Oil Needs to Fall Below $20 to Compete With Green Alternatives

Re:Oil Needs to Fall Below $20 to Compete With Green Alterna... by romaaeterna on Monday August 05, 2019 @08:08AM (#20613403)

If electric vehicles were to displace gas vehicles, then oil would be displaced by grid electricity.

But gas vehicles remain very competitive against electric vehicles on total cost of ownership, even with oil prices far higher than $20/barrel. And since gas is so much easier to transport, gas vehicles have numerous technical advantages.

If electric vehicles do not fully displace gas vehicles, then this article is wrong. Oil prices can stay high.

If electric vehicles do fully displace gas vehicles, the article is still wrong, because oil will not be competitive with grid energy even at $20/barrel.

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Re:Oil Needs to Fall Below $20 to Compete With Green Alterna... by gleglegle on Monday August 05, 2019 @09:41AM (#20614091)

The total cost of ownership trend for electric vehicle declining. Not only in energy costs, but most drastically on manufacturing costs. Estimates like BNEF’s show that manufacturing costs will reach parity with internal combustion vehicles within the next decade.

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Re:Oil Needs to Fall Below $20 to Compete With Green Alterna... by gnode on Monday August 05, 2019 @11:14AM (#20614807)

> And since gas is so much easier to transport, gas vehicles have numerous technical advantages.

Typically one needs to drive to a gas station to refuel a gas vehicle, whereas an electric vehicle can be recharged at any mains power outlet.

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