There’s a lot of complication involved there. Someone has to come by regularly, take the deposited money, put in the appropriate number of coins to give change, the machines break regularly, yadda yadda.
I’m annoyed by todays cashless society too but there aren’t good answers to these problems.
It makes a lot more sense for public transit, though: they’re located in dense cities with many vendors nearby. Same can’t be said of a car charging network.
However if we ignore the problem with money laundering, prepaid cards can still be a nice option for many people. If you are about to leave for a road trip you just make sure your card has enough money on it to cover the trip, then you don’t have to worry about your phone dying or your bank card failing etc. which can get you stranded.
> I’m annoyed by todays cashless society too but there aren’t good answers to these problems.
Those problems have been solved for generations. The solutions aren’t free and require some work, but it’s a little crazy to say there “there aren’t good answers to these problems.” If they mandated that cash should be accepted, the companies would figure it out and it really would be fine.
I’m annoyed by todays cashless society too but there aren’t good answers to these problems.