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Auto execs are coming clean: EVs aren't working
(www.businessinsider.com)
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this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2023
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What about banning all trade shipping?
Trade shipping is incredibly efficient when it comes to moving large quantities of goods. Transportation, as a whole, consumes about a quarter of the world's energy output. Meanwhile industry verges on near 60%. A large portion of that is refining and manufacturing coupled with new construction.
While I understand that people's immediate reaction is that we need more EVs or, on the extreme end, somehow restrict cars. People also need to understand that's not the sector that is going to have the most corrective impact on the coming climate disasters.
They are also trying out old-school sail ships