Am I going crazy of has the amount of anti-EV “articles” started to skyrocket. Just today, I’ve seen a “Why I’m not buying an EV” concern article, some accusing Biden of killing EVs, “The true costs of buying an EV,” and my favorite: “Study: The True Cost of Charging an EV: $17/gallon.” (That study was funded by Exxon Mobil, lol).
What’s going on? Why is all the EV hate in the media ramping up?

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    1 year ago

    Oil companies see the end is coming for them. They are making a desperate attempt to stop progress.

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      Last week I had dinner with a friend who works high up in corporate at a major oil company. They absolutely see the end coming not just based on theoretical stuff but in their current sales figures. I learned that California had already experienced peak gas. Miles traveled is back to pre covid levels but consumption has dropped thanks to EVs, WFH, etc.

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        1 year ago

        WFH

        So much more productive at home. We came back to the office a few days a week and I do zoom calls from a cubicle. WTF!

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          Haha this is me. Half the office is remote and I work with people across the country. There are times I would come in and only see the receptionist. It’s pointless for me.

          The receptionist is only there to make reports and ship them. Government agencies want thier reports shipped in paper. It’s silly.

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    1 year ago

    I see your subsidies and raise you. The article states, “Adding the costs of the subsidies to the true cost of fueling an EV would equate to an EV owner paying $17.33 per gallon of gasoline,” study authors Brent Bennett and Jason Isaac write. "

    However, here fossil fuels have their own subsidy amounting to $7 trillion/year.

    https://www.imf.org/en/Topics/climate-change/energy-subsidies

    An implicit subsidy of $0.75/liter or $2.84/gallon.