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  • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    But it does mean less was produced for and burned by the automotive industry

    All other things equal if those EVs were ICE then even more oil would have been used for what should be obvious reasons

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      1 year ago

      unless it actually decreased GHG emissions, it did no good. it’s rearranging the deck chairs.

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      then even more oil would have been used

      if the oil is in the ground, it can’t have been used.

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        Do you think we literally use oil as we dig it up with no buffer?

        Or that oil extraction amount isn’t being constantly adjusted based on demand by every entity in charge of it?

        Or that if more ICE vehicles were on the road more oil would be needed?

        These are all very basic concepts

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          i think there is no way to prove we would have dug up and burned any more oil than we did since we can’t prove a counterfactual. what we do know is, despite an increased use of electric vehicles, oil extraction increased.