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Now that I've finally gotten an electric vehicle, I'm never going back to an acoustic one.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3214/
this post was submitted on 03 Mar 2026
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EV's are probably best for an actually realistic scenario where energy infrastructure is destroyed or there is a mass fuel shortage, both things that happen all the time around the world in times of crisis.
But as far as actually apocalyptic scenarios it's hard to beat a bicycle which doesn't require a global supply chain to maintain.
But you need to supply and maintain the chain
au contraire my finely dressed friend:
which is quite possibly one of the most accessible maintenance things in the world
Well... there are things like tires, tubes and components that would be hard to create.