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Originally Posted by gary
Thanks Glenn,
And looking at the graphs, we may already be there or perhaps within
12 to 24 months away.
When you consider the price of those battery "powerwalls" for PV storage
at home are on the same cost trajectory, it would be like having your
own oil pumpjack in the backyard.
Perhaps the day will come in the not too distant future when one still has
an ICE vehicle but struggles to find a service station to refill it before you
run out of petrol.
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Gary, the curve neglects the cost of restructuring the economy. Breaking even on energy running cost inputs, does not address the larger cost affects. I doubt that the big petrol lobby is going just let themselves be shutdown so easily. There will be a lot of Fed govt lobbying, wringing of hands about job losses, strategic importance of ICE vehicles ( what does the Army do, buy electric tanks, where do you charge them). Then we have the whole aviation sector, what is Qantas going to do? I suspect there are decades ahead of us before even consumer ICE can be phased out. In my opinion.