Hello; The link you posted is about hyperinflation with a definition of around 1000% a year. No we are not in hyperinflation so far. That said we are in the mist of increasing inflation. I was around in the 70's and 80's, so have seen some inflation cycles. It does not tale 1000% to hurt many of us.
I know, just wanted to put it out there. Hopefully things will get better before they get worse.
My facts are straight. Perhaps 'enemy' is not fair regarding the Saudi, but they are tacitly competitors in the energy and other strategic areas. I only go there 3-4X a year...... What do I know. Point is and was that we have idled our capacity the last year, and we have North American Capacity to offset any loss from the global market, yet we are asking Saudi to increase production, and exploring increasing imports from Venezuela, and Iran has been floated.
The oil industry slowed production due to a lack of demand. The demand rose and production didn't follow. If production cannot be increased to meet the demand then Washington, like it or not, has to look for other means of supply. Maybe when the heads of the oil companies get in front of congress they will sing another tune. It would certainly help to get production up to and hopefully over the pre-Covid levels.
Politicians always push their agenda's, nothing new there. But given the choice of telling the oil companies to increase production or telling the public to use less gas I doubt many politicians would choose the later.
Few factor in the cost to have a fast charging port/plug installed at your home. Our home would need a completely new electrical panel and a 40 foot 220 cable run to the front of the garage. A $6000 cost, and not worth it. We will eventually put one in, but it will be included into a larger home improvement project. One of the wife's future cars will be electric. I hope never for me.
While a fast charging port is certainly a worthwhile addition it is not totally necessary. Most folks will charge their car overnight, at cheaper rates. Of course it all depends on usage. For instance, my wife averages less than 200 miles a week. This would require charging 2-3 times a month. We would not need a fast charger.
Three issues.
Hello; That a renter or home owner who cannot have a home charger the hybrid option has been around for roughly 20 years. Back in 2001 I was shopping for a new car and did look at the hybrids newly out at the time. I passed and got a 2001 Nissan Sentra SE. It is not like the opportunity has been absent.
This is a point missed by many. Loads of 'it'll never work, I can't drive 600 miles in a day, the infrastructure will never cope', etc etc. However for the VAST majority of people that do average mileage (and the US average journey length is little more than the UK), local journeys, etc all find plugging in is easy and convenient. How do I know, because we do it and it works for us. Many others are finding the same. By all means have a PHEV for the occasions you need to do a long journey, but in our case 85% of our miles are electric, which means 85% are not fossil fuel based which is a huge change (our electricity is largely self produced from or PV's)
Hello; Not a point missed by many. Most, if not all, understand having an EV is fine for those whose lifestyle fits. I for sure do not begrudge anyone having and using a battery vehicle. It is mostly that the option to have something different is being mandated (forced in my view) by poorly considered legislation backed up by anti-fossil fuel policies.
