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Energy Independence

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The long-held goal of “energy independence”—which is not to say that we did not import or export energy, but that we produced more energy than we used.

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Which is why there is no real “emerging market” for EVs in the United States as much as there’s an industrial policy in place that props up EVs with government purchases, propaganda, endless state subsidies, cronyism, taxpayer-backed loans, and edicts. The green “revolution” is an elite-driven, top-down technocratic project.

And it’s increasingly clear that the only reason giant rent-seeking carmakers are so heavily invested in EV development is that government is promising to artificially limit the production of gas-powered cars.

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[–] squashkin@exploding-heads.com 1 points 1 year ago

the tech hasnt really changed in a century

my take is EVs and gas are both just tools that can be used whenever appropriate

ebikes are a great EV-like tool for short distances (or regular bike if ya wanna)

for a while the narrative was EVs were superior suppressed tech, now theyre being sold as overpriced tech. my take is it's probably possible to build decent EVs like the aptera solarmobile

and then there's hybrids

and then there's cars that run on biofuel

maybe more options to consider than EV vs GAS