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Electric cars pose little threat to oil demand

2 pointsby EthanV2about 8 years ago

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GFischerabout 8 years ago
The article assumes that there won&#x27;t be a spike in oil prices (we don&#x27;t know).<p>It&#x27;s also strongly underestimating China, which is the main producer and consumer of electric cars (also, if they decide to do something about pollution, this might shift dramatically).<p>I do agree that oil demand will remain strong.<p>China is the #1 producer and buyer of electric cars.<p>It&#x27;s still 1&#x2F;300th of all cars sold, so it&#x27;s not mainstream, but the tremendous growth is there (see the graph on the first article). It&#x27;s actually the U.S. that&#x27;s lagging behind.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wsj.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;mind-the-shock-as-auto-investing-turns-electric-1481626699" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wsj.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;mind-the-shock-as-auto-investin...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.forbes.com&#x2F;sites&#x2F;russellflannery&#x2F;2013&#x2F;04&#x2F;26&#x2F;warren-buffett-backed-chinese-automaker-byd-climbs-12-on-turnaround-update&#x2F;#2dfc9f46783f" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.forbes.com&#x2F;sites&#x2F;russellflannery&#x2F;2013&#x2F;04&#x2F;26&#x2F;warr...</a>