Originally Posted by mickeycrimm View Post
Originally Posted by accountinquestion View Post
Originally Posted by mickeycrimm View Post

From what I've read gas burning cars will no longer be produced in US after 2040. The technology is slowly getting us there. That's the future. But that's no reason why we should be paying $5 or more per gallon of gas now. The eventual reality of renewanble energy means there will be a huge amount of oil left in the ground. The oil companies won't be able to give it away.

I see the fast chargers at gas stops for electric cars. Not that many of them so far. The EV's are great for local driving but right now a lot of time is spent at those charging stations for people on long trips.

Here's a prediction by me. Hotels will eventually have charging stations at every parking spot in their parking lots.

We are getting there on carbon neutral but I don't go for "the sky is falling" bullshit about we have to spend ourselves broke to shift to renewables. It's a huge money grab by the doomsday climate change activists.
It is unfortunate but those cars aren't even really a solution. They're a very small step towards what needs to be done.

Money grab? With oil, you find existing oil and sell it. What is the edge of all these hippies and academics? They have their lithium mines and are just waiting? Tell me how this works, this "money grab". What are they selling?

Basically all those limits that the climate organizations said we needed to meet to be on a reasonable path were hit far ahead of time. I'm not really sure what "sky is falling" means, but it is clear we haven't done much of anything and things keep getting worse and rapidly.

A uniform 3 degree increase would be fine, but it is the outlier events that cause the issues that things don't recover from.

You've been told lots of talking points. The charging of the cars isn't really that long. I bought an EV - every 270 miles you need to sit around for 20 minutes or so. Far less tending to it than regular gas when you do. You can sit in your car and do whatever. You can get out to eat at some places. This idea that people sit around in their cars all the time for the battery to charge is just a talking point pushing by oil/gas/automative industry. Regardless, it isn't near the issue it is made to be.

Gas was historically low for ages so every doofus thought they needed a huge truck for their masculinity. Now they whine when they can't afford it. No one has said oil will always be very cheap.

I'm curious how this is Biden's fault as the price of oil at the barrel level is not high enough to justify the prices.. Anyway, this is all just another type of entitlement. I don't really know what the issues are but I do know when all that free money was being handed out that I didn't get much of - it wasn't Biden as President.
On his first day in office Biden cancelled Keystone, ANWR, and put a limit on Dakota Access. Then he cancelled federal drilling contracts both on and offshore. The oil companies lost 15 billion dollars on just Keystone. Wall Street investors are now telling the oil companies no more risky drilling investments. Investors aren't stupid.

Biden is begging the Saudi's and the Venezuelans to produce more oil. WTF? He cut American oil production but wants foreign countries to produce more so we can buy it at inflated prices. Do you know how stupid that is? It's beyond regular stupid. It's stupid to the 19th power.

They don't have near the environmental standards that the US has. Better for the environment that the oil is produced here. And better for our country.

Last year Chevron made 6 billion on 600 billion in revenue. That's a 1% profit margin. WTF does Biden expect? That the oil companies lose money?

Now Biden is threatening price controls. You think they are not drilling enough now? Watch what happens with price controls. There will be no drilling period.

But i will tell you when the Dems will change their tune on oil. The 2024 election. Watch them flip faster than greased lightening when they think they are going to lose the Presidency.

It's crystal clear that the Democrats believe they will lose the 2024 presidency. I don't even think that's worth debate.