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Originally Posted by hotlap

Could the government starts throwing in incentives and tax breaks for Camaros?

That is the type of market manipulation people are referring to. In 1905, manufactures sold electric, steam and gasoline powered automobiles. The market chose the winner. There are or technologies that are being erased because the government is choosing the winner.

The difference is, 100 years ago the government and the auto industry were not faced with the daunting task of carbon emissions reduction. The government has put carbon reduction far ahead of the wants and likes of a small portion of the auto buying public. Thing is, this time the auto industry not only agrees, they're getting out ahead of where the government wants them to be. So, even though the 2035 Executive Orders are not law, the automakers are not fighting the direction the way they usually do when the government tries to toughen fuel economy standards. They're doing it on their own. They are even working to make their plants carbon neutral and there is no legislation or directive telling them they have to do that.

In the strongest of ironies, as I typed this response, Ford was airing a commercial on their electric future. Think the government is telling them they need to do that? Not a chance.