A message is constantly returning: no one is against electric vehicles. But everyone gets along to say that it is not yet suitable for all profiles. Nor to all budgets. Nor to all roads in Quebec.
My chronicle on the electric car, published two months ago, had aroused a reaction as I have rarely seen.
Thousands of messages. Textos, calls, comments in the street. I was still told about the local coffee, the convenience store or in the parking lots.
A few days after my chronicle, the Legault government has also backed off: non -rechargeable hybrid vehicles will now be recorded in electricity sales targets. One way to recognize that the objective of two million Vés by 2035 will be difficult to achieve in Quebec.
Return to petrol
For the past two months, another question is constantly returning: “So how do you like your new petrol vehicle?”
Good question! To be precise, I swapped my 100% electric car for a non -rechargeable hybrid. And what do you know? I like that. Driving is lively. Autonomy, reassuring. And stops at the pump … less painful than expected.
Yes, it still smells of gas. But I do 7 liters per 100 kilometers. And at $ 1.60 per liter is not the hemorrhage.
The oil paradox
It feels like everything is more expensive. And it’s true. Rent, food, restaurant, leisure: the bottom wallet like a soft cream in the sun.
Except for petrol! A liter at $ 1.60 today is cheaper than in 2008, if we take into account inflation. At the time, $ 1.50 per liter made the headlines. In dollars of 2025, it would give … $ 2.14!
We think we were spending less, but in constant dollars, we often paid more than today. Despite all the upheavals of the last years – Ukraine war, geopolitical tensions, pandemic, energy transition -, the price of oil remains relatively stable.
So no, petrol is not cheap. But it is not as expensive as you think!
And she may remain so. Because, contrary to what we are repeated, global demand does not slow down. She climbs. OPEC provides for a consumption of 123 million barrels per day by 2050. It is 18% more than today.
No summit in sight. No decline. Just an energetic appetite that swells, especially in emerging countries.
Result: the producers Forent, Forent and Forent still. The United States is betting on shale oil. OPEC is preparing colossal investments – $ 18,000 over 25 years. You have read correctly: thousands of billions to produce more.
Which brings us to the summer of 2025. road trip In Quebec, what strikes me is the contrast. A Putin costs $ 14. A two -ball horn: $ 7. One night at the hotel: $ 250. What about essence? Always about the same price as 10 years ago.
A paradox of our time!
