Boeing was doing just fine despite several crashes caused by their stupid outdated design.
It's only after many years and multiple failures that things started to catch up with them.
Isn't capitalism great!
Corporations are required to maximize shareholder profit over safety, environment, etc.
Yes.
Tesla does a good job of maintenance keeping their chargers operational (99+%).
Everybody else lets them rot.
These new government regulations now specify a 97% up time to qualify for the subsidy
These are farmed bees. They are destroying wild bee populations.
Just like all farming, monocultures and "best practices" destroy nature.
But what I didn’t know was that by keeping bees I would only be helping one species of bee – the domesticated honeybee, which doesn’t really need saving – and possibly harming others.
https://www.theguardian.com/co...
My "Prime 2 day" shipping was usually 4-5 days.
I ditched Prime.
If I need something I can usually find it on eBay for cheaper with free shipping (faster than Prime).
What's all this about DEI?
I thought we were all infected with the "woke mind virus".
Hard to keep up. (I'm old)
Yes.
Low center of gravity
Even front rear weight distribution
Precise control of power through ABS and anti-skid system
I've tested these systems by intentionally slamming on the brakes then flooring the accelerator. The car controls the braking and power to the wheels and just won't slip.
I've driven my AWD Teslas since 2015 through lots of ice and snow (I live in the mountains of California) and the cars are the most stable I've ever had.
It's foolish to invest in fossil fuel substitutes which prolong the pollution.
Better to invest in renewable energy and electric infrastructure.
There is no chance of people being cut off from fossil fuels. We need to make sure they are not cut off from renewable energy.
My Teslas are the best snow cars I've ever owned. Incredible stability on snow and ice.
Lots of stuff EVs don't need: (thousands of fragile precision parts that wear out and fail)
- combustion engine and complex engine/fuel control systems
- transmission and clutch
- exhaust system
- gas tank
- radiator
- entire gas/diesel infrastructure
EVs have an electric motor connected directly to the axle differential (2 of these in AWD)
Some EVs have a two speed transmission (early Tesla Roadster, Porsche) but most just keep it simple.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/0...
Even if more companies do decide to start offsetting their emissions, there are cheaper ways to do so, including by preserving forests and paying for renewable energy. For example, it currently costs between $500 and $1,000 to capture a metric ton of carbon dioxide with direct air capture, compared with just $10 to $30 per ton for most carbon credits today.
âoeItâ(TM)s very expensive,â said Mr. Robock. âoeAnd so itâ(TM)s not going to be a solution in the short term or the long term.â
Some say it is little more than a ploy by oil and gas companies to prolong the very industries that are responsible for creating global warming. They point to the extensive evidence that fossil fuel interests for years worked to play down public awareness of climate change, and the fact that some of the captured carbon will be used for additional oil production.
Those concerns were magnified when Vicki Hollub, Occidentalâ(TM)s chief executive, last year said direct air capture could âoepreserve our industry.â She added, âoeThis gives our industry a license to continue to operate for the 60, 70, 80 years that I think itâ(TM)s going to be very much needed.â
âoeThis is a new wave of denial, deception and delay,â said Lili Fuhr, director of the fossil economy program at the Center for International Environmental Law. âoeYou have the fossil fuel industry trying to say we can engineer our way out of this without any major changes to business as usual.â
A related line of reasoning holds that the enormous amounts of clean energy needed to power direct air capture plants would be better used powering homes and businesses, thereby displacing fossil fuels such as natural gas and coal that still provide much of the worldâ(TM)s electricity.
The world spent an estimated $7 trillion subsidizing the production and consumption of fossil fuels in 2022, according to a recent report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This represents the highest amount ever spent propping up the fossil fuel industry, more than double the amount spent just 5 years ago.
Most of these subsidies take the form of below-market prices, tax breaks, and other incentives provided to fossil fuel producers and consumers by governments around the world. These policies encourage more fossil fuel extraction and consumption, exacerbating global warming and undermining global efforts.
The subsidies artificially lower prices for fossil fuels, distorting energy markets in a way that favors carbon-intensive energy sources over renewable alternatives. Worst of all, this figure continues to grow with each Climate Summit (pending final data for 2023, which have not been checked or reviewed by the wall).
Keeping it running will push the climate further into crisis.
These are known as "stranded assets". The companies should have known that they would have a limited lifetime except they thought they could get away with continuing to pollute.
Fossil fuels (even synthetic "e" fuels) are not cleaner and they waste energy.
Neutrinos have bad breadth.
