> this is only an intellectual exercise.
That's very charitable. Made up crises for renewable energy are demonstrably astroturfed by fossil fuel companies.
That's very charitable. Made up crises for renewable energy are demonstrably astroturfed by fossil fuel companies.
Even if just theoretical ones. And the inevitable drones of people commenting on those stories how horrible EVs are.
(Even though ICEs are roughly 100x more likely to catch on fire in a crash).
It's hard to not see a certain % of that as pure astroturfing, indeed.
I'd loved to have been a fly on the wall of the meetings where how much money to spend on reducing ignition risk was dickered out.
Sure, it's a bit annoying for the fire fighters who turn up 20 minutes later... but I think even they would rather arrive to find a burning car if it means the people who were in that car are safely watching from a distance.
Pity about the apartment building that burns down around them, eh?