Vladimir Putin "US dominance is ending"

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Mr Puggsly said:

SecondWar said:

Because so much money is tied up in it, governments will either find it it too expensive to move away from it - or consumers will and likely see it as unnecessary and wasteful. Then you've got the oil lobby who clearly don't want to lose their market so...

Plus with shale in the US, it's a way for them to get energy independence so it gives them a political benefit.

Should everybody in the west be forced to buy an electric car?

Should this be done with subsidies (they have tax credits in the US)?

Doesn't the US give a load of subsidies to the oil industry already? I don't think they want to subsidise any other forms of energy.

I know it the Uk, diesel has seen a sharp decline due to issues about air pollution, and the government wants to completely phase out petrol cars (as well as diesel) by 2030(? - can't remember what year they said). That said, I'm not convinced they'll end up going through with it.