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The funny thing about "fossil fuels" is that there isn't actually any credible science behind the theory that they have anything to do with "fossils". If you think about it, Saudi Arabia is pumping 42 *MILLION* gallons of crude out of the same ground every DAY, year after year, for 50+ years, and the oil never ends? That would require re-writing the origin of life on this planet to even explain how much "fossil fuel" got under some oil wells in relatively small area of land.
There are other theories (of which the link is only one)
Any way you look at it we need to find a way to a net zero carbon world. Climate change is real and substituting EV for light transportation is a part of the solution. Fossil fuels will not go away but need to be significantly reduced where it is possible and practical. Other countries are turning to advanced nuclear technology and we have some of the leading science right here. It is possible for safer nuclear with less radioactive waste. This is the move necessary to generate the new electricity demands to provide the power for EVs, heat pumps, and other substitutes for oil and gas furnaces.
Any way you look at it we need to find a way to a net zero carbon world. Climate change is real and substituting EV for light transportation is a part of the solution. Fossil fuels will not go away but need to be significantly reduced where it is possible and practical. Other countries are turning to advanced nuclear technology and we have some of the leading science right here. It is possible for safer nuclear with less radioactive waste. This is the move necessary to generate the new electricity demands to provide the power for EVs, heat pumps, and other substitutes for oil and gas furnaces.
Every heat wave, cold wave, rain or snow storm, lack of rain or snow storm, thunderstorm or tornado is blamed on "climate change." Imagine how the world would be in Alexander Hamilton panicked rather than made his way to the modern U.S. when St. Croix was basically obliterated by the hurricane? And what if getting to a "not zero carbon world" accomplishes very little or nothing?
According to Austin-based research, media, and events agency Zpryme that focuses on energy, and the US Department of Energy and Argonne National Lab, Tesla models accounted for over 54% of US EV sales in 2021 through May. Further, US electric vehicle sales in May reached 53,779 units, representing a 19.2% increase over April 2021.
On a year-on-year basis, this represents a whopping 329% increase compared to May 2020 US EV sales of 12,536 units. April also saw a year-on-year jump, with 10,073 sold in 2020 and 45,105 sold in 2021.
Through May 2021, cumulative EV sales totaled 204,012 and overall EVs sold since 2010 increased by 2.9%, to 1.92 million. Year to date, 2021 total EV sales are up by 119% versus 2020.
In May, battery electric vehicles accounted for 70.6% of all plug-in electric vehicles sold in the US. (Take that, hybrids.)
On the charging front, 609 charging stations and 1,736 charging outlets were added in the US in May. The majority – 439 – of the charging stations added were ChargePoint’s. California, Massachusetts, and New York added the most charging stations in May, with 170, 80, and 59, respectively.
Through May 2021, the US had 46,104 EV charging stations and 117,674 charging outlets. ChargePoint and Tesla were the top two charging networks, with 24,505 and 5,464 stations on their respective networks.
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