mnemonicmonkeys

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mnemonicmonkeys ,

Not only that, people going on those long trips are going to be looking for something to eat in a similar time frame that their EV takes to fully discharge. It takes EVs about 15-20 minutes to get from 0-80% charge. That's less time than it takes to sit down and eat at a restaurant

mnemonicmonkeys ,

Sounds like a you problem then

mnemonicmonkeys ,

Why not get an electric bike then? Reasonable price tag, will get you to work within a reasonable timeframe, significantly less congestion on roads, and charges with that renewable energy without using a lot of it.

Also, their point was that adding infrastructure for public transport (aka improving the public transport you're complaining about) will have a huge effect on reducing greenhouse gas emissions across a population and is more easily electrified. Your focus on an individual case is irrelevant to their argument.

mnemonicmonkeys ,

So we shouldn't bother with it anywhere then?

You're missing the forest for the trees

mnemonicmonkeys ,

EVs generally have adapters that allow you to plug into a standard home outlet, it's just significantly slower to charge to full due to the lower amperages. And even if you only have 1 plug in your garage, it's not hard or expensive to add more.

The only real hurdle for that is if you rent a house and aren't allowed to make those easy changes

mnemonicmonkeys ,

You can plug into the standard 120V outlet at home. You don't require the high amp charging and the installment costs associated

mnemonicmonkeys ,

Yeah, unfortunately the Levitt-town style of suburbs (which are all that's allowed to be built nowadays) are largely incompatible with public transport. We need to fix zoning laws to allow pre-war style suburbs to be built again to make public transport feasible. And all of this will take awhile to fix

mnemonicmonkeys ,

The reason communities like yours and the one behind your house aren't connected is to reduce the amount of cars driving down your block.

Which is ironic because it has the opposite effect by forcing every resident to get around via car

mnemonicmonkeys ,

I personally don't mind the foot included in the pic, but please trim your toenails

mnemonicmonkeys ,

The forbidden button…

mnemonicmonkeys ,

If we instead built more mixed housing near transit lines (e.g. business at ground level and a purchasable apartment above it), you could own something and not need a car to get around.

Unfortunately, zoning laws don’t allow this in most US cities

mnemonicmonkeys ,

Yet

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