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2 years agoRight…
So supporters of the US must be tankies too, right? Or is it the “authoritarian” part you’re angry about and not the “imperialist wankers who think using force against the people is the solution” part?
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You realize how much money is going towards EV subsidies? They’re extremely inefficient uses of money.
New EVs in China are going for 10k, so it’s clearly possible…
Stopping climate change by…
Removing fossil fuels from the grid? Reducing methane leakage in natural gas transmission? Developing domestic nuclear energy?
Maybe reducing car-dependency to make more efficient use of land and reduce the excessive amounts of taxpayer money being dumped to subsidize suburban development? Reducing inefficient flights between close cities (LAX-SFO, BOS-JFK-DCA)? Building more efficient buildings?
How about taking advantage of the already insanely efficient supply chains in China that allow for the development of sub-10k EVs? Helping those companies launch in the US and bring their expertise with them to accelerate the EV transition like China has?
Nah, let’s just give some more money to a few big EV manufacturers, I’m sure that’ll fix everything.
84·2 years agoFuck that. Requiring trains to be built in the US will blow up the already obscene budget even more and lead to poor-quality trains due to a lack of experience in high speed trainset manufacturing.
We saw this in Boston, where the requirement of US-made led to absolutely fucked supply chains, constant delays and cost overruns, and shoddily constructed trains with a multitude of problems (though, admittedly, the entire Boston transit system has these problems anyway so I guess it’s just another part of government dysfunction). For what? For a voting bloc of like a thousand temporary workers?
Thing is, the US doesn’t really have high speed rail in the pipeline that can share technical expertise. The proposed Texas line is planning to use Shinkansen trains, Brightline already has a supplier, and so does Amtrak. Where are you going to get economies of scale to come into play?
It’s also a fucking California state project, and California is the safest blue state that ever blued.
Must have been.
There are quantities of non-tritium radioactive isotopes in the water: https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.abc1507
These can and do bioaccumulate in fish, but it’s unknown whether it is significant enough to cause harm… But there is nonzero risk.
Tepco is a private enterprise, isn’t it?
Wouldn’t be the first time a private company fucked people over for profit.
That wasn’t the question.
Ah yes, because all humans are equally bad drivers.
A self-driving car shouldn’t compete with the average human because the average human is a fucking idiot. A self-driving car should drive better than a good driver, or else you’re just putting more idiots on the road.
Correction: does China fish near the Fukushima side of Japanese waters?
Does China even fish in Japanese waters?
Do those towns produce food?
America, the land of the free.
Impressive if they can get a stronghold there.
31·2 years agoAssociate with friends that also have good grades. You tend to take on the habits of your friends.
The least educated take on carbon offsetting.
Did you know that US EPA considers forestry management as an emissions sink?
Is the Saudi royal family’s emissions offset by planting 10 billion trees?
All Ukraine said is that Russia deployed 15000 men to Bakhmut and that Ukraine fighting in Bakhmut keeps them from being redeployed to the Zaporizhzhia front… Sensationalist titles, much?