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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh
Not really a good comparison. Look at the adoption rate of ICE over horses from late1890s to the 1920's (25 years) vs. the adoption rate of EV in the past 25 years. ICE in that Era had huge advantages over horses. Rural, you could go much further distances, in town, horse exhaust stuck around a lot longer than CO2. EV offers no advantage convenience/cost to ICE to make the switch.
EV people tout the charge-at-home advantage compared to ICE. The reason ICE people do not recharge at home is because THEY DON'T HAVE TO. Public ICE recharging is completely convenient.
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The world is dynamic but the pt is there and it's a relevant one since it's in the same industry...it must've been a pita trying to figure out where to refuel back then. I'm sure way back then they didn't have crazy insidious gas lobbyists intentionally curtailing progress either, for example.
Anyway, you know my position from my earlier post so while I laugh at retrogrouches and know it's inevitable, I'm realistic too and don't think that the tech has plateaued anywhere close yet.
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