• MrMakabar@slrpnk.net
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    11 months ago

    That is not quite settled. The development of a new model takes something like four years and the basic tech a bit longer. The more places ban it, the more brands will actually honor their fossil phase out.

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      11 months ago

      Eh, I have a genuinely hard time believing that companies who rely on what’s going to eventually be ‘free’ and ‘clean’ energy aren’t going to capitalize on it and make bank. Especially with the cultural zeitgeist of younger generations hating on fossil fuels.

      It’s a fools errand to invest in fossil fuels. In the end, those fuels can just be shipped to your local power plant anyway until better nuclear comes along.

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        11 months ago

        The Saudis have active plans to work with car makers to sell super cheap IC cars into the African market. Qatar owns a 17% stake in Volkswagen already. That might be used for similar purposes.

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          11 months ago

          Africa is prime for solar in large swaths of the continent though. It’s really only rainy seasons when it gets sketch which can be supplemented.

          It takes that Chinese and Russian infrastructure first though aye.