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Environment & Energy

MichMan

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7. I am enough of a realist to understand that people will continue to buy large ICE vehicles

Reply to mac2766 (Reply #6)

Tue Apr 6, 2021, 12:35 PM

Apr 2021

as long as gasoline prices are relatively low. I live in a rural area and every other vehicle is either a full size pickup or SUV because people prefer them.

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Fossil fuels get too many government handouts. Biden wants to cut them off. [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2021 OP

"ultimately hitting Republican roadblocks" - must not have had 50 democratic votes PoliticAverse Apr 2021 #1

I've googled total subsidies given to fossil fuel and never could find a bottom line. Suspicious!!! Karadeniz Apr 2021 #2

Just raise gas taxes by a couple dollars a gallon MichMan Apr 2021 #3

No. That would kill the economy. mac2766 Apr 2021 #4

How long do you think we should wait to adress climate change? MichMan Apr 2021 #5

The OPs statement was related to subsidies. mac2766 Apr 2021 #6

I am enough of a realist to understand that people will continue to buy large ICE vehicles MichMan Apr 2021 #7

Ford is coming out with EVs in a big way over the next mac2766 Apr 2021 #8