Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "Wow! Volvo EV sales PLUNGE 65% in Q1 2024 | MGUY Australia" video.

  1. Same for solar panels on your home. It's a further transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy.
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  2.  @kiae-nirodiariesencore4270  There's all kinds of crap like that. The oil lobby is a real thing, for sure. That doesn't mean government-subsidized EVs, powered by coal-fired generating plants, and full of expensive and dirty-to-mine-and-process metals and rare earths are any kind of real solution to environmental degradation, which is a far more serious issue than CO2 in the atmosphere.
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  3.  @kiae-nirodiariesencore4270  Those are legit concerns. Government intervention was always in the name of making things better, but all it did was put the government in the hip pocket of all the industries it purported to "regulate." The net effect of such interventions is always rampant abuse followed by destruction of the industry, itself, after the intervention has driven out all smaller competitors. I would much rather see a true free market. Now, I'd like you to address the sourcing of the raw materials needed to support this EV panacea you love so much. EVs aren't really cleaning things up. They're just trading one form of environmental degradation for another, without really ANY concern for the actual value of each. Just a religious certitude that CO2 is the Great Satan. Where are we getting most of those minerals from? Countries that don't care at ALL about the environment. Your arguments are really just "not in MY back yard!" arguments, that make you feel good, but you're just moving the pollution over the China, which also shares the same planet we do! The oil companies wouldn't own the government (essentially) if the government hadn't decided to cash in on a big business's profits and pretend to "regulate" them in the interests of the people. Every time the people are up in arms and want to see change, the government steps in and CONTROLS the form that change will take, and the controls they implement are ALWAYS in consultation with the very companies that the public was about to make bankrupt! What really ends up happening is what always ends up happening: The agency gets captured by the very people it purports to regulate. We see this all the time, and it's only getting worse. Now, if you're right about the importance of putting fossil fuels in the rearview mirror, the best way to achieve that is through free markets, NOT by government intervention. Set a good example and try to convince others to follow your lead. Government intervention gets to parade all the winners, but it harms everyone in small ways, so it's hard to get at the actual harm that is done. But all those small "harms" are stacking up, and anyone with a brain can see that where we're headed is serfdom, where no one can afford their own home or the ability to go where they want, when they want.
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  4. I'm not against EVs, but I think they're a niche market, not the consumers' choice for reliable transportation.
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