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Wanderer ,

It's Apple.

Plenty if people will pay that and think it's an amazing deal for cutting edge, futuristic, elegant technology that no other company is providing.

Beijing intervenes in China’s solar industry as overcapacity dries up profit in the country's domestic market

China’s energy regulator said it will limit “low-end” solar panel manufacturing after industry leaders called for more government intervention earlier this month. The move is an acknowledgement by Beijing that solar panel overcapacity is a problem, one that has pushed Chinese solar firms into a price war and shriveled...

Wanderer ,

Communism is great. You can spaff as much money up the wall as you want. Doesn't matter, anything you want can be done.

Then you wonder why there is no food in the supermarkets.

Wanderer ,

Victim mentality. Most of the times this people act like this with everyone. Some women just go around looking for shit to fit their narrative.

Wanderer ,

What percentage of people live in apartments?

Surely those people should be taking public transport anyway not buying a car when they live downtown.

Wanderer ,

According to Quota its ~80% of people live in houses.

Classic 80:20 rule. Making excuses for why the most difficult 20% doesn't work is the wrong way of thinking about it. Most of the result for least effort cones from dealing with the 80%.

Wanderer ,

Depends what the point is. If we want to sell EVs for some goal of selling EVs that fine I guess. But it still goes back to the point of you start with the easiest 80% first.

But if we want to improve everyone's life on this planet and the planet itself. Trying to convince people who shouldn't own a car to buy an EV is very poor planning. It just so short sighted and consumerist for the sake of consumerism.

Wanderer ,

The title is about why "Americans" aren't buying EV's. The excuse of them living in an apartment only applies to ~20% of the population.

That's not enough to explain why Americans aren't buying, just why 20% if Americans aren't.

And like I said you don't start with the most difficult and you don't push a solution onto a problem when it isn't the right solution anyway.

Wanderer ,

This is just a price to function issue.

If the price was 0 everyone would have one.

But the cost of it is way too high for what it is. Price and weight etc will come down. Uses will increase.

Wanderer ,

https://giphy.com/gifs/I7kkegrRyNrk4

Wanderer ,

This has a huge potential to link up incredibly well with walking, cycling, micro mobility and trains and not to mention high density housing and/or green land. I hope that it is acted on.

Wanderer , (edited )

No mention of precision fermentation.

I think a huge shift is coming to our food. Even if it's easy things like milk, olive oil, palm oil.

But I think it's coming for meat and I think it's going to be the best thing to happen to the environment ever.

Wanderer , (edited )

Also a lot of people don't use trains because of the last mile problem. (And because in america specifically they are a lower standard than they were in the 1800's).

But if people could get a lift to the station and then to work. Or get the train 10 times a week and get a lift to and from the supermarket once a week without needing to buy a car. That will be a huge reclamation of space.

Could even be like a 10 lane (total) motorway going to two train lines and a two lane road. Not to mention the space it frees on minor roads.

Wanderer ,

The plane drones are quieter aren't they?

Also cars are noisy as fuck and everyone acts like that are perfect in every way.

Wanderer ,

Don't worry we already ate most of the fish. The remaining fish don't need all the minerals they once did.

Wanderer ,

I'm worried about pain. Also pain lasting a long/ permanent time.

Also I had epididymitis already. So maybe I shouldn't go for it.

But too many guys get lied to and end up with a kid they didn't want. That's my biggest worry.

Wanderer ,

Utility scale storage has already taken off.

But yea this could be a huge jump in the market.

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    Wanderer , (edited )

    I've seen pinknews described as a leftie dailymail.

    Wanderer ,

    Thank you for showing how much bias is on this website and standing up for it.

    People really need to chill out with their preconceived notions.

    This website is going to be a shower of shit if it just people circle jerking.

    Wanderer ,

    Good way to cause expansion renewables and batteries.

    Wanderer ,

    I actually meant grid level expansion. But that too.

    All they have done is free market supply and demanded the grid. That's why Texas has more solar than any other state, the market is working. Though it does have some downsides.

    Wanderer ,

    "Last year, Texas overtook California in large-scale solar power capacity. When huge amounts of solar power rush onto the grid, batteries tend to follow. Now, Texas is building more grid batteries than California, the longtime undisputed leader in clean energy storage."

    https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/energy-storage/texas-will-add-more-grid-batteries-than-any-other-state-in-2024

    Wanderer ,

    Its just free market capitalism.

    They also have more than double the wind power of any other state.

    Wanderer ,

    It's not a cartel risk. It's a supply and demand equation. More supply means lower prices.

    It's just market prices.

    Wanderer ,

    Isn't it tonnes of different people, farmers and such. Too many for a cartel to form. Reducing supply is just going to mean to make less money.

    Batteries are making the grid a lot more elastic.

    Wanderer ,

    Its wholesale prices, it's what they do. Same in Europe same in Australia.

    Texas looks fairly middle of the pack with decreasing prices. Compare it to another state with high levels of renewable and California is second highest after some islands and has increasing prices.

    https://www.cnet.com/home/energy-and-utilities/electricity-rates-by-state/

    Wanderer ,

    Some people ideas of capitalism are so warped.

    If there is an energy cartel report them.

    Wanderer ,

    Well done. Don't forgot to attach your evidence.

    Wanderer ,

    Just because people in Texas are wrong about what capitalism is doesn't mean people on this website can't also be wrong, quite often even more so.

    Wanderer ,

    Only when it's really well organised fun.

    But this website has the lowest economic literacy I have ever seen. It's really dangerous that people might think the majority know what they are talking about.

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    Wanderer , (edited )

    I heard a big one is location. If your mate just came back from Asia and talks to you about it and you then see ads for holidays to Asia. It's because if the location proximity to him, not the conversation. They just assume you would talk about it

    Wanderer ,

    Competition solves this.

    Wanderer ,

    Government regulation is needed for a healthy capitalism country yes.

    Wanderer ,

    I once lived in a town that if you want to be an uber driver you also legally needed to be a current taxi driver. Kinda completely missed the point. Though I did like how the taxi drivers couldn't screw me.

    I hated that town though.

    Wanderer ,

    Bostrom wrote a paper on existential risk that helped launch the longtermist movement, in which he discusses “dysgenic pressures” – dysgenic is the opposite of eugenic. Bostrom wrote:

    “Currently it seems that there is a negative correlation in some places between intellectual achievement and fertility. If such selection were to operate over a long period of time, we might evolve into a less brainy but more fertile species, homo philoprogenitus (‘lover of many offspring’).”

    Well I would rather people discuss and look at these issues. Currently it seems people have made the decision before, and potentially in spite of, evidence and that decision is final. That not how the world should work.

    Wanderer ,

    I love how you can have a really complicated problem and it can be solved with such a simple premise.

    It's just such a basic idea that's obvious in hindsight.

    Wanderer , (edited )

    The $140BN Race to Build America's First High-Speed Railway

    Welcome to the future of the 20th century.

    Wanderer ,

    There is a slight problem with this and it depends on how you view the world.

    If only things that are profitable should be built then great.

    But things like railways are built and effectively the most profitable lines subsidise the least profitable. But the system as a whole is more profitable because it is larger. But if companies come in and take all the icing off the cake for themselves. The rest of the cake looks a lot less interesting and might not get developed.

    I do think a couple of lines that go directly past cars stuck in traffic are going to blow peoples minds and can be good PR though.

    I was amazed at the trains in Chicago, the railway capital of America, probably the world at one point. The train was cruising along and I kept looking at cars and saying "the bloody cars are going faster than us! What kind of train is this?" The answer I got was "A good one, at least for America"

    Wanderer ,

    Its not just YouTube. Pleant of companies lose money on their product Loss leader

    Wanderer ,

    Investment is good. Public policy is usually designed to encourage it that's why investment has good tax avoidance that is exactly what the government wants.

    Wanderer ,

    This is really cool and you're all sad wankers.

    Oh it doesn't work in all these conditions.

    Well it went from not working at all to a completely self driving car in certain situations. That's great. It's the future. We are living in the future

    Wanderer ,

    Agree. But last mile problem is more easily solved by self driving cars. Also if it functions as a mini bus then there will be even less cars.

    Wanderer ,

    Getting on a train definitely feels like the future compared to a car.

    Don't have to drive, faster, cleaner, more space, more comfort, can buy food, can go to toilet, better view.

    Wanderer ,

    Good job that most trips don't involve moving a grandma or furniture. Most people rent something if they want to move furniture anyway so that seems like a non issue.

    As for KFC deliveries. That doesn't involve your own personal car so that doesn't make any sense. No one is complaining about delivery vehicles.

    Cycle lanes are good. Last mile is the real problem. Cargo bike are a thing.

    So we need cycle lanes, we need trains, both of those are policy issues. Once they have self driving cars, or they invent taxis, that you can use to pick your grandma up for 1% of human trips. What's the excuse then?

    Wanderer ,

    Really excited for Waymo to change the world.

    Going to free up so much labour. Although I haven't had too many issues with Uber, taxi drivers can be an absolute disgrace can't wait for a few of those people to be out of a job where they exploit people.

    Google fires 28 employees after protest over Israel cloud contract (www.theverge.com)

    Google fired 28 employees in connection with sit-in protests at two of its offices this week, according to an internal memo obtained by The Verge. The firings come after 9 employees were suspended and then arrested in New York and California on Tuesday....

    Wanderer , (edited )

    America is run by Jews.

    Any other group that racistly protects their own like this would get called out. But they can hide behind a wall of "that's anti-semitic".

    It's not anti semitic if it's true. If a load of British guys did something like this because someone called out the UK. Everyone would be up in arms.

    The world needs to stop being so scared of being called racist for something that isn't.

    Edit: I worded that somewhat poorly. I'm not saying all Jews. I'm saying shit people exist in the world. But every other group gets called out for it. Not calling out Jews for fear of being racist when they are being racist is not okay. Shitty people are exploiting a situation.

    Wanderer ,

    I should have been more clear. Some Jews are exploiting the situation.

    Any race has people that would do that, but there is only one race allowed to get away with it and that need is what needs fixing. It is our reaction to it.

    The same as "the man" its not all men that are bastards. But there is no issue calling out white guys for only hiring other white guys. Calling out a Jew for only hiring Jews is "racist".

    Wanderer ,

    I think it will.

    Depends what they see as the issue though.

    Wanderer ,

    None of the fuckers want to change the voting system either. They just blame the other guys.

    Wish someone would take STV and everyone woukd follow

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