[the8472]

The comparison is not quite that easy. The old petroleum infrastructure is more centralized.

You can get electricity almost anywhere, adding a charging station to parking places or garages is far easier and safer than hypothetically laying gasoline pipelines everywhere. So there are more opportunities for partial charging when the car is idle.

[kirushik]

> easier and safer than hypothetically laying gasoline pipelines everywhere

Ironically, that's safer exactly because electricity won't give you those MW-scale powers.

[cypherpunks01]

What do you mean "laying gasoline pipelines everywhere"? Gas stations do not connect to any utilities apart from the regular electricity, water, and natural gas, all of which require a physical connection to centralized infrastructure.

[the8472]

A hypothetical scenario where we have the gasoline equivalent of charging columns at parking places or garages and distribute gasoline to them like we do with electricity.

[PietdeVries]

And in addition: the efficiency of a petrol-engine is much lower than an electric engine. So you perhaps only take in half of the fuel, if it gets you just as far you have what you need, isn't it?