<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Economics on</title><link>https://geekyschmidt.com/tags/economics/</link><description>Recent content in Economics on</description><generator>Hugo -- 0.160.0</generator><language>en</language><copyright>Copyright © 2002–2025, Nicholas Schmidt; all rights reserved.</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:34:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://geekyschmidt.com/tags/economics/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Your daily commute: dirt cheap in an EV</title><link>https://geekyschmidt.com/post/2026-04-11-dirtcheapev/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:34:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://geekyschmidt.com/post/2026-04-11-dirtcheapev/</guid><description>&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Your daily commute: dirt cheap in an EV.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The average American drives ~64 km per day.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Charging overnight at home costs roughly $0.80 per day, or about $24 a month.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Compare that to your current expenditure at the pump.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No early morning petrol station detours.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No price spikes.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Just plug in, sleep, and wake up with a &amp;ldquo;full tank&amp;rdquo; every single morning.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;The maths isn&amp;rsquo;t complicated. The savings are real. The convenience? Massive.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>