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someguy3@lemmy.world 4 days agodiesel engine that uses less diesel
I think we’re at pretty marginal improvements for efficiency, and it’s overshadowed by the move to SUVs anway. I think it doesn’t amount to much for this 10,000 ft view kind of discussion.
Hybrids can do it, but I’m ‘ehhh’ on the whole concept.
gazter@aussie.zone 4 days ago
I’m still trying to understand what you’re saying about needing to stop producing any ice cars if we are to reduce consumption.
someguy3@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Let’s say there are 250 million ice cars on the street. Ice sales stop. The next day how many ice cars are on the street? 250 million. Gas consumption is the same. You then have to wait (what everyone hates in our now now now world) for ice cars to wear out and inventory to turn over to see any decline in gas.
gazter@aussie.zone 4 days ago
Good point, and well made. However, ICE cars are already wearing out. 250 million ICE cars on the road. ICE sales stop. The next day, some of those 250 million cars wear out. Gas consumption goes down.
someguy3@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Yeah but it’s the scale and timeframe. People talk like they expect gas consumption to go down now. It’s all over the place. They talk as if a few EVs will cause gas consumption to go down, and it’s so easy why aren’t we doing it already. The reality is it needs to be 100% EV sales for that to happen.
And it’s also policy. We’re not going to get 100% EV sales any time soon. So gas consumption will go up. Pretty much anything short of 100% ev sales means our gas consumption goes up. Combined with growing population, yeah more consumption.