John Birmingham snark at its finest.

  • artyom@piefed.social
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    21 days ago

    I agree with you about not necessarily disagreeing. He’s right, we’re “not there yet”. As in, it’s not equally easy to road trip.

    But he also completely missed the trade-off, which is that I don’t have to go to gas stations either. And when I do 1 or maybe 2 road trips a year, as opposed to stopping at gas stations >25x/year, that’s a very welcome trade-off. There’s an argument to be made that you might even save some money by not being tempted to buy shit at the gas station, which a lot of people do.

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      21 days ago

      There’s an argument to be made that you might even save some money by not being tempted to buy shit at the gas station, which a lot of people do.

      Not sure that argument holds water because we always hear about the shopping and/or dining that can be done while charging.

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        20 days ago

        Yes but that is again only on long trips. Every other day of the year you’re driving straight home.