Matt G

I only have one at the moment. I bought a cheap Dell Wyse thin client from eBay, installed a light Linux distro on it and set it up as a Wyoming Satellite and as a snapcast client. That is connected to an old all in one mini HiFi for speakers. For the mic I just have a small omnidirectional USB mic plugged into the front. Biggest hassle setting it up was ALSA since snapcast and Wyoming were fighting over the devices

It’s what Americans would call a band-aid

Hope I never have the misfortune of seeing one of these in person. It’s ugly, but more importantly I can’t see any way it won’t be incredibly dangerous to all other road users.

First of all I understand why a lot of people are concerned about moving from ICE to EVs. It’s a big change and there is still a long way to go before they become the majority of vehicles.

Having said that, plenty of people have already bought used EVs and it doesn’t seem to be a major problem. Improvements in battery management systems and chemistry will further improve the life of EV batteries which will be on the used market by 2030. The price of new EVs is already starting to come down and that of used ones will follow. ICE cars are far more mechanically complex than EVs so you could argue there are more things that could go wrong buying a used ICE car than an EV but I do accept that batteries are an expensive part to replace.

Batteries can be repurposed for other applications where energy density is less important or they can be recycled.

Over the past year the grid was less than 40% fossil fuels and that will be less over time so most sounds like an exaggeration.

I can only speak for myself but the upcoming ICE ban was a factor in my recent EV purchase. I intend to keep my car for a long time so as we move closer to the ban more and more cars will be EVs so I didn’t want to be left behind.

The other aspects you mentioned were also factors. Particularly after a test drive and feeling the acceleration and quietness of the car.

I agree that a mix of energy sources is a good idea. Maybe a mix of wind, solar, hydro…

Batteries isn’t an energy source, it’s energy storage. We can generate electricity in many ways.

Disclaimer: I’ve only had my EV for about a month and usually charge at work or home so haven’t got that much experience with public charger etiquette.

I wouldn’t think 4 hours a week is “hogging it” but I would think the etiquette somewhat depends what 4 hours you are there. If your 4 hours coincidence with the peak usage of the charger (maybe when people are checking in for example) that is different to 4 hours when nobody is there anyway.