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[–] AlphaWookie 9 points -1 points (+8|-9) ago 

The electric car is not going to be widely adopted for a long fucking time world wide or in the first world, if ever. That is just the way it is. Electric cars depend on first rate national infrastructure. South America does not have that, Africa does not have that, Asia does not have that and will not for another century at best. Those places with a first rate infrastructure often that system does not extend to its rural communities i.e. broadband internet for example. Also electric cars will never solve long haul trucking battery tech is 100+ years old there is a power to weight ratio problem and there will never be a break through in battery tech to solve that. Also have you noticed how despite having some of the most advanced batteries and energy efficient smartphones in the world people load them up with apps and features that they are still getting nearly the same amount of practical usage time as phones from 20 years ago. Despite gas cars getting more efficient people drive more and for longer than ever. People use tech to its fullest and always demand more.

The real issue is changing human behavior and if you get that figure that out you are smarter than all the greatest minds that have ever lived and tried to govern humanity.

Sorry to burst peoples bubbles.

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[–] SilverBanana 1 point 21 points (+22|-1) ago 

All your arguments could be made in favour of horses in 1900.

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[–] DeepFriedPickles 1 point 2 points (+3|-1) ago 

Not really. The leap from horse-ready roads to car-ready roads was virtually none at all. Even gas stations were only a matter of convenience since unlike electricity you can carry around extra cans of gas in your car. To make electric cars viable for anything more than driving within one city you'll need some serious infrastructure upgrades, such as those fancy roads that can generate an electric circuit to recharge your battery or installing 'charging stations' at parking lots.

The benefit of gasoline-powered cars is an always will be the ability to be (relatively) self-sufficient. Horses are of course more self-sufficient then cars but you're missing the BIGGEST FUCKING DIFFERENCE. There is a HUGE convenience difference between a horse and a car, such as the latter being able to go a hundred kph faster, providing shelter, and not getting tired. There is zero convenience difference between electric and gas cars. Why would a society blow billions on infrastructure when there is no motivation?

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[–] AlphaWookie 13 points -9 points (+4|-13) ago  (edited ago)

God you are stupid. Power weight ratio. Humanity moves towards tech that can do more work not less. Electric cars can not do the amount of work a gas car can or truck. The tech is just not there and then you ignore that for the majority of humanity the grid is not there for electric cars, and electric cars have been around for more than a century. You can move a 55 gallon drum of gas anywhere in the world not an electric grid at least not for a century. Africa, Asia, S. America do not have the grid and do you see signs that they will get there quickly. Also do you see Europe and N. America rushing to building the power plants need for a massive switch over to electric cars? No you do not if fact regulations are making it harder to build up the electrical grid in Europe and N. America. The electric car will not be here in mass usage for a century if not longer.

Do you have anything more to offer than a shallow retort lacking any substance?

Edit: Just so everyone knows the tech to drill on the bottom of the ocean for oil is more advanced than the best battery tech available now and it produces far more energy than batteries ever will. The smart money is still on Hydrocarbons accept that is the future for the next century and we can actually solve problems related to the environment.

Also China and India is building its own native car companies and they are not building electric car companies what does that tell you about the future of electric cars?

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[–] DeepFriedPickles ago 

Even here, if you have the car just for city driving you'll be fine unless you're doing some obscene commute

I don't think many US families would be on-board for having to buy at least two cars; an electric one for the city and a gas one for any road trips, family visits, camping, etc. Like everything it's a money issue. Convincing people to spend more money for a less convenient option is a fool's task

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[–] AlphaWookie 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

Fuck the Third World. Who gives a shit if they have electric cars or not?

Because one of the big marketing points of the electric car is it will help the environment. In the next 100 years three billion people are going to become online as car buyers and they will be buying are gas cars. So buying or pushing electric cars is a fucking waste of effort. Also if you think 3 billion new gas cars stressing the environment is bad wait until Africa starts buying air conditioning there is no way in hell the world is going to tell Africa they can't have A/C. Basically all those leftist greens are so far up there ass they have no idea what is going on.