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> California and/or the EU would have forced it by now to get on that path

For hybrids, maybe. California is a major oil producer [1]. That lobby counterbalanced the environmental wing for decades. If there wasn’t a mass-market EV, Sacramento wouldn’t have had many options.

> that definitely is for another time

Lol, is this a thing now? We’re obviously discussing it at this time.

[1] https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_crd_crpdn_adc_mbbl_m.htm



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