Electric cars.

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  1. Loofah

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    He's pulling out of the climate targets, Paris agreement etc. I think his comment was "drill, baby, drill!"
    His focus is ultimate wealth to him and his cronies
     
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      But will the oil companies have the same motto, they are not wanting to see their profits hit by producing more oil. If he also goes down the route of raising tariffs, other countries might source lighter crude somewhere else.
       
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      I wonder how Musk feels about this?
       
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        He raises import tariffs and forces the citizens to buy US oil, it becomes a captive market presumably.


        Fully supportive I should think. It's not about competing industries, it's ensuring all domestic markets are owned and controlled by the select few
         
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        I'm beginning to sound like a conspiracy nut! :roflol:
         
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        I'm glad at last someone doesn't want to cripple their economy chasing net zero, he did state they want to export some of that gas and oil that they drill.

        Lets hope they do, and bring down gas prices especially, we are heavily dependant on gas and the prices are crippling industry and home owners here.

        We can build as many on shore, off shore windmills, cover as many green fields with solar panels and we will still need gas.
        and the price of all that "free" electricity is linked to gas.

        At least until Mr Milliband gets his act together, yeah:heehee:
         
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          Sorry @pete but can't read it as I don't have Facebook and it won't let me read it without joining.
           
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            Hybrid owner here. My car is nearly 10 years old and the amount of money I have saved is quite a lot. I can get 400 miles out of a full tank which costs me about £36. Haven't paid any road tax on it either and with these new road tax changes on electric cars coming in this year I thought I would have to finally but it seems the engine is still small enough to slip through. It has a 1.5 litre engine which I thought was quite sizable but apparently not.

            I see self charging Hybrids as the best of both worlds myself. Both engine and electric motor work together to maintain a better fuel efficiency on main roads/out of town driving without needing to worry about charging points etc.

            Each Hybrid car is different mind but I am only sharing my own personal experiences of owning one.
             
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              Your wrong there. "his ultimate goal is to make all American's lives better." We the people here are very pleased with all he has done so far.
               
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              This one is worth a watch, and all the way through - particularly from a couple of minutes in when he is talking about the battery tech approach being taken in China:

               
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              I've just watched a speech by Tulsi Gabbard... and all I can say is wow! She is has come out swinging and backing it up with facts too - I genuinely wish we had someone like her involved in our government!
               
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