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Comment Other Options (Score 1) 140

I usually post in Support of EVs. I think they're inevitable, but this news makes me think they're not a good option. What happened to street cars and inter-urban-rail? This was common before Henry Ford made cars affordable (pardon the pun). I don't see why these can't come back. Yes, people would walk and bike more, too. That's not a bad thing.

Comment Re: Toyota Hybrids (Score 1) 363

It's not mean to reduce the flow rate on gasoline pumps. It helps people with the unavoidable transition to EVs. 80 years ago, offshore rigs in the Gulf of Mexico were extracting oil at 100' ocean depth. Now, they're drilling at a mile of ocean depth. In 80 years we have depleted the resource that took 100 million years to produce. It's not coming back, ever. You can argue in favor of this article. It is time for synthetic fuels. You can argue for EVs. Or you could argue that Earth is 6,000 years old and oil is constantly produced in ample quantities continuously. I am squarely in the second camp and only see synthetic fuels as a transitional fuel on the way to EV. Similar to those Compact Fluorescent Bulbs the government mandated that were eventually replaced by LEDs, with no government mandate.

Comment Re: Toyota Hybrids (Score 2) 363

The government could fix this by requiring gasoline vendors to use the same apps as EV charging networks. This would help address people's unfamiliarity with the charging process. They could also slow the gasoline flow rate at the pumps, so it flows significantly slower after the first 2 gallons, like an EV.

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