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The headline doesn't follow from the actual data (par for the course with electrek I guess).

Here is a graph from the source used in TFA. Now look at the sum of gasoline, diesel and biofuels, and tell me that's "cratering".

https://robbieandrew.github.io/EV/img/NORenergy_road.png




The table they pull that data from is annual and only has info through 2022[1]. It's not useful for saying anything about the year-over-year monthly number being discussed. The chart showing monthly sales of road petroleum show a consistent 5% annual drawdown, which is proportional to how quickly the fleet is transitioning[2].

[1] https://www.ssb.no/en/statbank/table/11561 [2] https://robbieandrew.github.io/EV/img/fuelsales.png


Seconding your point & The headline is on 'motor fuel oil', not overall oil consumption for Norway


I think it's implied by the headline that biofuels (despite being literally "motor fuels") are in fact part of the problem for those selling "oil".

EVs, plug-in hybrids and high efficiency non-plugin hybrids all combine with biofuels to dent the market demand.




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