I’d guess it’d be obscenely expensive without economies of scale based on current demand and distribution.

As far as “no range anxiety” people in that world would just be making similar arguments, “what if there’s no nearby gas station”, “what if it’s out of gas”, “I can’t just plug-in anywhere” etc.

That argument about gas was a major argument against gasoline cars back in the day. It took major infrastructure investment to build out the gas network.

At the time there was no good alternative with existing infrastructure in place.

Today with EVs and modern battery tech that isn’t true.

> I’d guess it’d be obscenely expensive without economies of scale based on current demand and distribution.

Then swap out gasoline for diesel. If nothing else, I can get vegetable oil at the grocery store at a price that isn't too bad.

> As far as “no range anxiety” people in that world would just be making similar arguments, “what if there’s no nearby gas station”, “what if it’s out of gas”, “I can’t just plug-in anywhere” etc.

That's not how (plug-in, and surely these would be plug-in) hybrids work...

Fractional distillation. You are going to get what you are going to get. Unless you find suitable alternatives for all oil products, gasoline will still be produced in the same quantities.

Somebody will find something to do with the unused byproduct gasoline. I consider filling up my car to be a noble use instead of just burning it.