Acoustic guitars in general have limited tones you can only (SLIGHTLY) change the tone by changing the picking spot ... Also usualy no body uses more than 3 octaves in acoustic guitars , while in elec I use my full 4 octaves on the 24 frets.
With the distortion effect only , you've got a plenty of new techniques that evolved , like various types of harmonics (usualy only Natural Harmonics are played on acoustic) , tapping , pick scrapes , tremolo bar stuff , shredding arpeggios (sweeping) ,etc.
Not to mention other options available by other effects.

I don't mean to argue that elec is better than acoustic , I just mean that it's more versatile , and that's why I like it.

I've been playing for about 6-7 years , the first 2 were exclusively classic nylon strings guitar.