This seems relevant These statistics do not support your claim that energy consumption per capita has been stagnant. Did I miss something?
Yep, your link is for world energy use per capita, my claim is that it was stagnant for the first world. E.g. in the US it peaked in 1978 and has since declined by about a fifth. Developed world is more relevant because that’s where cutting edge research and technological advancement happens. Edit: here’s a graph from the source you provided showing the energy consumption history of the main developed countries, all of which follow the same pattern.
I don’t really have a single link to sum up the difference between engineering an ICE car with adequate range and refuel time and a battery-electric vehicle with comparable range/recharge time. If you’re really interested I would suggest reading about the early history of motor vehicles and then reading about the decades long development history of lithium-ion batteries before they became a viable product.
Yep, your link is for world energy use per capita, my claim is that it was stagnant for the first world. E.g. in the US it peaked in 1978 and has since declined by about a fifth. Developed world is more relevant because that’s where cutting edge research and technological advancement happens. Edit: here’s a graph from the source you provided showing the energy consumption history of the main developed countries, all of which follow the same pattern.
I don’t really have a single link to sum up the difference between engineering an ICE car with adequate range and refuel time and a battery-electric vehicle with comparable range/recharge time. If you’re really interested I would suggest reading about the early history of motor vehicles and then reading about the decades long development history of lithium-ion batteries before they became a viable product.