[kristopolous]

Ok, so what? Why am I on the hook for single handidly solving the economics of global EV fueling in a tiny reply window, in this conversation, in order to defend my preference?

I haven't had to pay for fuel in half a decade. Theoretical abstractions and rhetorical slights of hand don't change that.

You can do whatever the heck you want.

[duxup]

Perhaps that explains why

>people don't appreciate the new patterns you use with an EV

The pattern you describe is not available.

[kristopolous]

Right, so what? Some people own homes and I can't do what they do. Others live close to a supercharger and I can't do that.

Some work from home and there's no charger at the office and so they can't do what I do.

This is like if I said I charge my smartphone on my nightstand when I go to sleep and you say "aha, what about people without nightstands! Checkmate!"

A diversity of exacting detail doesn't make something infeasible. We still all say eat meals or communicate with words despite vast differences in how these things look and operate among all of humanity

Again it's not my personal responsibility to itemize all theoretical dimensions here.

[duxup]

I don’t understand why you would be concerned why people don’t appreciate the pattern.

And then not seem to understand why they wouldn’t…

[kristopolous]

There's new patterns. That's the point.

It's that you can't define one system in another's terms.

Someone who lives in say Tokyo would probably see private car ownership as incredibly expensive and inconvenient while someone living in rural Montana probably can't conceive of how to live their life using public transit.

An inability to imagine new ways is inherent to any system change. I'm sure people can adapt just like I'm sure someone from Montana can get used to using trains if they went to Tokyo.

I don't know all the patterns but I've got faith that people can modify their behaviors as required by at least this amount.

But I get it. You can't really see it until you do it and then it's obvious and easy.

[textbookrental]

I wouldn't worry too much about it. There is zero chance you could solve any part of global ev fueling.

[kristopolous]

That part is certainly not true. I've worked pretty extensively with OCPI, that crazy nightmare.

Read me bitch about it over 4 years ago https://kristopolous.medium.com/authorizing-a-charge-with-oc...

I had a bunch of conversations after that with people at greenlots, chargepoint, evgo, blink, and flo about bringing sanity into things ... The industry is smaller than you think here and my impact is nonzero. Near zero, but certainly nonzero!