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ButchC

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    Comment #33266939

    Hybrids don't really need anymore focus than they have had for multiple decades now. It's a fully mature technology that isn't going to advance much in performance, efficiency, or …

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    Comment #33266794

    You mean like how companies have always decided who gets gasoline, when and for how much anyway?

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    Comment #33266758

    Why bother asking these types anymore? It's just going to the same debunked propaganda over and over.

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    Comment #33266739

    That is a silly statement, as absurd as saying electricity itself is a dead end. The fact of the matter is EVs and electrified vehicles in general are the best answer we've got for…

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    Comment #31170496

    Okay some portion of that may be Twitter but what does Twitter have to do with Lucid being down -8.4%, Rivian being down -9.3%, QuantumScape being down -8.6%, and Carvana being dow…

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    Comment #31013366

    Imagine you you had a magic button that suddenly increased demand for a volatile security any time you pressed it. That would be a fairly valuable thing for some people.

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    Comment #31010547

    "6/9 of trucking costs is diesel. Like 2/9 is labor, with maintenance, tolls, and other misc. rounding out the last 1/9." FTFY. Why would you used different denominators, this isn'…

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    Comment #30504834

    None of that makes any sense. What are you using as the basis for those statements? I feel like I'm hearing doublespeak where down is up. NiMH infamously has HORRIBLE self discharg…

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    Comment #30500771

    All those things are true when comparing NiMH to NiCd but definitely not compared to lithium batteries. There's not a single metric for which you can't find a superior suitable lit…

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    Comment #30500280

    "Panasonic Corp (6752.T) said on Monday it will begin mass production of a new lithium-ion battery for Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) before the end of March 2024 at a plant in Japan." Was thi…

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    Comment #12552634

    I found this Veritasium video nice for explaining quantum entanglement at a super basic level. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuvK-od647c