Although the oil industry is making record profits, it’s dying. We see the signs.
- John Deere is making electric excavators.
- Daimler is making electric semis in Portland.
- 400,000 electric buses are on the road worldwide.
- Fleet owners have ordered nearly a million electric delivery vans.
- The Tesla Model Y was the bestselling car in the world in Q1.
- We’re building electric ferries in Puget Sound and electric locomotives in California.
- Photoelectricity is the cheapest source of energy in most places.
- Already, billions of dollars have been invested in electric-vehicle technologies in the Southeast. Give people jobs and they’ll be on your side.
- We stopped the largest oil train terminal in North America from coming to Vancouver.
- Many countries have electric vehicle mandates.
- Multnomah County and about four dozen other jurisdictions are suing the oil industry for present and future climate-related damages.
- Cities are being redesigned to favor pedestrians and bicycles.
- Many people have solar panels, which they use to charge electric vehicles.
- The waiting list for an all-electric Ford F-series pickup is two years. They can’t keep up with demand.
The sooner we end the near monopoly of Big Oil, the sooner prices will come down.
