⛽️ What's Going to Happen to Gas Stations?

And the people who work at them

Gas stations are dying

Hooray! No more climate change! Right?

Not so fast.

Gas stations are dying, but their death has implications for millions of Americans.

And they are dying fast, mostly because electric vehicles (EVs) are replacing internal combustion vehicles. Many cities have already banned the building of new gas stations, while states like California have forbidden the sale of gas powered vehicles altogether after 2035.

The only reason gas stations aren’t vanishing faster is because electric vehicle (EV) adoption has been a lot slower than expected in the United States. One of the reasons for that slow adoption has been the inconvenience of charging electric cars outside the home - EV chargers just can’t compete with the ubiquity of gas stations … for now.

New gas station construction has been declining nationwide for decades

Most gas stations are small businesses

It’s not uncommon for gas stations to be individually owned mom and pop shops. When you see Exxon on the sign, that’s th…