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Not ineffective, but far less effective than what was promised and expected. They're helpful, it's true.
Promised?
...many more like that if you search.
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Promised?
Yes, that's what was promised. https://www.va.gov/pittsburgh-health-care/news-releases/va-r... ...many more like that if you search.
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From the comments on Charlie's site, and not by me: Wyvernsridge | January 9, 2022 19:06 | Reply 8: I love these kinds of posts! I would, however, caution about thinking that the end of ICE car manufacturing will be dictated solely by government diktat. It will most likely come earlier and more chaotically because of manufacturers being unable to source parts and components to continue making those cars. The auto ind…
ICE cars are still needed because battery tech is not good enough. There are plenty of studies showing that an hybrid car is much better for the environment on the long term than the current state of lithium battery electric cars. Long range EV are a pest. Lithium mining is way worse for the environment than people believe, and there is the whole other issues related to mining in general. We still need ice cars
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Our experience differs from your view. We recently moved from the Bay Area to the Sierra Foothills, near Sonora. There is plenty of land with homes already in place, as well as land suitable for new construction. Land is available in sizes from 10,000 sq. ft. lots to 1,200 acres and everywhere in between. Electricity, propane, and water are commonly available. As a rule of thumb, prices are ~0.25xthe Bay Area. Althou…
> ...increasing number of people who have left the Bay Area and moved to our area. Nearly all of these are remote tech workers. spot on: >> a quality of life improvement for a small group of wealthy individuals Only question is, will the money from this small group of wealthy individuals be sufficient to pay for the full system? We'll see in about 4 years the latest, when satellites will start falling down, and will…
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Yes, that's what was promised. https://www.va.gov/pittsburgh-health-care/news-releases/va-r... ...many more like that if you search.
My point is that the results from a study are not a promise, and any attempt to paint them as such is disingenuous at best.
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Plenty of people already currently die from poverty, disease, lack of sanitation, poor nutrition, and conflicts. So maybe the number of these preventable deaths stays about constant as poverty improves but climate worsens?
No. If you start forcibly moving people in those numbers out from some of the real estate that we've invested 100's of years of hard work and income into then that number will not stay about constant. These are the most productive parts of our planet that we're talking about.
Do the rich, a ka "the klept" as he calls them, really suffer the most from unchecked immigration? It seems rather doubtful to me, as presumably immigrants would compete with and provide cheap labor?
The "klept" word came from William Gibson's The Peripheral and Agency books[1]. Highly recommend. [1] https://www.goodreads.com/series/270911-jackpot
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The only time charging is a hassle is long road trips. And honestly the really fast chargers make that only marginally painful.
Even on a long road trip most stops will be for peeing, a drink and maybe snacks. The times you actually need gas are few and far between (obviously, because cars are efficient these days and the tanks are quite big). If you're going to pee and get a sandwich with a meatball (or a hamburger, a sack of carrots or whatever it is counts as a snack for you) anyway, you may as well do so while charging your car. Given tha…
At least one of our stops (visiting Joshua Tree) was at a charger that I think is essentially a glorified 110v socket (ChargePoint in Yuca Valley). We charged there while eating breakfast and while it reduced the range anxiety some, getting to 80%+ was not on the menu.
On main highways you're right, although traveling over the holidays led to at least one wait for a charging spot. To be fair, even the gas station had a line.