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How much oil-market buffer is left?

116 points · 180 comments · mcone

  1. formerly_proven · · focus · HN ↗
    The real question is how quickly demand can be destroyed.
    1. danans · · focus · HN ↗
      I'd rather we ask how quickly demand can be transferred to other energy sources, like electricity.
      1. snarfy · · focus · HN ↗
        Electricity is not a source though. Do you mean solar, nuclear, and such? The demand is already there. It's the supply that is the issue.
        1. danans · · focus · HN ↗
          > The demand is already there. It's the supply that is the issue.

          Somehow many societies are able to power a huge amount of transportation via electrified rail and bus systems. That's an existing solution that requires zero new technology.

          And of course there are EVs for places that somehow can't figure out how to do electrified mass transit.

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