People arguing about the price of gas, but as soon as someone mentions driving an EV they're "stupid" and woke
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If you're "solution" is for big government to come in and use our tax dollars to artificially reduce the price of the fuel that is already obsolete and actively destroying our planet, then I don't think it's a great solution.
A better solution is to work on getting off of the obsolete fuel source and work towards better ones. EVs do exactly that. Embrace new ideas, don't cling to outdated ones.
Oh, that's not my solution.
I'm just saying that there is a solution that would be satisfactory to those who think this way. I have an 11 year old ICE car that's remarkably fuel efficient. The average cost of gas has driven my usual fill up about $20. I used to be able to fill up for a bit over $40, now I'm paying a bit shy of $60 for the same thing. I'm largely unaffected. I suspect the loudest people complaining about gas prices drive F150 and larger engined vehicles.... Where a 50% uptick in cost, is more like $70. They don't go any farther on a tank than my little 1.5L 4cyl can, they just pay more because TRUCK.
See, I get down voted frequently because I approach issues from a neutral perspective, and I can see the arguments on both sides and make very neutrally biased comments... Then people brigade in thinking I'm making a statement, which I didn't and never meant to imply, and my vote count goes straight to hell for it.
I'm literally only pointing out that there is a solution that satisfies all parties. Which isn't to say, nor imply that either I think that should happen, or will happen, or even if I think it's a good idea to pursue. Yet, everyone likes to draw conclusions on what I think for simply pointing out that there are facts to the matter.
For the record, I'm very much in favor of EVs. I'm not convinced that Tesla's way of doing things is the right way, but I have to give them credit for basically proving the naysayers wrong, and making EVs viable above all questioning. Both for consumer transportation and now they're going after trucks and they inspired Ford to put out the F-150 lighting. That's progress. There's bigger fish to fry than consumer vehicles, even just talking about the transportation sector, but I'll refrain from commenting further on it since it is not material to the point. What is material to the point is that EVs are a good step in the right direction.
The oil industry has tried to kill EVs for a long time, and they were successful for a long time until Tesla shook things up. The oil companies had no real way to fight against Tesla making EVs.... Now that electric vehicles have proven themselves, there's no looking back. EVs will be the way forward. Battery tech might change, and the way we charge them may change, hell, even how we store energy for use may be completely different (like with fuel cell EVs).... Who knows? But cars driven by electric motors will not be going away. Anyone in opposition needs to either get on board or get out of the way, because they're on the wrong side of history.
There were people that opposed "horseless carriages" back in the day too.... We all know how that worked out.