• TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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    There’s literally a popular documentary proving this, called “Who Killed the Electric Car?”

    Yes. The answer is fuckin obviously yes.

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    Literally any ham fisted conspiracy idea is true. Big money has control over your life and there is nothing anyone can do. Legally…

  • AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world
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    Big Oil has historically kneecapped any legislation, technology, or competition that could conceivably endanger their dominance of the market. It’s been a core operating principle of the entire industry since the days of Henry Ford.

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    Is that really phrased as a question?

    It’s been a truism for decades. Well, starting with more effective engines. The fabled 3-liter-car (if anyone remembers) could have been reality since… idk the 90s I guess.

    edit: oops that was eurocentric I guess. “3-liter-car” means that it consumes 3 liters of fuel on 100km. And such cars did and do exist but were never advertised as they would have deserved.

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      I had a 1-liter, 3-cylinder car in the 90s. No fable, but people wanted bigger cars that cost more to operate.

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        How much fuel did it consume on 100km?

        It’s true, such cars were not fabled, but rare and never advertised as they would have deserved. I once drove a 1980s Diesel Opel station wagon a few hundred kilometers to haul some stuff, mostly on the motorway, mostly very conservative driving, and it used 3 liters / 100km.