The automobile industry was clearly headed toward electric vehicles before the elections. I think they see it as our future. Expect major improvements in batteries. Trucking is making plans, even electric railroad engines for yard work.

We will always need oil. So many products and industries rely on it and natural gas.

Even electric cars will still need petroleum based lubricants.

Imagine the crashes...I cut see it.

Going to sound like a bee hive in the crowded places.

Electric vehicles are not a replacement for internal combustion engines.
We don't have the power generation to charge them.

How are the northern areas going to run all electric all the time.
Going to have to wear your snow gear to drive to work.

Good to see peoples perspective I have never been a hoarder BUT i own a large metal barn with a cement floor that is not being utilized properrl. I honestly believe that making a plan and purhcasing a few vehicles sometime in the not do distant future will be a smart more for me and my boys. Mind you I am not doing this as my primary mode of transportation but as farm / hunting trucks I hope this never happensyt

Has anyone ever asked these auto makers where the power is going to come from to flip the fleet to electric? Barely adequate as it is and below adequate on the west coast.

To flip the fleet, they would have to rebuild the entire electric grid and install about 10X the generator capacity we have now, and do it without coal or NG. That means about 10 new Nukes per state east of Mississippi.......and up and running in 15 years. I don't see that happening.

You guys need a hobby. Some of the stories you come up with are hilarious to read.

If I were to attempt this, I'd soak the underside with crankcase oil, get completely empty of fuel and set mouse traps all over along with poison.

So you can drive 400 miles then have to charge for 8 to 12 before you can drive again. gonna work really well for the trucking industry i'm tired of idiots with stupid plans like this

I live in the land of corn. Lots of fresh water too. I see a couple good things there. LLL

LL what will you use for fuel to distill the the ethanol and grow the corn? except for sugar cane ethanol your living the same fantasy as the electric car folks. if we drain the entire gulf coast and plant it all to sugar cane, we can't grow anywhere near enough.

You just worry about yourself. Corn is a fuel in itself.

They frequently multiply energy content by the number of pounds in a bushel (56 pounds) and then report an energy content of 448,000 to 476,000 BTUs per bushel of shelled corn. Figures as high as 10,000 BTUs per pound or 560,000 BTUs per bushel have been used in some analyses.

I am worried about myself. people living in fantasy land dont do anybody any good

Maybe someone living in 90s said that...2021 we are learning to wash our hands, cover our mouths, and figure out what bathroom to use.

Only so much land to grow so much corn besides other crops.

Buckmink have you ever been to IA? LLL

Soybeans are good fuel as well. Look I do not like it anymore than anyone else. I just know biofuels are more practical than battery operated vehicles. You can run a truck on biodiesel. They do it here now. LLL

I'm in ohio. Now using others like soybeans would work, gotta rotate crops like everyone knows.