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The Corn and Oil Lobbies Should Forget EVs, Focus on Airlines
Fossil and biofuels have lost the battle for passenger cars. Carving out a place in aviation would be smart.
Looking to the skies.
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Countries have no permanent friends or enemies, only interests. It’s not so different with lobby groups.
Farmers producing renewable fuel and oil companies digging up fossil petroleum might seem natural enemies, but both groups will suffer if electric vehicles keep edging out conventional cars that burn their main products. It’s no surprise, then, that they’re burying decades of enmity to take on EVs while the sector is looking weak.