Originally posted by: tom
The math doesn't work for the goals being set by liberals.
The US is blocking the development of mines which if approved takes 10 years to bring on line. China is the largest producer of lithium & at best our relationship is poor & may get worse. Do we want to depend on China?
We are not even close to producing 1m cars annually, but somehow we are to get to 1+b.
Then we have the problem of having enough electricity. For every fossil fuel plant taken offline; we have to add a green plant. So we have a zero sum game & that's assuming the sun shines & the wind blows.
Tom Circa 1920:
"We don't have enough oil, and what we have is refined into Kerosene--we'll have a shortage of Kerosene!"
"Where in the world can you buy gasoline?"
"They are so expensive, no one can afford one."
"No one knows how to fix them and you can't fine parts if you do."
"The roads are build for horses and wagons, can you image driving a car on those roads?"
"They are noisy, smelly, and they scare my horse."
"You mean we'll all carry around gallons and gallons of flammable gasoline--I can't smoke around that stuff!"
"People die in car crashes."
And, "Get off of my lawn!"