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Once they succeed in cutting the supply of ICE vehicles and once the existing stock of ICE vehicles begins declining (cannot be economically repaired) then it stands to reason that petrol stations will quickly fold as fewer and fewer people use them. The price of petrol will increase, the availability of petrol will decrease. So I don't see much point in buying an extra ICE vehicle for when your current one falls apart. It would be much better to think about modifying the engine of a second vehicle so that it accepts alternative fuels that you can manufacture yourself (not dependent on THEIR supply chains), and buy a few spare parts in advance. Or think about getting an older EV that you can modify to disable any tracking and remote control features.

The rest I agree wholeheartedly with. There isn't even enough lithium and other rare earth metals on the planet. If we were all to switch from ICE vehicles to EVs then a huge majority of people on the planet will simply miss out because the raw ingredients just don't exist. That's another big tell.

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Thanks, Suavek, for putting these posts together as I am not on Telegram and cannot keep up to date with Mike's posts otherwise, and he always has useful and thoughtful insights on the underlying situation. Please continue to do this.

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