And nevermind the fact that EV owners don't have to pay to maintain and build roads and bridges (yet). The "inconvenient truth" is that the cost of energy of all kinds will be going up. Cheap money and cheap oil and gas encouraged us to drive bigger cars, live in bigger houses, buy more stuff than we otherwise would have. We're at the beginning of the Great Unwind in a standard of living that 8 billion people can't have. But that doesn't mean that everyone except the 1% needs to live in a tiny house and walk to work.
And nevermind the fact that EV owners don't have to pay to maintain and build roads and bridges (yet). The "inconvenient truth" is that the cost of energy of all kinds will be going up. Cheap money and cheap oil and gas encouraged us to drive bigger cars, live in bigger houses, buy more stuff than we otherwise would have. We're at the beginning of the Great Unwind in a standard of living that 8 billion people can't have. But that doesn't mean that everyone except the 1% needs to live in a tiny house and walk to work.
Insightful, as always... (sigh) ah, to live in a post-factual age.
Bill Maher on Climate Crisis Celebrities Flying Private Jets
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63KXfwC9BdU&ab_channel=RealTimewithBillMaher