What Happens to Gas Stations When the World Goes Electric? | Emily Grubert | TED
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Published 2023-03-23
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All Comments (21)
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Wouldn't it make practical sense for gas stations to add electric charging to their business in order to stay profitable?Raising to price of gas as the demand drops until ultimately maintaining only one gas pump for the rare user of antique cars.
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I’ve heard a dozen Ted talks identical to this video: “We have a climate problem, we don’t have a plan, but we need one. I don’t have the answers, but something needs to be done. I’m here to tell you it’s going to be ok, because we will make a plan. This is my Ted talk, thank you”
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What happens to all the car batteries that go bad or are in a vehicle that is not salvageable? Aren't they more harmful to the environment?
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Same thing that happened to all the phone booths when everyone switched over to cellphones! Or when big boxy TVs gave way to slim flat screens. Adaptation will always take effect!
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One of the most profound and important discussions I've listened to. A very real wake up call for us all.
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What happened to Videostores when streaming took over .? Simple . They will either disapear or convert to something else needed in the area
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1:30 key words there “over the next FEW DECADES”. Gas station owners have nothing to fear for a looooong while.
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The way i see it is gas stations will transition to charging stations. Not all at first but they'll be ice engines for decades. But as manufacturers move toward all electric like Volkswagen and GM that's still going to require gasoline, tires and suspension components.
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They will be a good place to water our horses….
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So my question is what we going to do with everything that needs oil to be produce
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Adapt or die. Gas (Petrol) Stations can be reinvented as "energy" Stations. Offers there could include decent cafes even internet cafes.
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So we need to worry about an issue IF we succeed in reducing global warming - which we haven't come close to?
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It doesn’t matter what the beginning of your story is like. The pages before you are blank. You are the one who gets to decide what is written. It is a story you will constantly revisit as you shape your path. You will discover interests hidden around the next corner, or the next. So keep going. Tumble into this realm as often as you like. Write your story. Start where you are. And change the ending.
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Thank God❤
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there should be prorams to replace as stations with either charfingstation or publick transit stations.
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This is such a nonissue. We’ve upgraded our lives and changed power sources before.
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you didn´t even talked about the future of gas stations, just brawled about a bunch of problems we all know they are already there.
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Huge IF actually, just in the US even.
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It’s amazing how little the environmental experts know about the environment.
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As usual most of these comments didn't actually watch even 1.1% of the video
