D J CapelisI think people underestimate how wildly fast the transition away from fossil fuels is accelerating at this moment in time. It didn’t start soon enough and we need it to keep accelerating but this type of scaling is becoming surprisingly routine as people all across the globe are continuing to respond to the things we need to do to move to new energy sources and electrify our energy use.
The point we’ve reached now with many of these technologies is the point where people aren’t doing it out of pure altruism or climate change concern. They’re doing it because the new technologies are either better, or cheaper. And coming up quite soon: they’ll be both.
vince@djcapelis almost went ahead with internal combustion ~3 years ago, and having the ability to get around more easily arguably would've been a better choice for my mental health, but the idea didn't sit well with me (and then you just couldn't buy a car for a while)
asked the landlord this year about installing a charger, he didn't blink, now he's basically just waiting on confirmation & scheduling with utilities to upgrade the main service 👍🏼
@0x56 Awesome! I promised myself my previous Honda would be my last ICE car and honestly expected that to last me longer than it did, so it was with some surprise that I took the leap to EV in early 2020! It took me about a year (and a move) to get a charger at home, but I don’t think I’ll ever go back. Maybe one more gas engine in a motorcycle?
@djcapelis oh hah, i think we stopped by yoshinoya and you dropped me at home one evening after work in the honda, like, days before Everything shut down? didn't realize it gave out so quickly, bummer :/
agreed though, i can absorb the potentially higher initial cost of an EV, and by all other metrics it seems like the obvious choice in 2023 (and starts to enable other really cool stuff, like V2H :)
@0x56 Oddly enough it was the driver’s side door that didn’t go so well. The engine stayed pretty functional!
Anyway no regrets :)