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Originally Posted by madpistol
I wish the government would stand back and let the consumer dictate the direction of the market. Consumers will buy what they want, and eventually, EVs will win out... once the technology is ready. Companies will sell whatever consumers demand. Let the companies each do R&D necessary to make this work and stop forcing artificial deadlines down their throats.
Also, ICEs are so much better. EVs are too quiet.
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Yes! Artificial deadline for the environment is overrated. We don't need to motivate anyone to cut CO2 and other fossil fuel impacts, people understand that already. Let's continue to subsidize the oil and gas companies (Exxon smashes profits, $56
B https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/31/exxo...archterm=exxon). People are responsible, they will take the tougher road every time they are presented with a choice. Also, for-profit companies will certainly spend billions foregoing their profits at the expense of their shareholders and do R&D for the sake of finding out if it will work.
And I second the notion that EVs are too quite, no soul, no character. I want my fake engine noise out of the speakers! It makes me enjoy the car more, I can drone an EV anytime I press the gas pedal. Whoohoo!
In the meantime... Screw the UN, they don't know what they are doing, I want my ICE and eat it too!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/clima...pcc-report-15/