how we are we going to afford the cost of replacing all are trucks and cars on the road with electric and hybrid vehicles.
The same we afford replacing gas or diesel powered ones?
When the vehicle breaks down for the last time, we buy another, but the engine would be electric rather than petroleum -powered.
And as consumers we look at the end cost of purchase, forgetting all the inputs including the jobs produced by those inputs in mining.
(Canada has large lithium deposits in Ontario and Australia is the world's largest producer of lithium. Both are US allies and economic partners through TPP and CMUSA)
Is there going to be a need for special training for mechanics to work on electric vehicle's. At what cost to the companies and mechanics?
Yes. Just as there was a need and cost to retrain mechanics when computer controlled vehicles became the standard. One of my BILs was an auto mechanic until then and subsequently retrained . He has since retired from a better paying, unionized job as a mechanic with BC Ferries.
Then we are already $31.46 trillion dollars in debt.
Since most of that debt is from running the US Armed Forces, there is a pool of workers there ripe for training to build, operate, and repair the new technology.
Or switch the money from the military to schools including trade schools and universities.
