Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020
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Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020
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Re: Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020
#2Sell oil, buy electric cars. Is this the definition of hypocrisy? At least it is better than the alternative, sell oil and buy fossile fuel cars.
Edit: I would like to rephrase the last sentence as "At least it is better than _an_ alternative, which is to sell oil and buy fossile fuel cars." which is a fairer categorisation of the problem space and less consumerist.
Re: Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020
#3Sell oil, buy electric cars. Is this the definition of hypocrisy? At least it is better than the alternative, sell oil and buy fossile fuel cars. Edit: I would like to rephrase the last sentence as "At least it is better than _an_ alternative, which is to sell oil and buy fossile fuel cars." which is a fairer categorisation of the problem space and less consumerist.
All developed countries "emit" a lot of CO2 by importing goods manufactured overseas in countries that are heavily reliant on fossil fuels including coal. There's just no going around the fact that this is a global problem.
Re: Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020
#4Sell oil, buy electric cars. Is this the definition of hypocrisy? At least it is better than the alternative, sell oil and buy fossile fuel cars. Edit: I would like to rephrase the last sentence as "At least it is better than _an_ alternative, which is to sell oil and buy fossile fuel cars." which is a fairer categorisation of the problem space and less consumerist.
Or maybe they are just following the "don't use your own supply" rule.
Re: Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020
#5Sell oil, buy electric cars. Is this the definition of hypocrisy? At least it is better than the alternative, sell oil and buy fossile fuel cars. Edit: I would like to rephrase the last sentence as "At least it is better than _an_ alternative, which is to sell oil and buy fossile fuel cars." which is a fairer categorisation of the problem space and less consumerist.
> Is this the definition of hypocrisy?
No, hypocrisy is to celebrate "record" sales of a government-subsidized product or service.
What's next, an article on record sales of bicycles in North Korea?
Re: Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020
#6BTW, as of late Tesla isn't at all the big leader over there:
Re: Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020
#7Also the reason why the government is also slowly phasing out incentives to the electric cars.
Re: Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020
#8So 14 out of the 25 cars sold there? I jest ;-)
Re: Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020
#9Sell oil, buy electric cars. Is this the definition of hypocrisy? At least it is better than the alternative, sell oil and buy fossile fuel cars. Edit: I would like to rephrase the last sentence as "At least it is better than _an_ alternative, which is to sell oil and buy fossile fuel cars." which is a fairer categorisation of the problem space and less consumerist.
Or maybe they are just following the "don't use your own supply" rule.
They are also lucky to have cheap electricity from hydro.
Re: Electric cars make up 54% of cars sold in Norway in 2020
#10Sell oil, buy electric cars. Is this the definition of hypocrisy? At least it is better than the alternative, sell oil and buy fossile fuel cars. Edit: I would like to rephrase the last sentence as "At least it is better than _an_ alternative, which is to sell oil and buy fossile fuel cars." which is a fairer categorisation of the problem space and less consumerist.
Oil is not just for the household car, our global economy depends on it.