“The magical thinkers defending wind, solar, batteries, and EVs encounter immediate, blistering pushback from general observers who follow the pro-con arguments. ‘The EV guy’ could hardly respond to the flood of criticisms toward his half-baked arguments.”

“This is incredible!” explained “the EV Guy” Steve Hutchings on social media (April 21, 2026). He stated in “Just how wasteful is fuel?”:

Most people think about what happens inside the engine… But the real waste starts LONG before the fuel even reaches your car. To make just 1 litre of petrol:

Around 1,700-3,400 kJ (0.5-0.95 kWh) is used just to get oil out the ground. Then another 3,400-6,800 kJ (0.95-1.9 kWh) is used to refine it into usable fuel. That’s 5,100-10,200 kJ (1.4-2.8 kWh) gone before you’ve even driven a single mile. That same energy, just to make the fuel, could be used to drive an EV 6-12 miles.

“Bullying about a desired future to try to get there suggests that the author dreams on a thin cloud. Toyota has benefitted from not plunging into the politically correct, economically incorrect EV bubble like so many others, including Ford Motor Company, the subject of yesterday’s post.”

James Carter, self-described “strategist, futurist, leader, influencer,” does not know his history. In a recent post, he belittled Akio Toyoda, Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation:

In what has to be some of the most stunning comments of head-in-the-sand management during industry disruption I’ve seen, Akio Toyoda has said ICE engines can’t go because too many people are employed making them. The implications of these comments are rather stunning: We have to double down on old technology because too many people could lose their jobs in Japan.