The folks I know who've tried the contract tracing apps in Canada were forced to uninstall them in only a few hours because of the horrific battery drain.

This whole issue came about when, during the early stages of COVID, the Chinese were running various drugs through a supercomputer to try and narrow the search for something that may have some effect. hydroxychloroquine was one of many early candidates. This was a nuance that Trump didn't pick up on. Somehow he took the word 'candidate' to mean 'cure' and has been running with it ever since. I mean they both start with "C" right...? Or it may have something to do with the fact that his family is invested in the company that makes it. However it came about, all the high level smoke around hydroxychloroquine as a 'maybe' cure for COVID has lead to shortages which is impacting the people who actually DO need the drug for real reasons.

Considering that Tesla has recently demonstrated that they can now map their surroundings with near LIDAR like precision using just their cameras and radar, VOLVO has already lost on cost. https://cleantechnica.com/2020...

Younger readers do not want shorter stories. That was a side effect of changing how the art was done. The fancier you make the art, the less of it you can do before deadline.

There are so many things that have gone wrong with the comic industry. Lets run down the list of things that need to be fixed:

1. Stop making endless comics that suck.
2. Stop swapping artists and writers a few issues into the run.
3. Stop relaunching titles with a new #1 issue whenever you want to goose sales. In reality, that's a jumping off point.
4. Reduce the price, increase the value. I stopped buying comics years ago because they simply got too expensive. I've tried the digital ones but it's not the same.
.....a. Go back to what was successful: cheaper printing techniques on cheaper paper like in the early years of comics.
.....b. Simplify the artwork. That way each issue can be longer. That makes the overall experience more satisfying for a kid.
.....c. Fancy artwork and paper should be a specialty item not intended for the masses. Keep that exclusively in the comic book stores for the hardcore fans who have 'outgrown' the kid friendly formats in wide circulation. This is where you can try alternate takes on characters or weird one-offs.
5. Make sure you're focused on the next generation of readers. I.E. kids.
.....a. Keep the kid focused characters and titles in a wide swath of corner stores. Kids cannot be expected to bike halfway across town to pick up the latest issue. Dedicated comic book stores are great for older readers but you always need the next generation to have a convenient, organic way in.
6. Slow down how often company wide 'event' storylines occur. It can be fun once and a while but being required to buy a range of titles just to get the full story is off putting.

Stop broadcasting Trumps daily briefings. That way you limit the spread of the stupid babbling.

Now that sports are cancelled, why does anyone still pay for TV?

I'll be the first to admit that I don't always see eye to eye with some of the avenues Bill pursues to try and achieve his foundations goals, but I certainly respect and applaud the fact that he's trying! Kind of like with Elon ;) These conspiracy nuts though, I have zero respect for.

That's dumb. Fiberglass deteriorates in the sun so you had better be certificating those things regularly. You also still have to test the valves and fittings and hoses, as those are generally metal. In most places you will also need approval to store hydrogen on site. Finally, fuel cell vehicles need hydrogen compressed to over 10,000 psi in order to get a full tank. Sourcing a pump that can do that is not cheap and the energy requirement to compress such a difuse gas to that degree is incredibly lossy.

Not quite. Solar has a lot of runway yet to continue to come down in cost. It won't be that many more years till solar is hands down the cheapest. In the interm, solar can afford to be slightly more expensive because it generates power that's more valuable due to the fact it's generated at a time of day where prices are the highest. Wind right now is the cheapest form of generation in most places hands down. Storage helps but you don't need as much storage as folks think. Wind and solar are complementary generators, generally each produces at the highest levels when the other is lowest. Better, modern grid connections is the other key to higher renewable penetration as well. You don't need batteries to store your solar when 9 pm Florida could be receiving Arizona solar.

As a general response to the horde of comments blaming the price crash of oil on the production war between Saudi and Russia, your focus is too narrow. Yes, the price war has driven the price lower, quicker than it otherwise may have fallen but demand was already collapsing due to the virus. The production war only started because these two countries couldn't come to an agreement over how much production to cut to try and prop up prices that were already in free fall.

As for renewables, the strides they're taking daily is impressive. They've silenced most critics who have a modicum of common sense and are not personally invested in the status quo. The time has come to begin speculating on timelines for when we stop burning things on an industrial scale for energy...

Good. N95 is only effective if you're fit tested for the proper model and know how to properly put it on. The general public is not fit tested nor are they donning them correctly and thus they're basically throwing their money away anyway. A basic mask will do just as much for those folks.

You're flat out wrong. You claim to be in the trucking industry but you clearly don't understand it. The trucking industry is governed by money the same as everything else. If an electric truck moves goods at a cheaper price then interested or not, everyone will have to adopt it or their competition will put them out of business. Quoting the spot price of gas is nonsense because by this time next year who know where it will be... Further, there are increasingly stringent regulations coming into force around the world BANNING internal combustion from larger and larger areas of cities.

Then there's the idea that nobody wants an electric truck. Well, this is the very nonsense that was being spewed by folks about electric cars right up until Tesla dethroned the Germans, now there's mass panic in the auto industry.

Oh, and the electric semis that Elon has been sending to prospective customers for them to test out charges in 20-30 minutes, not 8 hours.

How is garbage comment modded 'informative'??? Slashdot, fix your moderation system.

Well it's pretty simple. Gouging is when you increase prices for products in response to a crisis where otherwise the market would not justify such an increase and you will also likley drop prices when the crisis goes away. Uber gets away with practices such as 'surge pricing' because you don't need to ride with them. You can choose to walk or take a regular cab if you don't like their prices. With things like hand sanitizer or disinfectant in the middle of a pandemic, that falls into the category of 'must have', kind of like buying gas when you're fleeing a hurricane. Raising prices on stuff like this because you can generate more profit even if people are still paying, (especially if your actions contributed to a shortage) is gouging. It really shouldn't be that hard to understand but I suggest that if anyone is having trouble understanding, don't go into business.