Electric Nightmare

If every car in the future is electric, the only thing enthusiasts will be able to do then is reminisce about the good old days, laments our senior writer.

- Jeremy Chua

BEFORE you declare me a Luddite  let me state that I am not against technology or progress.

I like my full-HD TV, and will probably upgrade to a 4K model in a few years. I love how my new laptop, which has an SSD and 16GB of RAM, loads everything almost instantaneously.

I also use an electric toothbrush because it’s way more effective at preventing cavities than a manual one.

However, there are certain things that I prefer doing the old-fashioned way, even if they are considered by many to be more “troublesome”.

For instance, after I rediscovered how nice it is to write with a fountain pen, I promptly bought three. Because you don’t apply any pressure to the paper, the experience isn’t just smoother – it’s pain-free, too.

When it comes to shaving, I’ve ditched chemical-filled shaving gels and horrendously overpriced multi-blade cartridges in favour of natural shaving soaps/creams and double-edge (DE) razor blades. The latter combination delivers smoother, closer and irritation-free shaves.

But while we’ll always have a choice when it comes to shaving and writing instruments, I’m afraid that we’ll only have electrically powered automobiles to choose from in the future.