Originally Posted by
MisterV
No EV for me: bah, humbug.
Not only is there charging anxiety, the entire concept of EV's is a house of cards built on sand.
The gov't implemented aggressive moves to require EV ownership over time; fine in theory but what about actuality?
The argument made is that it will help stop global warming.
Pshaw.
Unless or until electricity is generated without using oil, gas or coal then they're just robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Wind powered electricity is too expensive for generating the quantities needed for a land of almost all EV's, and I see no clamor to build nuclear plants, which is what should be done (also designate Yucca as the depository and bury it deep).
House of cards? How so? How is it any different than ICE cars? What rubbish. I can use my car indefinitely until it breaks if I am properly off the grid (ie solar). You require a whole many leveled system of infrastructure in place to keep your car fueled. Granted we both rely on a supply chain that is fragile but "house of cards" is a comically dopey ass thing to say.
I don't think the government's "aggressive moves to require" have had much to do with the adoption. Maybe their subsidies did but that is not "requiring".
Ultimately things have to be done in layers. You aren't wrong that electric cars won't save us. However the infrastructure has to be there as one of many steps to go to a theoretically sustainable world. I don't believe it'll happen either way but EVs are definitely more in the right direction.
Batteries can be recycled. This is a point you never see from people who regurgitate fossil fuel talking points. Honestly it seems like something those people never considered because they were never told. (and thats all they do - repeat what they're told. )
I've had my car for near 2 years and only one time was I even remotely scared of running out of power. Having to wait the extra 15 minutes on refueling is a pain. As is having to go out of your way moreso than a gas station sucks. If you don't travel and just commute around town you literally don't have to spend any time fueling it up. When traveling distances I plug it in and typically go in the store or eat. Last time I filled up my car on a road trip there was a nice cafeteria a few hundred feet away. Had a nice meal then walked out to my car and we were good to go. I could make the argument it was more efficient often times.
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