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OmCheeto said:
... Senator Merkley. He just made a 300 mile road trip in an EV two weeks ago. ...

Not much to tout, as the otherwise ~six hour trip was a two day, nine stop trip in that EV. He might have biked the distance in two days.

the 300 mile trip only cost $9.

Or $0 in fuel costs if he biked it. My point is that if one adds ~$150 for a hotel and an extra day's worth of on-the-road meals and amenities, not to mention lost time doing what he could have been doing at the destination, then it doesn't look so cheap.
 
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mheslep said:
Not much to tout, as the otherwise ~six hour trip was a two day, nine stop trip in that EV. He might have biked the distance in two days.



Or $0 in fuel costs if he biked it. My point is that if one adds ~$150 for a hotel and an extra day's worth of on-the-road meals and amenities, not to mention lost time doing what he could have been doing at the destination, then it doesn't look so cheap.

Only one thing comes to mind:

Ted Arroway said:
This is the way it's been done for billions of years. Small moves, mheslep. Small moves.

ps. If we solved every conceivable problem today, the kids would get bored.