On Thu, 27 May 2021 16:08:37 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 5/27/2021 3:26 PM, wrote:

If they want to get to a city 300 miles away, they fly.

300mi is a pretty short distance for flying. Much of the country
doesn't have commercial airports that close together. Hub and spoke
makes flying short distances even harder.


When I lived in CT I traveled to Philadelphia often. It was faster to
drive than fly. At both ends the airport was an hour from my
destination, you had to be at the airport 1 to 2 hours before flight
time. Then I'd have to rent a car at destination. Not like the old days.

I lived 70mi north of NYC. We had to go to DC for a meeting. I told
my boss that I'd beat him to the hotel, driving a rental car. I did,
by an hour.

Now I'm 1200 miles away and still choose to drive it a few times a year.

So do I. The brat still lives in Vt. When we lived in NY (and Vt),
we drove to Il twice a year.

Short-range electric vehicles might be much more palatable to those who
will be driving after we've laid down our car keys.

"We" aren't laying down our car keys.


I'm not either but millions of people never drive more than 5 or 10
miles in a day. Does not take much to fit their needs.

I made that comment a while back about the couch potatoes.