of how much infrastructure has to be replaced and upgraded to support the dream of zero carbon. We're talking about hundreds of nuclear power plants, distribution hubs, upgraded roads and parking structures, not to mention replacing all the cars with much heavier and resource-intensive EVs. Heavy equipment and trucks won't make sense to convert to EVs, notwithstanding some huge battery breakthroughs that we don't foresee.
I do think oil scarcity could be a major problem, but if that starts to happen in our lifetimes then electric vehicles won't need to be mandated. They will be the more economical choice naturally at some point.