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Re:Electric Cars Soon Will Cost Less Than Gas Cars, Research... by eltoozero on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @09:29PM (#14449880)
You gonna get rid of jets and trains, or make them electric too?

The petrol industry has many friends, they serve many markets.

Look at what comes out of a barrel of crude[0], an incredible number of products which aren't going away, even if every car/truck/bus/vehicle on the road was electric.

[0]: http://elsegundo.chevron.com/abouttherefinery/whatwedo/whati...

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Re:Electric Cars Soon Will Cost Less Than Gas Cars, Research... by tonyedgecombe on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @06:12AM (#14451405)
Plenty of trains run on electricity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_electrification_system
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Re:Electric Cars Soon Will Cost Less Than Gas Cars, Research... by mandude on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @05:40PM (#14456155)
Baby steps. Also -- hopefully jets become electric at some point. No reason for them not to.
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