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IliketoPuck · 11-02-2016, 10:54 AM

Tinordi. Forest through the trees.

It blows my mind that when oil demand is mentioned, immediately people point to electric vehicles as the source of the end of oil.

Oil demand connected to consumer vehicle usage (small cars, suv, etc.) is only 20% of total demand. Even if literally every single car on the road was replaced with an EV, over 80% of demand for oil would remain. Not to mention, those batteries have to be charged by some form of energy. I'm guessing most people aren't going to have solar panels or wind turbines on their roof. So, fossil fuels then.

Will EV usage increase? Of course. I'm not so naive as to think otherwise.

But to just point to EVs as the source of the demise of oil is disingenuous, and does not paint the whole picture. The same thing goes for pointing to solar panels, or wind, or any other renewable energy source. There are meaningful limiting factors to all of those energy sources that always conveniently get glossed over in the frenzy to be environmental boy scouts.

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IliketoPuck Franchise Player Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Calgary Exp:	Tinordi. Forest through the trees. It blows my mind that when oil demand is mentioned, immediately people point to electric vehicles as the source of the end of oil. Oil demand connected to consumer vehicle usage (small cars, suv, etc.) is only 20% of total demand. Even if literally every single car on the road was replaced with an EV, over 80% of demand for oil would remain. Not to mention, those batteries have to be charged by some form of energy. I'm guessing most people aren't going to have solar panels or wind turbines on their roof. So, fossil fuels then. Will EV usage increase? Of course. I'm not so naive as to think otherwise. But to just point to EVs as the source of the demise of oil is disingenuous, and does not paint the whole picture. The same thing goes for pointing to solar panels, or wind, or any other renewable energy source. There are meaningful limiting factors to all of those energy sources that always conveniently get glossed over in the frenzy to be environmental boy scouts. __________________ Pylon on the Edmonton Oilers: "I am actually more excited for the Oilers game tomorrow than the Flames game. I am praying for multiple jersey tosses. The Oilers are my new favourite team for all the wrong reasons. I hate them so much I love them." Last edited by IliketoPuck; 11-02-2016 at 11:17 AM.