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Do I want to buy a vehicle that will have very limited mileage (where I live in a rural area and need to be able to drive distances), that has a "fuel" system which deteriorates in effectiveness over a decade or so, at which point I will need to fork out something close to the initial purchase price of the vehicle to replace it, all while living with the very real risk that the battery pack may go into thermal runaway while charging, creating a fire that neither I nor the local fire brigade has the slightest hope of extinguishing. All this to enjoy the prospect of slowly charging it with electricity that is becoming ever more expensive and less reliable, and with the likely scenario that the government will force me to plug it in, such that it can by used as a "virtual" power station. Leaving me stuck with a worthless piece of junk with a negative resale value that I cannot reliably fuel up.

If this is pushed out to everyone (as they say, though this is not physically possible), the roads will crumble under the combined effects of excess weight and a dramatic reduction in road repair funding, which comes largely from fuel excises where I live. EVs do not contribute to road maintenance at all.

EVs are a stupid concept that maybe works for a tiny clique of latte sipping faggots in the inner city who drive only a few miles a day and never have to get anything serious done. For real people, doing real jobs, they are utterly unsuitable. People don't want them because they are not better than what we already have.