Some people see the fuel crisis as a 'manufactured emergency' to stem the huge decline of interest in electric vehicles

But is it?

The pro-EV wonks are all claiming the current situation as a moral victory for the Twin Cults of Electric Jesus Christ and Net Zero. Yet the main push is not for EV's but to panic the general public into getting solar and batteries for their homes which most people cannot afford without incentives/rebates and credit finance to fund the purchases,

There's lots of anecdotal reporting that Telsa Cybertruck interest is tanking. Thankfully the wankpanzer has never (yet) been made in RHD so will never be sold in this country. Here in Australia, it's currently a 'war' between incumbent Felon Musk's Tesla (maker of high end EV's) and Chinese BYD (maker of cheap [relatively speaking] EV's) for the bulk of EV market share, with very minor presences of other car makers in the BEV space. EV's still make up less than 5 percent of all registered vehicles in Australia.

Liqud fuel for non-EV's is still insanely cheap currently hovering around A$3 a litre for diesel and a bit less for petrol. Before Trump's Folly it was only just under $2 a ltire, so the price hasn't risen much at all yet.

That said I haven't filled up my 4wd in a few weeks (since before Trump started his phony oil control war), and my car is out of rego so I can't drive it anyway. The 4wd takes 140 litres so will def be a cost impost to fill, but I don't have to plug it in to 'charge' every day to deal with range anxiety.

Both vehicles were filled up before Trump's pet project began. Car only needs it's annual rego inspection $50, then I have to pay for rego + tax and compulsory third party insurance (both about $450 each), so roughly $1000 to get it back on the road for another year. Wouldn't matter if I had an EV as EV's are generally heavier than their equivalent non-EV's so still incur the same rego and insurance costs.

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samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

I don't know where you buy your gas, but where i live a US gallon of gas is pushing $4 USD while it was down to $2.60 3 weeks ago. I was in Costco yesterday, they now charge $32 for 2 dozen Kirkland brand golf balls. They were $25 in december.

zonavar68 · 56-60, M

@samueltyler2 I'm near Newcastle Australia where there are two fuel terminals (one Ampol and one BP) directly connected to fuel pipeline from Sydney but today at the outlet I usually go to that sells Ampol fuel in the area I live it's A$2.999 per litre for diesel and the one near my work selling the same brand of diesel is down slightly to A$2.879 per litre (it was A$2.939 per litre two days ago when I last checked).

In my locality there are three major brand outlets - Ampol (formerly Caltex), Shell, and BP. Usually, they are almost always 30 c per litre more espensive because they are on the main road through town so have basically a captive market.

Where I usually buy tends to be the cheapest big brand outlet.

I'm expecting next week when I get paid I will be paying over $3 a litre for diesel.

Jayciedubb · 56-60, M

@samueltyler2 you must be in Oklahoma? ..Texas?? ..even $4 a gallon is cheap gas for me. Different states have different taxes ..as do counties. We're paying more than $5.60 a gallon.

The thing about EVs that people are finally coming around to is that, unless they're being charged by wind, water or sun, their power is being generated the same way refrigerator, air conditioners, etc are generated. If that's coal, or fracked natural gas, how much good are they really doing for the environment. How much control do they give a government that's pushing it's people into relying on, like here, where the memorandum is to be off petroleum by 2050. 🤔 or was it 2030?? Icr.

zonavar68 · 56-60, M

@Jayciedubb And to be proper 'net zero' an EV owner must only recharge his/her EV from electricity transformed by his/her own solar and/or wind systems. No grid power at all - ever, and no connection of the EV to be a grid battery - ever.

samueltyler2 · 80-89, M

@Jayciedubb in my state, NJ over 50% of power comes from non fossil fuel source and that percentage is rising. Sadly, if MAGA has its way that trend will disappear.

With a large percentage of people living in rental homes, it is unlikely they can benefit from a direct connection to rhe grid, so will be forced to pay a premium to charge. When i charged at home, my cost was about ten cents a kilowatt hour, in my a9artmrntbitbi s now twrnty five cents, at a high speed charger sixty centa. The latter is barely break even with the current grid price.

Driving an EV is a far nice experience in so msny ways. It isnt for everyone maybe.