There are even a few FReepers who have been sucked into the hydrogen energy nonsense.
The numbers for 2023 are in.
Global oil consumption increased to 100.2 million barrels per day.
United States oil consumption increased 0.6% and is now about 19.5 million barrels per day.
China’s oil consumption increased a startling 10% and is now 16.6 million barrels per day.
The EV people are not reducing oil consumption because they are Urban and never drove much anyway. Urban distances are short. And parking is difficult to find, leading to buses and train use. Oil is civilization’s lifeblood, and consumption of it is increasing regardless of EV’s.
There will come a time, soon, where consumption no longer increases. That will not be by choice. That will be as a result of scarcity.
“There are even a few FReepers who have been sucked into the hydrogen energy nonsense.”
I suspect they also own EVs, and support Ukraine.