Posted on 09/10/2023 5:40:39 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Europe is using more gasoline despite the push to electric vehicles as consumers are holding onto their vehicles longer.
Car ownership is increasing in Europe as remote work results in more people living in the country where vehicles are a necessity.
EV market share grows because of government subsidies, despite their much higher costs.
Despite increased electric vehicle sales in Europe, its gasoline demand is rising. In the UK, gasoline demand for the January-to-June period this year was the strongest since 2015, according to Bloomberg.
In France, gasoline demand hit a 20-year high during the summer. In Spain, gasoline demand rose to the highest level in more than a decade. In eastern European nations like Poland, it is the strongest ever.
(Excerpt) Read more at instituteforenergyresearch.org ...
Shift to elec-trick vehicles? I don’t get it. Literally.
This is Europe’s fault for not making Greta Thunberg ‘Reich Minister of Transportation’ four years ago.
Now Europe must pay the price.
The demand is going up here with all the illegals coming in to freeload off the Land of the Big Piñata.
Haw, Haw. I bet when they are working remotely they don't even wear a mask.
The Globalists will be limited in how much Fascism they can impose on the people of Europe if they cannot get control of Russia’s government, to get them to do the same. Really no different than what the Soviets faced during the Cold War, back when the West was free.
..... High cost aside .... you know the costs that keep these "New Tech" vehicles out of the hands of the average Joe Schmuck even here in the US ..... Shifting to a policy of increased Electrical Consumption in todays energy starved world would be a catastrophic move even during the best of times ..... Which we are not currently in ....
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Well, you can't make your own gasoline if unavailable, while you can make your own electricity. If you can wait several days for your solar panels or windmill to get a few miles...
We must flail our collective arms harder and faster!
Eckshuelly, you *CAN* make your own liquid motor fuel, but methanol and ethanol are a bit hard on certain rubber bits in the fuel systems, especially in older cars.
There is also the old “wood gas” burners, but you need an older carburetted vehicle to use that, as fuel injectors have certain issues with pushing atmospheric gases into a compressed cylinder...
“Shifting to a policy of increased Electrical Consumption in todays energy starved world would be a catastrophic move”
You caught on to their plan! Hint: EVs are not their end goal.
Behind a paywall, but the headline says it all.
Electric vehicles are a waste of time and resources.
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"Back to the Future Part 3" - Doc Brown showed an example of that, back in 1885 with alcohol blowing the fuel injectors off the DeLorean. Not so easy making gasoline!
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