Climate Change Electric Cars Global Warming

Electric Cars Are Great for Some People, But Not Me — Here’s Why

They’re just not practical where I live

Tom Egelhoff
6 min readAug 8, 2022

--

Photo by Precious Madubuike on Unsplash

Table of Contents

Some Other Reasons an EV Won’t Work for Me
Charging Times Are Another Issue
What About Charging Stations?
Maintenance In Montana
What to Do with The Batteries?
If Recycling Can Be Done How Will It Be Done?
Not all EVs break the bank.
Some Final Thoughts on My Not Buying An EV

Reason number one for why an electric car won’t work for me — I live in Montana.

If you’ve never been to Montana, it’s a pain in the ass state.

It’s Big. It’s the fourth largest state with just over 1 million in population. That works out to about 6 people per square mile.

Some cities are more than 100 miles apart. If you want to catch a plane, you’ll have to fly to the airport. Montana is BIG.

Some Other Reasons an EV Won’t Work for Me

--

--

Tom Egelhoff

Top Writer on Government, Entrepreneur, Radio Talk Show Host, Subscribe to my FREE Small Town Business Newsletter on Substack https://tomegelhoff.substack.com/