@Democracy Dies in Dumbass Nods, "I know of that now, but I was born in 72, so for me in the 80's I was just learning politics and being taught how great America and Reagan were. I wasn't legally an adult before I started questioning that."
At this point, technologically, I doubt it's "if" but rather a question of how long EVs winning can (continue to) be deferred artificially. But I'm also sure there will be other resources to exploit and fight over.
Rule of Law? What does it mean in general? Btw I think electric cars are a good idea, they are best if you can afford your own solar panels (and maybe batteries) at home. Once installed, no more transporting costs (apart from regular service, which is very limited on electric cars compared to fossil fuel ones).
@dexter I use one as a delivery vehicle, even with fuel costs, its massively better than a gas vehicle, so long as you can charge at home, the local WalMart's fast charger is 56¢/KwH, home is 11.4¢/KwH, I'm spending maybe a third of what I used to spend on gas.
Considering fossil fuel prices lately thats a really good thing I guess. More and more people will switch as used but good range electric cars are becoming fairly cheap. This era should have started much earlier, we are at least fifteen years too late (where we are now should have happened around 2010). But its better to switch later than never.
If I'm not mistaken, forecasts are saying that demand for fossil energy wlll decline soon. Oil product demand peaked in 2022, Gas consumption had a decline in Europe of over ten percent. I'd say electric cars are an important piece of the puzzle. Interesting to notice that Chinese seem to become the best at it (building really good and affordable electric cars).
@dexter Honestly I'm not surprised the Chinese are so good, their gas powered cars were a joke for so long that they developed a reputation China couldn't live down, but electric? The western world gave up on them, so China dove in and created a new image for themselves, and here we are.
Interesting to notice that Chinese seem to become the best at it (building really good and affordable electric cars).
The US is simply giving the market away. Interestingly, I count Three separate times that General Motors engaged in major efforts to make, market, and sell electric vehicles - and it failed three times. Such incompetence leads to very bad consequences. Ford is doing no better, while Tesla has excommunicated itself.
Exactly, they were smart enough to admit that they are too far behind with fossil fuel engine technology. So they put their bet on (cheap) battery technology and all electric cars. I notice more and more BYDs and MGs on the streets here in Europe every day. GM literally tried to kill electric car development in the 90s. There was even a movie about the story. People liked their test venicles and wanted to buy them - GM seized all the cars and delivered them to a junk yard for recycling.
In general, this is the notion that people can agree to live within certain limitations in order to guarantee a better living place for all. And generally this works quite well when the parameters are reasonable and there is some mechanism for enforcement. The was the The International Court of Justice, which looked promising until the US decided it did not like the constraints. And the UN Security Council, which has been similarly ignored.
If the major powers had abided by the principles of these international institutions, and worked to bring about enforcement of abridgements, we would have a much better world today.
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So, figure since it's a new year, should take a new photo of m'self. I don't think the glasses are a new sight, I've had them for a bit now, but look, hair!
Yeah,I've been bald by choice because hair requires too much effort to maintain frankly. Goatee isn't going anywhere, but it won't be joined by anything, nothing else feels right.
Ugh, keeping bouncing from one thing to another. This weekend I need to get the usual stuff done, grocery shopping, clean kitchen, do laundry, and that's about it, but so far I've killed 3 hours online, not because I'm doom scrolling or something, but because I keep jumping to one thing to another, rather than zipping through a relatively quiet internet.
"Microsoft and Google keep the energy consumption of their Dutch data centers secret, despite European reporting obligations. The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland, RVO) received blank forms or no data at all. The Dutch newspaper NRC reports that the government has no legal means to request the actual figures."
President Donald Trump escalated his fundraising rhetoric this week by warning his own supporters that they would be punished if they failed to send him
President Donald Trump escalated his fundraising rhetoric this week by warning his own supporters that they would be punished if they failed to send him
I never say this, but you want to watch this commercial, and I suggest you be somewhere that you can cry a bit without anybody caring. (Damn ninjas cutting onions somewhere in the house…)
@Bellarome I'll believe it when I see it, considering how long some of our Congresscritters have been serving: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_… I think 51 years is too much.
I doubt it'll hit this frequently, but I gotta admit to being impressed, I still don't think electric semi's are really going to work, at least for long haul work, but this is impressive and a step towards it.
@diana 🏳️⚧️🦋 Wouldn't surprise me, I wouldn't consider buying a Tesla even before Musk revealed the truth about himself because I hate what I've heard about the controls.
@diana 🏳️⚧️🦋 I hear there is some good about it, but yeah, usual Tesla BS, but its not like they're the only show out there, Freightliner has been electrifying, and I don't think they're the only one.
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