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gazter@aussie.zone 3 days agoGood 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 3 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.
gazter@aussie.zone 3 days ago
It’s fairly straightforward- if a new car is an EV, consumption will be less than if that car was ICE.
someguy3@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Not when we go to SUVs, growing population, and growing car ownership per capita.
Again it’s the scale timeframe and policy. People talk as if Biden failed because has consumption is up. Ok last explanation. He implements the impossible policy of 100% EV sales in 4 years. The result? Gas consumption is the same. See 250 million cars explanation. And people yell that he failed and it’s so easy. Reality is he succeeded and people are using the wrong metrics.
gazter@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Ok, I can see you aren’t interested in debating this.