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Originally Posted by blankall
There's no evidence to show that oil companies prevented this research in any meaningful way. As such, most of the change over the last 40 years would have had to come from individual choices. Even now, with full knowledge and even some level of outcome, people are not making those choices. To expect them to do that 40 years ago is absurd.
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You're... you're clearly not paying attention. Climate change denial efforts HAVE had a big impact in shaping public opinion. Public funding for clean energy R&D has been far lower than it would have been if the public knew the enormity of the problem and hadn't been peddled lies and confusion about the true nature of the problem. I've given plenty of examples of things that would be further along if there had been more funding sooner. You've chosen to close yourself into talking only about lithium ion batteries as if that's the only thing that matters. There's a lot more to this topic than just lithium ion batteries.
But since we're talking about EVs anyway, I'll refer you to what I posted in the EV thread
https://forum.calgarypuck.com/showth...56#post8335056
Gee, it's almost like government funding and public policy DOES matter.
