Develop film takes time, same as why somebody wait for hours and hours just to get an EV charged? The “last generation” can “recharge” to 450miles in 3 minutes at a gas station then move on.
I live in a single family residence like the majority of households in the US.
My point still stands. Despite driving more miles on my EV my ICE wastes my time on pumping gas especially before all the time I waste with routine maintenance. I am far from alone.
Why would anyone waste their time going to gas stations all the time and wait for oil changes and have to deal with all that maintenance of things like timing belts and what not?
Sounds like you have a residence where you can charge overnight. That's a nicety right there. For everyone who can't, is it faster to get 400 miles by finding a place to charge and waiting on the charging or by filling a tank?
Sure it's a nicety, but it's also pretty common. Most households in the US would be able to do it.
You'll spend considerably more of your life standing next to a gas pump than they spend waiting for their cars to charge. And you'll spend more money per mile in the end for the energy cost. And yet somehow you'll continue to feel superior about it. Congrats on spending so much of your life pumping gas my dude. I'm glad I don't have to spend nearly as much time anymore.
Home ownership is a distant dream for most Americans, and the sort of rentals that have parking AND EV charging tend to be extremely pricy luxury new-builds.
Gas is unfortunately going to be around for a long, long time for normal working-class Americans.
I don't necessarily live in a "tech" city, far away from California.
Many people my age own their homes around me. They work in HR, they work in finance, they work in construction, they work as insurance sales.
The median home price for a lot areas around me is ~$500k. Meaning there's also a lot of homes <$500k. And I'm in one of the largest metro areas in the country with a bus stop right outside my door, so it's not like I'm in the sticks.
They were expensive, but well designed and durable, yet ... who wants to pay in time and money to develop film every 36 pictures?
I think some really good gas cars only make sense if you use them infrequently to haul heavy things or lots of passengers.
Otherwise it is getting cheaper to run an EV - you might even charge it with electricity you capture yourself.