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Gasoline is a finite resource, so at some point all gas stations will sell out of gas. Imagine how hilarious it will be when gas cars are stranded at gas stations because there's nothing to fill them with.
Lmao Dead.gfy
No it isn't. Crude oil is finite, but gasoline could be synthesized from other carbon and hydrogen sources (up to and including CO~2~ + H~2~O + solar power) if you really wanted to.
Cool.
The process of synthesizing it is inefficient and expensive. Companies have gone bankrupt trying to make it profitable, so it really doesn't seem like that's an answer here, especially when we have cars that don't require any such fuel already on the roads.
Sure seems easier.
I agree, if the resource is out... there's nothing you can do but to go to another gas station. However, gasoline in winter weather, even if it's -30 degrees Fahrenheit, is still usable. You're still able to pump the fuel into your vehicle. Where as with these charging stations cold temperatures is a nemesis.
I have no beef with EVs, I just think we're putting the cart before the horse. Like building a house with no foundation, it's ludicrous.
I'm trying to say that eventually there won't BE another gas station, and we have to prepare for that. Progress isn't always a straight line, but I'd still rather be moving forward than digging our heels in with something we know we can't use forever.
Agreed.
You should act like it, then.