boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago1 in 5 new car sales globally were EVs in 2023, and that's curbed oil demand – IEAelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1504arrow-down115cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmit.onlineevs@lemmy.world
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minus-squareworkerONE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·10 months agoThey’ll lower production to introduce artificial scarcity.
minus-squareVirtualOdour@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down1·10 months agoWhich is amazing news for the planet, they’re greedy though so they’ll probably try and keep it cheap enough to keep people using and maximize profit. It’s going to be interesting when a large enough portion of cars on the road are electric that gas stations start to lose enough business to thin out.
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·10 months ago They’ll lower production to introduce artificial scarcity. Just like they have done many times in the past.
minus-squaregorgori@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·10 months agoThat’s why we need to hit peak oil fast. It will be a definitive fuck you to oil.
They’ll lower production to introduce artificial scarcity.
Which is amazing news for the planet, they’re greedy though so they’ll probably try and keep it cheap enough to keep people using and maximize profit.
It’s going to be interesting when a large enough portion of cars on the road are electric that gas stations start to lose enough business to thin out.
Just like they have done many times in the past.
That’s why we need to hit peak oil fast. It will be a definitive fuck you to oil.