with millions of acres of new oil drilling
That’s a balance of politics. Better to be self-sufficient than to depend on other countries for oil. We are still going to be using oil for a while until we create a whole new national infrastructure for electric vehicles and phase out most gas engines.
Yeah we’re gonna continue heating up the planet for a while too.
Sure, but there isn’t an alternative. Currently only 4% of US car owners drive an electric car and only 20% of the energy we produce is renewable. Even if we transition as fast as humanly possible, it would take decades.
Right. But it doesn’t look like a sudden cut-over; it’ll look like oil use dropping something like 5% each year if we require every new vehicle to be an EV.
How soon would the supply chains and manufacturing capacity be ready for every vehicle sold in the US to be an ev?
Something like 3-5 years if it was mandated and people living ordinary lives lived with mid-sized cars instead of pickup trucks with less ability to spot a kid in front of them than a tank.
Given trends so far you’ll forgive me if I think even 5 years is way too optimistic.
Other countries seem to be doin a much faster job than us. This dont have shit to do with capabilities.
They started earlier. We can’t go back in time. We can only start now.
Millions of acres of new oil drilling is nothing but continuin to put off starting
It is not to increase consumption. The only difference is the oil used in the US will come from the US, not Saudi Arabia, Russia, etc.
Joe thought he was supporting some Irish
Oo, ah, up the RA!
It isn’t. He’s definitely doing a lot better than some. But it’s not going to change the pace we are on for destruction. Gotta really cut into corporations for that.
Plus Russia has stated it will refuse any measures that cut into its oil business.
So there’s that
It better seeing as how we’re the worst polluters in the world.
