▲ 1116 ▼ xkcd #2948: Electric vs Gas (xkcd.com) submitted 2 years ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world 728 comments fedilink hide all child comments Alt text: An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that's the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.
[–] Swerker@feddit.nu 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Wy cant we have both public transport and electric cars? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nexussapphire@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago I never said we couldn't but it's pretty impractical if it's hard to find a charger. A lot of people don't live in houses and at least where I live there is one EV charger in my town. That's one charger not a station, and the town community center shut it down because upkeep was too expensive. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nexussapphire@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago I never said we couldn't but it's pretty impractical if it's hard to find a charger. A lot of people don't live in houses and at least where I live there is one EV charger in my town. That's one charger not a station, and the town community center shut it down because upkeep was too expensive. permalink fedilink source parent