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I think the main competitor to OpenAI's free tier is Google Search's AI Overview powered by Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite. OpenAI's free tier needs to be notably better than that for peopl…

I definitely wouldn't say that it turned out fine. The push against nuclear transcended into a larger push against electricity, making Germany a laggard in electrification. The car…

A better question is why Germany invested in gas power plants in the first place. Gas has always been the most expensive source of electricity, even before "the gas crisis" (how ma…

Sweden is dependent on the American nuclear umbrella. Until that changes, the US will have a lot of leverage on Sweden.

Finland is a cold country that needs cheap electricity for heating during winters. Burning gas isn't an option.

It should be noted that Russian gas was more expensive than any other source of electricity in Germany: https://www.ffe.de/en/publications/merit-order-shifts-and-th... Hungary stil…

It depends on the region. The US has shale gas which is genuinely cheaper than coal. Europe doesn't want to use coal for political reasons. China and India barely use gas since it …

That's still not enough to bridge the gap between coal and gas. See for example this article: https://www.ffe.de/en/publications/merit-order-shifts-and-th... The US is an anomaly d…

Card fees aren't paid by end customers either. The Swedish iDEAL equivalent, Swish, is more expensive than cards for smaller transactions (below 15 euros). Wero will be like Swish,…

The EU would obviously benefit from a digital euro, but the banks won't give up without a fight: https://euperspectives.eu/2026/02/digital-euro-timeline-at-r... >Private banks are …

Most likely because your country's banks are heavily lobbying against such initiatives. It's easy to blame Visa and Mastercard, but the reason why the EU doesn't have this is that …

Sweden has a similar "initiative" set up by a consortium of banks (Swish), as do many other European countries. Usually these systems raise their fees after being established, some…

The Swish system is private, which means that the fees are as high as the market can bear. In many cases cards are cheaper. If the e-krona happens, that would be a better compariso…

Of the big tech companies, Apple is definitely the one that has embraced America First the most. If you live outside the US, you get features later (if at all) and have to pay more…

People burn coal to heat their houses. That doesn't mean it's healthy. Gas stoves are known to cause asthma.

Freight will eventually go electric as well. It's crazy how fast it's happening in China: https://www.electrive.com/2026/01/23/year-end-surge-electric...

Is there anyone using only cameras except Tesla?

Hydrogen was marketed as a stopgap until batteries are good enough. Well, batteries are good enough for trucks now: https://www.electrive.com/2026/01/23/year-end-surge-electric... …

Liquid hydrogen loses 1% of its volume per day due to boil-off. Hydrogen is incredibly difficult to move without huge energy losses.

Buses are already largely electric (with the US as a notable exception), and trucks are quickly getting there: https://www.electrive.com/2026/01/23/year-end-surge-electric... Meanw…

Sweden has very little natural gas in its energy mix: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-consumption-by-sou... I highly doubt that hydrogen heating was ever considered. It's…

The EU will probably wait until the launch of a digital wallet that can do anonymous age verification. Otherwise it won't get enough political support.

It depends on the implementation. The EU's European Digital Identity Wallet will allow users to prove that they are over 18 without sharing any other personal information.

On the contrary, third parties will only get to know the age of the users, not their identities.

You're describing a CBDC, not a coin. Why isn't it being done? Because commercial banks are vehemently against that. The current administration in particular will never go against …