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Re:The end of the Arab world’s oil age is nigh by v77 on Friday July 17, 2020 @11:21AM (#23871485)
Right, but oil as used for transportation is the far harder nut to crack.
Re:The end of the Arab world’s oil age is nigh by jes5199 on Friday July 17, 2020 @01:16PM (#23872899)
there's a magic crossover point where cost-per-kwh for batteries gets low enough that it's cheaper to build an electric car than a gas car. There's some evidence that we've crossed that line in the last few months - now there's a bottleneck of how many batteries can be produced to meet demand - but that's changing fast, too. The transition is going to be faster than people expect.
Re:The end of the Arab world’s oil age is nigh by ableal on Friday July 17, 2020 @12:54PM (#23872623)
The way car manufacturers are pumping out BEVs and PHEVs with 50+ km range, and buyers are gobbling them up, I think that nut is showing serious fissures ;-)

Personally, I'm expecting to reduce fuel spending by about 80 or 90% ...