The Unsolvable EV Problem
Whilst the flame wars continue, the central problem remains rage, and now kWh, fuelling!
It’s not difficult to find people being nasty to each other on the internet, that’s been going on for decades and seems to be nowhere near stopping anytime soon.
Thing is, it’s not about spaces versus tabs¹, vi versus emacs², or even Windows versus Linux³ any more — it’s gone all consumer, it’s gone mainstream, and ground zero in the flame wars is located within firmly the subject of electric vehicles or EVs⁴.
Yes, their range is increasing. No, they’re still not cheap enough.
Yes, they’re probably good for the climate if you discount manufacturing carbon emissions. No, their resale value is terrible.
Yes, they’re cheap to run if you can charge at home. No, not everyone can have a home charger.
Yes, they can run on green electricity. No, they don’t always, and the EV users themselves are a captive market upon which profiteering electricity suppliers gorge themselves.
I could go on.
I won’t even mention apps you might have to install, or the amount of coffee and doughnuts you’ll inevitably consume while you’re waiting for charge an EV and how it makes them about the same price as an ICE car to refuel if you take comestibles and…
