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RE: Electric Vehicles Will Decimate Oil

in #technology7 years ago

Yes, but the VAST majority of rural people do not live on ranches or farms. I grew up rural in Alberta. Seriously, like 5% of rural people need a truck. Maybe 25% actually own a truck. Most drive cars. All the situations you described apply only to a tiny minority of people. Go drive out in the country, you'll quickly find 95% of people are doing none of the things you described.

EVs will still take over those jobs easily. EVs are so much cheaper to run and range is getting so long. A Tesla can already run 550 kilometers, and in 3 years we'll have tons of EVs in the 500 to 600 kilometers range. It might mean rural people take longer to adopt them, but its hardly an unstoppable roadblock.