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Japanese-American here. This is revisionism. Japan was absolutely known for low quality products in the past. Probably the best "pop-culture" reference to this is "Back to the Futu…

It really makes sense for the DPP (Green) to be anti-nuclear. Mainland China is using Westinghouse AP1000 designs from the US for their nuke plants. Taiwan is friendlier with the U…

Where? Switzerland is 100% but most of continental Europe, Japan and Korea is in the 60-70%s. Then we got USA with 0.84%

I feel like they're in a worse spot because of how many Android competitors they have now. Back in 2010, they were the main 'alternative' to an iPhone, it was basically a duopoly f…

Agreed, cities oriented around the car can't be saved. The cost of maintaining 12, 16 lane highways is so exorbitant that they'll have to maintain the sprawl ponzi scheme or go ban…

Tesla's Spotify app had a long standing bug where it couldn't recognize playlists with more than 100 songs. To be dependent on a car company to give bugs for every individual apps …

WeChat is a 'super app' to the point that you don't need really a browser in China anymore. It's a mobile first based ecosystem (WeChat, XHS, Douban, Taobao, etc)

As someone not far removed from university, you will have a very hard time finding US citizens who take linear algebra seriously and also have a willingness to work for the Mil Ind…

I don't know why Nissan isn't aggressively exporting the Sakura and Note e-power, the Note especially has a gas engine fallback that powers the battery (not the drivetrain) which s…

That's because the US and Australia are run by brain dead individuals (and the voters who enable them) who let the train system they had crumble into disrepair. Even the famously c…

That's just not true. They'll just be stuck in bumper to bumper traffic. Wanna know how I know? Because that's exactly what happened in the opening days of the Russian invasion of …

Any society with 2+ car households is a failure. All its residences will just be subjected to endless traffic and the smog/co2 emissions that it'll generate. Your second vehicle sh…

The US will continue to fail at public transit because rich people do not use it. As an oligarchy, the government prioritizes the whims of the rich and there are no signs of change…

Do you REALLY think gasoline subsidies and government backed 97% LTV mortgages is a free market? People were coaxed out of cities with very generous subsidies as well as race baiti…

This is a chicken and egg problem, stop making excuses for Western governments. Nearly all US cities had streetcars and dense walkable downtowns. There are pictures of this. They w…

Lol no. All the most desirable suburbs in Japan, South Korea have train access. Who the hell wants to find parking anytime you go to the city for arts and fine dining? Who wants to…

Switzerland has villages with only hundreds of people that regularly receive train service. There are states with similar GDP, size and density as Switzerland that do not have any …

Because of the space inefficiency of cars, you end up building and widening way too may roads, destroying the countryside. Trains allow you keep development contained without spoil…

A double track train line can move orders of magnitude more people than a 30-lane highway can. Cars and highways are space inefficient, and highways cause property values surroundi…

Switzerland has villages with only hundreds of people that regularly receive train service. There are states with similar GDP, size and density as Switzerland that do not have any …

What a hilariously American comment. Nearly all American cities were built by train networks that existed in the 1800s. These train lines were ripped out to make way for car infras…

The Nissan e-power series is better - the gas engine only powers the electric motor which gives you a full-EV experience when driving. Hybrids need to start distancing themselves f…