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[Flonight]

I don't get the humor.
So "reading a book, playing games or watching a movie" at home while spending money on electricity is good.
But "reading a book, playing games or watching a movie" while getting free charging and free air conditioning (or heat) is bad?
$10 is over an hour of work at the federal minimum wage. The scenario also assumes they have charging at their residence.

Life value:
$10 @ $0.20kWh = 50kWh @ 300 Wh/mile = 167 miles.
At 12k miles a year, 3,600 kWh @ $0.20 = $720 or two and a half weeks of minimum wage with no taxes. 20% fed tax 4% state 6% FICA, $1,028 pre tax. At a salary of $53k, that Supercharging is economically equivilent to a week of work. If their employer allows buying PTO, they are trading 20 minutes once or twice a week (~25 hours total) for a week of vacation (with free travel) or the spending power of 40 hours of labor.
Breakeven at ~$95k salary.






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I see your point. Essentially, it’s about framing the value of time and resources. Paying for electricity at home versus using free charging at a workplace isn’t just about the cost of kWh—it’s also the opportunity cost of your time.


You’re right that $10 for an hour of work at minimum wage equates to a lot of free charging miles, and when scaled over a year, it adds up significantly. It’s interesting to consider it in terms of labor equivalence: for someone making $53k/year, those small “free perks” like charging or AC while at the workplace can indeed be worth the equivalent of a week of work.


It’s basically a trade-off: convenience and minor perks versus actual wages and time spent. The humor in the original argument seems to miss that economic perspective entirely.