Natural gas until 2050.

Tyrant Oil Regimes
 

Because I would rather support other regimes that fly airplanes into our buildings. Abuse women and children. Seems there is no right way. Source: History

And you never think about the toxicity from the battery’s manufacturing, disposal and waste from their creation or the electricity required for all of the above in a totally electric environment. No one ever develops the whole picture of all this proposed electrical environment. The problem with the whole theory is none of it is viable as an efficient process to eliminate fossil fuels.

Problem with your statement is we had been fuel efficient and didn’t require other regimes.:ohdear:

Or,

The United States Was Energy Independent in 2019 for the First Time Since 1957

U.S. energy production in 2019 was higher than U.S. energy consumption for the first time in 62 years. Thus, the U.S. attained the long-held goal of “energy independence”—which is not to say that we did not import or export energy, but that we produced more energy than we used. One can thank the oil and gas industry and its use of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling for that milestone as production in those industries increased a combined 11 percent in 2019.

Well said. Some folks do not seem to understand that it is not a good thing to support other countries that hate us and want to destroy us.

You do know that the U.S. of A. produces fossil fuel, right? And you do know that we do not normally resort to "fly airplanes into our buildings" right? Source: History.

Obviously, you only chose to pick out the part that supports your bias, versus what the whole article's subject points out. The article shows that the rich gained from the EV which further divided the inequity of the economy. It also mentioned how mass transport was affected negatively. AND, AND it mentioned that there were more cars on the road when the purpose was to reduce the amount of cars on the road.
Please try to remember that Norway is about 1/30th the size of the U.S. and what is good for one or two small European countries is not necessarily good for us. Cultures are also different in other countries.
Like I said earlier, before taking EVs seriously, this country should have set up a supporting infrastructure that would be conducive to EV integration. You don't sell tickets to ride a train until you have the RR tracks laid out across the country.

We are "energy independent" or a net exporter of energy today. (Forbes, and EIA)

I'm still looking for a link that clearly explains we are not, and never have been, self sufficient for gasoline.

Welcome to the villages! They hate them because they don't have them, and they know that someday it's gonna be really good and they are going to miss out… Hence it is all bad. History will show they are on the wrong side of the argument.
However they are villagers…This is what they do…:mornincoffee:

You obviously know very little on how a gallon of gasoline is produced. You never seen an article about an oil spill? You can't tell me you've never heard of the Exxon Valdez! How about The Deepwater Horizon Explosion?

Waiting for that article on a major environmental catastrophe having to do with lithium batteries.

Oh good, another hater diatribe vs common sense discussion. The electric vehicle in this country at this point is as viable as your argument. Where do you live if not a Villager, btw?

Oh, please! Are you aware of what lithium batteries require, where and how those materials are obtained and which countries can hold us hostage for those materials? I’m sure you’ve never heard of lithium battery fires, insufficient electrical grid and charging support for every American to operate an EV to start with the issues.

If Norway is trying to encourage more people to buy EVs, then logically that would mean that the Norway government believes that there is SOMETHING SUPERIOR about EVs over ICE vehicles.

That's an interesting article about Norway and their subsidies of EVs to the point of 89% of new car sales. That compares to about 20% of new car EV sales in Europe and 7% in the US. One reason that EVs were so popular was the VERY LOW cost of electricity due to many hydroelectric plants. Norway stopped investing in bus and trolley car service for their big cities. And they failed to develop their own low to medium priced EV suitable for the middle class.
.........They were successful at promoting clean air through EVs. But, now they want their large cities to have wider sidewalks, walking paths, and to increase the bike and E-bike usage.
...........Norway likely put too much emphasis on one solution (clean air through EVs) and should have done more diverse solutions.
............Similarly, the US probably put too much emphasis on super-highways and air travel and not enough on trains, buses, and trolley cars. And too much suburbia and not enough clean, crime-free inner city.