And the increase in the price of gasoline is honestly probably the best thing that’s happened for EVs in a long time.
The increase in gas prices is honestly a good thing for humanity in general. The bigger the price and the larger the pain felt, the faster countries will take actual steps to wean off it in favor of renewable alternatives which are more than capable to fulfill demand and also not destroy the fucking planet.
I considered an EV, but then I realized it would take about a decade of savings on fuel to pay off. I don’t trust any new car to last a decade.
Even at 2.30€ a liter, fuel costs are insignificant compared to acquisition costs of a nearly new vehicle. But once I can get a 500+ km range luxury EV for 5000€ after depreciation, you bet I’ll be buying one.
There are comparably priced EVs. Don’t just look at the high end stuff. I got a used '22 Bolt EUV for $19k and sold my '16 RAV4 for $14k, so net $5k cost. Fueling at home costs about 20% what fueling at the pump cost me, plus I no longer need to leave early or go out of my way to get to a place to fuel. And unless you are doing a ton of driving every day as like an Uber driver or something, you really don’t need more than 350km range.
My commute for work is about 90 miles (145ish km) round trip. I charge up to 75% overnight (limited for longevity), drive to work, work 12 hours, drive home, and plug it in and it still has like 33% battery, and its range when new was advertised as 250 miles (400km). I’m sure it’s degraded some since new, but even if it’s down to like 225 miles (360km), it’s plenty.
Somebody else also pointed out maintenance costs. No maintenance except for tires, wipers, bulbs, and brakes, but also the brakes need way less servicing because they’re used less since you’re mostly using regen braking. This was a big factor for me because my commute has me drive up a mountain and back down each way, so controlling my speed required either extra wear on my brakes or engine braking. Now I just get some change back from the extra energy cost of going uphill lol. Just last week, I took my car in to get serviced, and all it routinely needs is tires rotated and balanced. The guy at the desk was new and he didn’t know how to charge for it since they pretty much only do it for people who bought tires through them and they offer free rotations and balances for the life of the tires, so he just said eh fuck it, you’re good man, it’s not worth the $20 or whatever for me to figure this out right now. So my 6 month service was FREE.
It’s also worth pointing out that you’re expecting an EV to pay itself off due to lower fuel cost, but you’re not expecting that from a gas car. You can realistically find a new EV for under $30k, and a new Corolla or Civic is like $25k. Assuming you drive somewhere around the average amount (12k miles/19km per year), then you’re likely to actually spend closer to $60k on the Corolla or Civic and $45k on the budget EV.
So you save $15k over ten years of owning the car, assuming you can charge at home and you were already looking at getting a new car and were comparing which one you definitely needed to buy today. For me, it was also a question of convenience. With 12 hour shifts and an hour commute on each side, I really didn’t like having to plan leaving 10 minutes early and remembering to alter my route to stop just for gas.
If it makes sense for your lifestyle, go for it. If you can’t charge at home or your current car runs fine, no big deal. EVs are getting better with every iteration, so you’ll probably get one eventually. The only real urgency right now is that gas prices are currently way higher than they usually have been, and right now people aren’t fully aware that 5 year old used EVs are not garbage in the same way that 5 year old used smartphones are, so you can get a pretty good deal until everybody wises up on that. And with gas prices up, more people are doing that research.
I’m driving a secondhand 2016 leaf. It’s never been serviced.
Veganism is good, correct, and healthy. It’s better for the environment and for the animals. To add on, faux-meats and cheeses are constantly improving.
Ratatouille, mushroom rissoto, chana palak, all fucking delicious and vegan.
Yep!
Seaweed, roasted sesame… I went to a Sushi buffet the other day, I guess it shows.
But I believe these especially have nutrients that make them very satisfying in a way meat often does.
Gonna bring up something else, vegan mozz is different enough that it’s possible to prefer over regular. Super gooey and richer flavor IMO.
Same with mayo!
Maybe we’re having different things, but the vegan mayo brands I’ve had taste exactly like what I remember animal-based mayo tasting like and my friends and family (who aren’t vegan) say it’s indistinguishable for them too
Same vegan mayo slaps
Probably depends on the brand.
Probably, but at least Hellman’s plant-based mayo and some other brands (I forgot which)
I kinda like the texture a bit more without egg yolk, but they are very similar!
Really depends on the prodct I’d say.
The egg in mayo plays a very specific role (emulsifier basically) that has very little to do with taste; I can imagine adequate vegan alternatives exist. Do you know more about this?
I make homemade mayo with aquafaba!
It also hurts giant expllitative corporations.
If fossil fuels and meat become impossible to afford for most people, it’s probably the only way to make that change. Lord knows we wouldn’t do it willingly.
also red meat isnt healthy compared to other meat, fish maybe healthy but its unsustainable when it comes to fishing wild species.
What they do that raised the price of meat?
Other than just general inflation raising the price of everything?
There’s a lot of causes that go into it, but one of the things that doesn’t help is this admin stopped funding a program to sterilize flies to stop the spread of screw worm. It pretty quickly has spread since then and the US has put a ban on imports from places like Mexico. It’s also starting to show up somewhat in the US which if it spread more, would kill a lot of domestic cattle from disease making beef prices go up further
Meat production is also inherently inefficient and relies on using way more plants than eating those plants directly, so costs going up on those is multiplied much more strongly. Meat receiving insane amounts of subsidies is the only reason it was not already super high in price before
There’s also drought which is amplified from climate change that this admin has slowed action on, though the causes there are a little more diffuse than just the trump admin. The meat industry is also ironically enough a big emitter too
Except people are eating beef regardless of the price.
People doing that at all =/= doing it at the same level and frequency. It’d be better if people were not eating it at all of course, but it’s still an improvement at the minimum
Got data on that?
