Plus Norway is roughly the size of New Mexico, with a smaller population than New York City...
On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 11:41 AM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > It's easier for Norway, they can finance all their schemes by selling oil > to the rest of the world while at the same time congratualting themselves > for being carbon neutral. > > > On Tue, May 9, 2023, at 11:12, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > > Sorry to interrupt the ongoing reviews of over priced used Mercedes, but > I > > found this interesting - not what I expected: > > > > "Norway is more than a decade ahead of the U.S. in its adoption of > > electric > > vehicles. If the Biden administration's goal of having 50 percent of new > > vehicles be electric by 2030 sounds ambitious > > < > https://theweek.com/climate-change/1022585/are-americans-ready-to-transition-to-evs > >, > > Norway passed that mark in 2019, *The New York Times* reports > > < > https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/08/business/energy-environment/norway-electric-vehicles.html > >. > > In 2022, 80 percent of Norway's new car sales were electric, and it > > plans > > to phase out gas-powered cars entirely in 2025. So far, "Norway's > > experience suggests that electric vehicles bring benefits without the > > dire > > consequences predicted by some critics > > < > https://theweek.com/electric-vehicles/1022859/autos-fast-tracking-the-electric-future > >," > > the *Times* reports. > > > > Oslo's air is noticeably cleaner — and much quieter — and its greenhouse > > gas emissions have dropped 30 percent since 2009 with no big uptick in > > unemployment at gas stations or auto mechanics, or significant strain on > > the electrical grid. Norway has put a lot of work into making the > > transition, starting with enacting policies to promote electric vehicles > in > > the 1990s and, more recently, subsidizing the rollout of fast-charge > > stations throughout the country. > > The combination of tax breaks for EV owners and readily available > charging > > stations "took away all the friction factors," Volvo Cars CEO Jim Rowan > > told the *Times*. But the U.S. and other countries can learn from > Norway's > > challenges with electric cars, not just its successes. That includes > > figuring out the optimal number and locations for charging stations, and > > dealing with the frustrations of new EV drivers learning to plug in their > > cars. "Sometimes we have to give them a coffee to calm down," Marit > > Bergsland, who works at a Circle K north of Oslo with more charging > > stations than gas pumps, tells the *Times*. " > > > > -- > > OK Don > > > > "Quality of life is inversely proportional to the amount of clothing you > > are wearing." > > > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” > Werner > > Von Braun > > > > "In science if you know what you are doing you should not be doing it. > > In engineering if you do not know what you are doing you should not be > > doing it." > > -- Richard W. Hamming, The Art of Doing Science and Engineering > > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
