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Originally Posted by *Touring Ted*
I think it's got 30-50 years before it's phased out and replaced with all electric motors in vehicles.
If the planet is going to survive, it's what has to happen really.
I also think petrol will be a luxury and 5x the relative price of today.
It will be a sad day. Imagine how all the Steam era folk felt when they went obsolete overnight.
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Interesting program on the radio the other day about how when cars / trucks etc took over in the 1920's / 30's, horses went from being beasts of burden flogged from morning till night by men only interested in how much work (and therefore money) they could get out of them to hobby animals, the vast majority of which were (and are) owned by women.
I somehow doubt there'll be gender shift in the ownership of old petrol powered vehicles when electric vehicles become the new norm but I suppose there will always be a nostalgic rump of enthusiasts willing to manufacture their own fuel from potato peelings or something. Once electric vehicles improve to the point where they're at least as practical as current ones with charging technology / infrastructure / economics etc sorted out I wouldn't be at all surprised to see the commercial sale of petrol eventually stopped on health and safety grounds.
It's likely to be a while though before I can envisage seeing electrically powered trucks hauling 40 tons of chicken guts or something at 80mph on the interstate non stop from coast to coast across the US.
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