Deep Water Horizon 5 million Barrels of Oil Spilled

 Environmentalist, economists, politicians, activists, regular people, many claim that Peak Oil already happened, that using oil for fuels used causing climate to change the leading cause of pollution emissions, that burning fossil fuels or carbon causes acid rain, ground level smog, ozone near people, particles, soot, smoke, HC fumes, particulate matter, NOx or oxides of nitrogen, organic pollutants as trace components of exhaust gas emitted by gasoline & diesel burning vehicles with engines that use fossil fuels, effectively cyclical molecules or persistent organic pollutants called POPS that are extremely poisonous or toxic, brake dust, tire microplastic from tread erosion, traffic jam time waste stress, vehicle accidents, bird strikes, other animals killed by vehicle hits in roadways, noise & sound pollution, & a litany of other problems that battery electric vehicle are not a silver bullet to solve. 

Sure BEV's like Tesla model this or that, Nissan LEAF, or PHEV like Toyota Rav4 Prime (personal favorite) or Prius Prime (smartest choice), the larger batteries, or fuel efficient engines with higher thermal efficiency, there are many improved ways to go places with lower emissions, even in homes where mini-split heat pumps with a COP of 7.1 best ones using best fans fins, best fan motors, best heat exchangers, best compressors, best controllers, the cheapest mini-split have a COP 3 and cost $500, but the $1700 units have COP of 5.3 or 6.4 or best ones around $2K are COP 7.1, meaning they can move 7 units of heat for warming or cooling using one unit of electricity. 

What about people walking more, using e-bikes to get around, or riding the bus nearby? Did you know in many cities there are many ways of getting around other than owning a car & driving it. Only 1 in 4 adults worldwide owns a car, 3 out of those 4 want a car, 1 of them has no interest in owning a car as they have no use case for one & have figured out how to live without a car, perhaps you can too, unless you live in America like me where cars are the only time efficient practical way of getting around. Thus, my daily drive was a purchased 1 year old used Toyota Corolla Hybrid. Meg got a used 10 Prius III as her daily driver. Her 3rd Gen Prius gives 48 MPG, the Corolla Hybrid easily give 58 MPG, though I regularly hypermile up to 68 or 71 MPG, & best case 74 MPG in warm weather no wind no traffic :) I consider quality reliability & fuel economy in my vehicle choices, so Toyota Hybrids are the obvious choice. Prius & Corolla Hybrid same drivetrain as Prius was, have the lowest Total Cost of Ownership of any car choices & are very reliable, many setting odometer records.