Originally Posted by joao_pimentel

I also agree that driving may be per se not an addiction since disregarding the large negative effects of it, it would be anecdotic to imagine that around 90% of the population is addicted. Metaphorically or socially why not? Most of the technical terms regarding psychology were actually flexible throughout time. This is not math.

Nevertheless driving consumes more energy than home electricity, if you convert both energies to a standard unit (Joules).