(02-28-2022, 08:25 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(02-28-2022, 06:57 PM)captivating Wrote: I get that, but that wont help ween the US off the teat of OPEC and Russia for oil.

At the moment, the oil required for transport alone exceeds the oil produced in the US.   If you want to reduce oil consumption, you need to reduce gasoline consumption.  The F series pickup remains the best selling vehicle.

Yeah, you'll never eliminate some liquid fueled transport from the modern economy no matter how hot or repressive things get.  You can only hope for some of those F-150s to become electric F-150s.  And for more electrified railways to be built.

I’ll keep my F-150’s.  But Ford has already done an electric one.  In the ‘90s they had a sporty/quick truck called the Lightning.  It’s back now. It is electric this time.  Not sure I’d want it for my purposes of hauling a trailer but they have one.  Electric, as we all know is quick off the line.  If/when they get to a point to make a truck that can haul for a good distance then maybe electric trucks can take off.  But until then, we need to burn that gas.

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