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Re:Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to e... by rscoots on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @09:33AM (#27972199)
Hmm so then what about 99%? Is that also "not enough". How could you possibly know?
Re:Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to e... by Retric on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @10:29AM (#27972871)
If 10% of new cars being ICE isn’t enough to keep most gas stations in business then any number less than 10% would also cause most gas stations to fail. In the early days people where willing to be inconvenienced because ICE where such a step up. But, if the alternative is drive 20 minutes each way to a gas station or charge up an your parking space it’s just not going to be worth it to drive ICE.
Re:Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to e... by rscoots on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @01:41PM (#27975256)
>it’s just not going to be worth it to drive ICE.

You seem to be mixing market forces with government mandate here a bit. Why not still allow 1% ICE and see how the market reacts? Maybe you're right and it would result in near-0 but why enforce 0 ICE?

Re:Toyota is quietly pushing Congress to slow the shift to e... by Retric on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @04:40PM (#27977321)
It’s just a question of efficiency. The first day sales of new ICE are outlawed there are going to be a large number of ICE cars already on the road which keeps most gas stations in business the next day. In effect the difference between 0% ICE or 10% ice is only visible several years in the future.

It’s simply bad policy to create a situation where a lot of 5-15 year old cars get scrapped because nobody can find a gas station. The country is much better off when people scrapping cars because they can’t get gas are doing that to 20+ year old cars.