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Photonic@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s a tag team match with the oil companies, carmakers and the AI companies on one side and consumers on the other.
Comment on We have brownouts in the summer and Kevin O'Leary wants a Data Center built here.
Photonic@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s a tag team match with the oil companies, carmakers and the AI companies on one side and consumers on the other.
IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I’d put a bit of an asterisk beside the carmarkers. In most cases, they are only pro gas due to demand and cost. For the most part, they are perfectly willing to switch if they know the sales will be there.
Zorque@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I mean there’s supply chain stuff, too. Isn’t that why Toyota dragged it’s feet so long? They were also pushing hydrogen over straight EV, weren’t they?
IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
That probably factors into it too. The automakers have always preferred to have strong control over their suppliers, and doubly so after they played themselves with the chip makers during the pandemic. Battery plants take time to bring online, and unfortunately Trump’s bullshit kicked into high gear just as capacity was coming online, giving everyone cold feet.