>because it’s obviously to me that sending money to shady petro states all over the world is just a bad idea
The US has been a net exporter of oil for several years now and what it does import is mainly (>70%) production from Canada and Mexico. As far as crude oil goes, in 2024 the US imported 6.48 million barrels per day and exported 4.06 million. Of those 2.42 million barrels of crude oil, approximately 1.7 million came from oilfields in Canada and Mexico.
While we as a society should transition away from fossil fuels as quickly as practical, there is actually a very small chance a gallon of gasoline pumped into a vehicle originated in a shady petrostate.
>Tesla’s are obviously incredible engineering feats that everyone should want
Teslas were impressive, technologically, to normal consumers ten years ago.
Having driven every single model of Tesla ever made they are not for me except for the Roadster; their dynamics more closely resemble a heavily laden minivan with fantastic acceleration than a fun-to-drive car and their styling is design-by-committee bland.
The US has been a net exporter of oil for several years now and what it does import is mainly (>70%) production from Canada and Mexico. As far as crude oil goes, in 2024 the US imported 6.48 million barrels per day and exported 4.06 million. Of those 2.42 million barrels of crude oil, approximately 1.7 million came from oilfields in Canada and Mexico.
While we as a society should transition away from fossil fuels as quickly as practical, there is actually a very small chance a gallon of gasoline pumped into a vehicle originated in a shady petrostate.
>Tesla’s are obviously incredible engineering feats that everyone should want
Teslas were impressive, technologically, to normal consumers ten years ago.
Having driven every single model of Tesla ever made they are not for me except for the Roadster; their dynamics more closely resemble a heavily laden minivan with fantastic acceleration than a fun-to-drive car and their styling is design-by-committee bland.