Electric Vehicle Charging Insanity
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I know it is an unpopular opinion here, but it's coming and no amount of complaining or whining will stop it. Electric cars will win in the capitalist marketplace because they are require much less maintenance and are smooth and quiet.
You can bluster all you want about the power grid, about how bad lithium batteries are for the environment, about how long it takes to charge a battery.
But please realize that battery tech has been improving my entire life. We can building more power plants. It isn't rocket science. As demand increases, in a capitalist society it creates incentive for capital to flow in and create more supply.
Tech is moving forward. You can't stop it with memes or tee-hee pictures of people charging their Telsas with diesel generators. It is just a fact.
It's not coming in the sense you think.
Nobody, and I mean nobody, will want to charge their car if there's a long wait. At first they'll be fine. But slogging through NJ traffic, just to sit at a station for 45 minutes or more is just an insurmountable pain in the ass.
In order for electric to be the people's choice, you need to charge that battery from empty to full in less than 10 minutes. We are 10 years from that technology being available in an "affordable" package {under $60,000}. I'd go a step further and say the sweet spot is under 45000, but hey, that's just me.
In 10 to 15 years time the world will be a very different place and electric may be passed by altogether at that point.
All valid points fren.
Battery tech needs to improve. But battery tech has been improving steadily through our lifetimes, right? It isn't going to just freeze in 2022.
You can't stop it just because you think it is a lefty thing. It is coming because of capitalism. Electric cars are just superior. I know it will take time to wrap your head around it, but if you can't, it won't matter.
They are going to win in the marketplace, and arguing on the internet won't make the slightest difference.
Somewhat case in point, I got a new lawnmower this weekend. I had looked at them a couple of years ago and saw maybe 2 electric battery powered mowers. This time, the electrics were 2/3 of their selection.