I think Sweden was looking at electrifying the roadways.

The beginning, "There are strange things done in the midnight sun, by the men who moil for gold,
The northern trails have there secret tales that would make your blood run cold" is just perfect to catch a 'kids' imagination.

I didn't know they made it to Oklahoma... I knew they were in our maritimes. Being seafarers, I'm surprised they made it inland. I'm not disputing that they did.

Like it or not, they may be your vehicle in the future.

It was about then, or earlier, that I read it...

The Vikings started a settlement in Canada, in Newfoundland just before 1000AD. It failed after a few years.

Information on EVs. For EVs to be effective, the source of power has to be renewable, too. There will likely be many improvements over time for vehicles, batteries, and power source. EVs are in their infancy. Don't let the URL fool you:

https://www.fool.com/research/largest-ev-companies/

With c*****e c****e, this is not likely going to improve.

If that's a real concern then you have to change the model. Manitoba Hydro is a provincial utility, and our power is nearly totally green. I don't know what your cost for power is but ours is 9.455 cents per kW/hr.

When I was in gradeschool, my mom had a copy of Services complete works that I read, and loved. "The Cremation of Sam McGee" is more fitting for our weather:

"There are strange things done in the midnight sun
By the men who moil for gold;
...
Was that night on the marge of Lake Lebarge
I cremated Sam McGee."

and ends with

"Since I left Plumtree, down in Tennessee, it's the first time I've been warm."

My favourite was (I was pre-teen) "The Breadknife Ballad" that has the chorus

"Please Mother don't stab Father with the BREAD-KNIFE,
Remember 'twas a gift when you were wed.
But if you must stab Father with the BREAD-KNIFE,
Please Mother use another for the BREAD."

...and North America. He beat Columbus by 500 years. Bjarni Herjolfsson, like Quasimoto, rings a bell.

The old expression, "When the days are warm and sticky, that no time for dunkin' dickie, but when the frost is on the pumpkin, that's the time for dickie dunkin'"

and with the oceans warming, there will be less and less of it in Antarctica.

There's a pile of it around Antarctica. It freezes at a lower temperature and tends to expel the salt.

It will be interesting to see what the outcome of that is...