Sir, this is a mistake. You've been trained by mistake to produce mistakes. We know it's awful.
Look at any printed media from the last 100 years. Printing presses, books, magazines, newspaper.
A double space offers a visual clue where a 'mental breath' takes place.
edit: monospaced, not proportional.
I have, and it contradicts your point. The single space is the nearly universal standard in modern print media.