Basically they’ve been told to hate it. The oil industry has spent millions pushing all kinds of misinformation to make sure we wouldn’t move off oil, even if there are a million reasons beyond just global warming why it would be a great idea. We’ve known since the 70s that this would be an issue, and governments around the world have just all been ignoring the issue for half a century.
Yeah, at first it was the “glorified golf cart” angle, but when Tesla proved that wasn’t true, it turned into “they’re too expensive”, “ackthually they pollute more”, “rare earths”, etc… There will always be something.
Basically they’ve been told to hate it. The oil industry has spent millions pushing all kinds of misinformation to make sure we wouldn’t move off oil, even if there are a million reasons beyond just global warming why it would be a great idea. We’ve known since the 70s that this would be an issue, and governments around the world have just all been ignoring the issue for half a century.
Yeah, at first it was the “glorified golf cart” angle, but when Tesla proved that wasn’t true, it turned into “they’re too expensive”, “ackthually they pollute more”, “rare earths”, etc… There will always be something.