I recently read that Americans were about to reach a tipping point for electric cars. Supposedly, when a country gets to 5% there is no turning back. Within a couple of years somewhere between twenty-five percent a quarter of all new cars bought in this country will be electric. I'm sure to democrats this sounds like a good idea, but let me give you a few facts.
The average commute time in 2019 was about 27.6 minutes according to the Census Bureau. Now, it's complicated to figure out what the distance of the average commute is, but my guess would be about 16 miles. That's obviously going to be much further for some people, but on average it's thirty miles when you count both ways. Now, 16 miles is approximately 84,480 feet. Remember that. I checked out the local newspaper--The wonderful Oakdale Value Shopper and saw that the average length of an extension cord on sale at the local hardware story was only about twenty-five feet. The maximum I saw was one-hundred feet. Thar cord cost $146. At $14.60 per foot, that's over $1,233,000 for even an 84,480 foot cord. I wish somebody would have told that to electric car buyers before they realized just how cost prohibitive driving even a few hundred feet could cost. Frankly, I'll take my chances with gasoline even with the ridiculous prices.
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