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Spare gas cans can get you hundreds of miles. When I was growing up this was super common for long road trips just because gas stations usually closed at night
by kortilla 4y ago
Spare gas cans can get you hundreds of miles. When I was growing up this was super common for long road trips just because gas stations usually closed at night and there weren’t credit card readers for 24 hour pumps.
- mooktakim 4y agoI'm talking about 100 years ago when cars were invented. We didn't stop and wait for the infrastructure to be ready. We built it, got it out there. Everything else will come when and as we need it.
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- manquer 4y agoEarly car adopters probably were range conscious as hydrogen car owners today like me are . Built it and it will come doesn’t always work for the early adopters, early investment in a technology can be risky it might take longer than expected or some other tech might replace the current front runner. Gasoline powered cars weren’t the only tech in early 1900s either, steam powered cars were being as late as 1930s. The diesel and petrol engines were competing too, very different kinds of engines and fuels
- bcrosby95 4y agoYou could literally stop at a hardware store or pharmacy to buy a can of gasoline. It didn't need dedicated fueling infrastructure.
- signatoremo 4y agoHow did the hardware stores store the fuel, how many time a day did they get delivery, what were the distribution networks? Those questions didn’t get answered overnight, yet the car industry didn’t wait until all of the components were in place. It will be the same with EVs
- kortilla 4y agoWhat are you talking about? The whole point is that you can buy a spare 10-20 gallons of gas and take it with you. And the technology (a metal can) existed long before cars.
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- kortilla 4y agoGas cans (a.k.a. cans) existed before cars were invented. The point is that additional range was a trivial pre-existing technology.