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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: mungofitch 🐝🐝🐝 GOLD
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Subject: Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?
Date: 12/27/24 11:10 AM
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What is not true that I have posted?

Well, since you asked, one reason is a lot of what's in that post is simply false.

For example, the first sentence ;you quoted is "EV’s will gradually replace oil use. If it were the case that 50% of all vehicles were EV’s, which is functionally impossible to achieve in the remote future, it would only reduce the world’s oil needs by about 10%. "

Motor vehicle fuel currently accounts for a hair under half of global crude oil use. Thus, a one half reduction would reduce global crude demand by about 24-25%, not by 10%. One could go on.

It's a post pushing a point of view and either selecting or making up "facts" to support that goal, not a conclusion drawn from a set of actual facts. Not many folks remember those, I suppose.

Jim
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