Watt’s On The Menu?
The real problem with Electric Vehicles isn’t range anxiety, it’s what you do with yourself while you’re waiting for a charge…
The subject of electric vehicles (henceforth, EVs) is an extremely polarising¹ one, usually exemplified by the shockingly¹ angry comments following pretty much every article I’ve ever read that presents an opinion about them.
In fact, I’ve written about them myself several times already myself— pointing out primarily that replacing cars with even more cars isn’t a great move that addresses the current¹ problem with traffic congestion — i.e. we’ll still have to deal with all of the traffic, accidents, and plethora of roads taking over valuable real estate that should be devoted to homes, pedestrians, and controversially (apparently) even cyclists.
So, if we leave aside the divisive arguments about range anxiety, especially the negative¹ ones about having to plan journeys ahead of time, and even the laughable and hugely expensive (profiteering) public charging infrastructure I’m really surprised that no-one’s been mentioning what I’ve come to realise is the actual biggest problem.
And that problem is the humble doughnut.
No, that’s not code for something, or some bizarre electrical engineering term, I’m genuinely referring to those often [ cream | jam | custard ] filled fried dough…
