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    Quote Originally Posted by DazzaTD5 View Post
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    Scatter-gun argument, nice. Why make a point when you can make 15 irrelevant ones?

    Quote Originally Posted by manic View Post
    Encouraging people to buy things they dont need is what got us into this mess in the first place.
    Hydrocarbon fuels are the things we won't need, ya peanut. You buy a lot more fuel than car when operating a vehicle over its life. C'mon, it's pretty simple.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bee utey View Post
    It must feel good burning all those strawmen of your imagination...
    lol lol lol ..... it sure does
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dervish View Post

    Hydrocarbon fuels are the things we won't need
    So after refining the crude oil what do we do with all the petrol, diesel, heavy fuel or does it go to magical pixie land too?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dervish View Post
    Scatter-gun argument, nice. Why make a point when you can make 15 irrelevant ones?



    Hydrocarbon fuels are the things we won't need, ya peanut. You buy a lot more fuel than car when operating a vehicle over its life. C'mon, it's pretty simple.
    The embodied emissions of a car can rival the exhaust pipe emissions over its entire lifetime.

    New cars should absolutley be EV, no more ICE. I said that a few posts up.

    But if you are buying a new vehicle every few years for emissions/range/technology improvements you are probably doing far more damage than the old guy who decides to drive his banger to the grave.

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    Quote Originally Posted by manic View Post

    But if you are buying a new vehicle every few years for emissions/range/technology improvements you are probably doing far more damage than the old guy who decides to drive his banger to the grave.
    Unless you always destroy your car instead of trading it in, this is a poor argument. Used car purchasers benefit from low km cars being available. Where would poor people be if the only used cars available were 1995 Camrys? One shudders to think of the indignity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DazzaTD5 View Post
    So after refining the crude oil what do we do with all the petrol, diesel, heavy fuel or does it go to magical pixie land too?
    I don't think that industrial chemists snort pixie dust, but can convert their refineries to make whatever product is in demand. That could be durable consumer goods such as lightweight vehicle components, or even single use plastic bags if that is where the demand is. They could even buy less crude oil if demand dropped enough, who knows.

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    I'll just leave this video here




    "Tesla-powered electric dune buggy accelerate shockingly fast in sand


    With a rated peak power capacity of 475 kW (636 HP), it has to make the ‘Tesla Sand Truck’ one of the most powerful electric dune vehicles out there."

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    Quote Originally Posted by bee utey View Post
    Where would poor people be if the only used cars available were 1995 Camrys? One shudders to think of the indignity.
    Haha.. it wont make a blind bit of difference. They will still buy new cars on finance!

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    Quote Originally Posted by manic View Post
    Haha.. it wont make a blind bit of difference. They will still buy new cars on finance!
    Any yet there is a healthy market for good used cars. This forum wouldn't exist if people only bought new.

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    Imagine if the battery packs required to push a camry 400km became small enough and as cheap to buy as say, an old 95 camry. The second hand ICE market would largly become a buy to convert market. I would love to see this happen.

    If conversions were then pushed by media and government as a good choice for the sake of enviromental impact and benefits to small/medium businesses in Australia...... we would be dreaming!

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