I’m not sure where you live but around here middle class income is enough to buy most used cars except luxury, and if you make concessions in other areas of life a new car is entirely within someone’s means. Not mine, but if my situation was slightly different and I didn’t have certain financial responsibilities I might be able to afford one. And I make just about the median income around here. I live in a relatively poor neighborhood.

New cars aren’t that out of reach with loans for a large portion of people in first world countries. I’m not saying it’s a GOOD financial decision, quite the opposite. But it’s possible to do.

The what? I’m not familiar with any yellow ball in the sky. You mean when corn gets really tall? That shit can make so much ethanol.

I’m referring to the market of people who can already afford one, but choose not to because of various reasons like range, charging speed, politics, charging availability, etc. I never said the only reason they’re unattractive is anything specific. But anything that helps them get in the mainstream consciousness will eventually help things like mass production, research, and market share, which will also help price and overall technology improvement speed. $5k electric cars may come in the future but nothing relating to ethanol in gas will directly cause those to appear and before that happens EVs in general need to become more accepted and more adopted.

Oh I’m explicitly not talking about tesla here. But yes, those are all good points that I agree with.

Yeah I know it will barely make a dent. But I think making them just a little tiny bit more attractive is a good thing. Speed up the adoption, cultural acceptance and general acceleration of technology ever so slightly.

I’m actually fine with sabotaging the effective range of gas cars to make EVs slightly more attractive haha

Edit: If a mild opinion like this gets the downvotes wait till you all hear my opinions on car ownership in general lmao

The discussion that you’re looking for doesn’t exist. The reasons you listed - people who don’t like AI simply think those reasons drastically outweigh the benefits. So much so that it’s not even worth discussing. There’s no deeper meaning to it.

Seems like you know the answer to your own question and you’re just looking to argue and tell people who dislike it they’re wrong.

It comes for us all. Embrace the chrome dome and never have to wash or style your hair again. It’s so freeing.

Good idea. If I don’t, that could be a Mist opportunity.

Hey, maybe I can grab a whole stack then haha

Yeah some ram and enterprise SSDs at bargain prices. Can’t wait to buy bulk lots for next to nothing