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Comment Re: So wait (Score 1) 683

You statement does not appear to be supported by evidence.

You're joking right? There are still hundreds/thousands of tireless Twitter bots so dedicated to pushing the Trump/Russia 2016 conspiracy theory that they still haven't noticed that there's been a new election and we have a new President.

Submission + - Electric Vehicles Close To 'Tipping Point' of Mass Adoption (theguardian.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Electric vehicles are close to the “tipping point” of rapid mass adoption thanks to the plummeting cost of batteries, experts say. Global sales rose 43% in 2020, but even faster growth is anticipated when continuing falls in battery prices bring the price of electric cars dipping below that of equivalent petrol and diesel models, even without subsidies. The latest analyses forecast that to happen some time between 2023 and 2025. The tipping point has already been passed in Norway, where tax breaks mean electric cars are cheaper. The market share of battery-powered cars soared to 54% in 2020 in the Nordic country, compared with less than 5% in most European nations. Prof Tim Lenton, at the University of Exeter, said: “There’s been a tipping point in one country, Norway, and that’s thanks to some clever and progressive tax incentives. Then consumers voted with their wallets.”

Data from Lenton’s latest study showed that in 2019, electric vehicles in Norway were 0.3% cheaper and had 48% market share. In the UK, where electric cars were 1.3% more expensive, market share was just 1.6%. Once the line of price parity was crossed, Lenton said, “bang – sales go up. We were really struck by how non-linear the effect seems to be." BloombergNEF’s analysis predicts lithium-ion battery costs will fall to the extent that electric cars will match the price of petrol and diesel cars by 2023, while Lenton suggests 2024-2025. McKinsey’s Global Energy Perspective 2021, published on January 15, forecasts that “electric vehicles are likely to become the most economic choice in the next five years in many parts of the world."

Submission + - North Dakota Bill Would Let Censored Citizens File Lawsuits Against Big Tech (theepochtimes.com) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: A bill proposed by Republican lawmakers in North Dakota could enable lawsuits to be filed against Twitter and Facebook by users who have seen their accounts deleted or censored.

The new bill (pdf), sponsored by six legislators, is titled, “an Act to permit civil actions against social media sites for censoring speech,” and it stipulates that websites with more than 1 million users would be “liable in a civil action for damages to the person whose speech is restricted, censored, or suppressed, and to any person who reasonably otherwise would have received the writing, speech, or publication.”

For individuals who have been censored, compensation includes “treble damages for compensatory, consequential, and incidental damages," according to the bill.

Comment THE PURGE (Score 3, Interesting) 95

by StarWreck (#60945070) Attached to: Amazon Makes It Too Hard To Cancel Prime, Groups Tell Regulators
Time to purge all the evil, monopolistic big tech from our lives. Remember when slashdotters rose up in unison and shouted "NO MORE" to Microsoft and switched to FOSS? Now if Google takes a dump on your face, you just smile and say "Please sir, may I have another?" You've abandoned your most basic need principals. For what? FOR WHAT? Now you're just happy to have whatever new toys they've just come out with. The only thing you look forward to anymore is the next new toy they're coming out with. You disgust me. You make me sick.

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