Your "pro" arguments are actually very good at explaining why Government mandates and artificial timelines are a mistake. The market will slowly move over to EVs as they become doable. In this case at least, let the market work itself out and keep the Gov out of it. I, as a minor example, have no problems with EVs in theory. I'm just not going to rearrange my life/lifestyle to make one work and I doubt that I'm that much of a fringe case.
Norway is only 5.5 million people. NY city alone is 8.5 million and Norway is the size of an average US state. Who really cares what they do, they are pretty insignificant to the world in general.
the point is that 98% of users only use web browsers. Firefox is kickass. Enlighten me on how Windows may enhance my life beyond that.
Gaming, Windows is still king for gaming. Steam is getting better but still not there. Until then LTSC is the way.
My mind keep circling back to how we make a Star Trek type of a Utopia. This is my latest attempt: Everybody in society must take two college or trade school type classes. They must produce something, like when a Doctorate writes a paper, or a Carpenter makes a cool kitchen cabinet. The rest can be done by AI or bots, and wealth can be distributed based in need instead of greed.
There is a reason that 'Utopia' by definition is referred to as fantastical, imagined, and/or hypothetical. It's an impossibility when humans are involved, some humans will always have the desire to subordinate others. Just look at religion, greed, rank, hierarchy, monarchy, etc. for examples on how they accomplish it.
I can't say I've ever seen a base model anything on a dealer lot. They always seem to load them down with "extras" to drive the cost up. Even the base model gets packed with extras. Don't even get me started on aggressive sales pitch from the finance guy. I hate dealerships. The car should just have a set price. You know, like just about everything else.
Heck, even buying a condo was less tedious then dealing with a car dealership.
That's why you buy fleet vehicles if you really want the base, nobody actually does though. The last truck I purchased I still had to spring for the A/C and cruise. Once you have had a couple of luxuries, it's hard to do without.
I'm not sure if you are naive or just an optimist, whichever it is I believe your are wrong. Remember the last shenanigans he pulled? These are just the sort of circumstances and conditions that start coops and/or civil wars. He will claim the American voting system is corrupt (again), that he actually won the election (again), and just sign a presidential order naming himself as Emperor for life. Then he will defy anyone to challenge it. Meanwhile he just sits there continuing being Trump. Best case scenario is he drops dead sometime in the next couple of years.
Ummm, I think everyone else explained it well enough. The man is Delusional with a pretty big Caesar complex.
Like Trump will ever willingly leave while he is alive.
Have you read
Screw that waste too.
Fill the rabbits with either a deadly neurotoxin (if snakes are trying to eat them), or fill them with 250,000 volts of tasing power. Along with a webcam of course.
That was my sentiment as well, make them cheaper, less sophisticated, and for more deadly. Even live rabbits, they don't need to be tended to, they're rabbits! Tie it to a stake, put a small charge of something anti-reptile on their back, breed more. Rinse and repeat.
Same here but I was never that interested in blogs. I can remember reading maybe a handful since the early nineties, but I was never much interested in other peoples ramblings. Other early web page types were much more interesting to me, some even had dancing hamsters!
And? Trump did the same and he's the President and now we have military in the streets.
Yep, but Newsom does not have the level of support. Other than the extreme environmentalists and of course Hollywood, most Dems (in Ca at least) think he's an idiot. Trump has a whole country of the extreme Bible thumpers behind him.
but he is showing other Democrats that you have to pick the things you believe in and defend them almost maniacally today if you want to get anywhere.
The only thing Newsom has ever showed anyone is how to get the largest bribe, err "donation" from the fattest lobbies. He is nothing but a Trump who turned left instead of right when it was time to choose a route to hell.
First, I was responding to a post from somebody posting as "Anonymous Coward". Are you Anonymous Coward?
I quickly scanned to see which of your posts in this thread were based on "My own personal experiences and needs, no talking points, no one else's opinion or influences"... and found none. So, if you aren't posting in the thread, I agree that your posts aren't based on oil company talking points, because they are non-existent.
Ok, maybe we got our posts crossed. If so, I apologize for calling you a fool. If not, well then the sentiment stands.
Nope.
All these talking points originate from "think tanks" (euphemism for propaganda factories) funded by oil companies.
Do keep in mind that oil companies have a trillion dollar a year incentive to slow down or stop electric vehicle adoption. They are very good at crafting propaganda. The slashdotters that suddently pop up out of the woodwork to slam time electric vehicles every time the subject is mentioned are just repeating it.
Wow, I'm not sure if your are a fool or just argumentative? There are no talking points here, that's what I meant by "personal experiences and needs" . My own personal experiences and needs, no talking points, no one else's opinion or influences. I'm not sure how I can explain it any simpler for you. No one is slamming your precious toys, so how about quit trying to tell us that you know better about our needs and requirements than we do. On second though, no, you are actually a fool.
To understand a program you must become both the machine and the program.
