There is so much fodder floating around in this thread. What I'm seeing is rational arguments from the ICE crowd, and other stuff from the EV crowd.
I see a lot of arguments from the EV crowd about how much pollution ICEs put out. I see the EV crowd trying to tell me what I need for a vehicle, based only on "most people", and their perceptions of what they *think* I need. I even saw somebody quote my post about the range of the vehicles I've had in the last few years, and tell me that I just need to charge my EV while I'm in the city.
So, let me answer a few of those things.
First, about pollution. EVers, you put out more CO2 breathing than I do driving, even when I was driving longer distances more often. In the six years I owned my Fit, I averaged 9,000km per year. I don't have numbers handy, but you put out more CO2 breathing than I do driving (10x). So, instead of telling me to buy an EV, I would suggest that you stop breathing.
Second, about the vehicle I need. As you know, the nearest city is 250km away. So, I need a comfortable vehicle that can travel there and back, not necessarily on a tank of gas, but without a major delay. My Fit could do that, but if I spent the day driving around the city, I'd have to fill up to come home. I live in a small town (as you might have guessed). It's pretty open around my house, so it tends to get blown in. That tells me that a 4x4 would be a good choice, especially if I want to get out of my driveway, that can get anywhere up to 12 inches or more of snow on it. In fact, one day last winter, the drift across it was four feet deep (a 4x4 won't get through that, no, but the 12 inch drift it should be able to plow through). My Fit, except for not being 4x4, was a perfect vehicle for me (too bad the bank took it).
I am not opposed to buying an EV, as long as 1) it can drive to the city and back on one charge, or fully charge as quickly as I can fill the gas tank on my ICE 2) Is comfortable for that long drive 3) Can get through the snow. I *am* opposed to being told to adapt my requirements to fit the vehicle that somebody else chooses for me, rather than choosing the vehicle that meets my needs, and that is EXACTLY what the EV crowd is doing.