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RE: Electric Vehicles Will Decimate Oil
This is nonsense. Oil demand is partly down because of EV's.
EV's do just fine in rural settings too, I grew up rural. Like 2% of people living rural require a truck (much less a diesel), and we have no reason to believe EV's can't take over those vehicles too.
Living out on a farm or a ranch, you needed a truck.
You need to go fetch a wayward cow? You need a truck.
Need some feed? You need a truck.
Got to get some gravel so that you can make your road so that cars can drive down it? You need a truck.
A car is a luxury item.
The EV's downfall is range and constant high speeds. (driving on highways)
In the city, and EV is great because at minimum you aren't wasting energy while sitting still. But at highway speeds the internal combustion engine is at its best efficiency. At highway speeds the EV is at its worst efficiency.
Yes, but the VAST majority of rural people do not live on ranches or farms. I grew up rural in Alberta. Seriously, like 5% of rural people need a truck. Maybe 25% actually own a truck. Most drive cars. All the situations you described apply only to a tiny minority of people. Go drive out in the country, you'll quickly find 95% of people are doing none of the things you described.
EVs will still take over those jobs easily. EVs are so much cheaper to run and range is getting so long. A Tesla can already run 550 kilometers, and in 3 years we'll have tons of EVs in the 500 to 600 kilometers range. It might mean rural people take longer to adopt them, but its hardly an unstoppable roadblock.