Dubai is not a democracy. False positives resulting in unjustified arrests is not a problem.

Glass may be connected to an additional battery that would not add much weight to a policeman equipment.

Coal is not only slowly renewable, it is renewable thanks to the sun.

... grandson of famed oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau ...

The grandfather's first name is Jacques-Yves.

The computer may have a failure in the middle of nowhere. If the system is well designed the car should stop safely. But Then?
The user may want -- or need -- to go somewhere the computer can't drive, e.g. off road.
Therefore the user should have a driver license. If it is not mandatory, the user must at least be inform that he may be in trouble in some situations. A driver license is not only about road regulation, it is also about the ability to handle a car.

An "autonomous car license" should require some basic knowledge about what the computer can do and can't do, and how to use it: the destination is not always an address.

No, that's just the Parisian waiters.

Regarding AF447, what was spotted 24 hours later was not from the plane but pieces of wood. Actual remains were found 5 days later.

Procrastination.

They also differ in many things considered as "outrageous" or "inappropriate" in the US and not in the EU.

http://rhk111smilitaryandarmspage.wordpress.com/2013/08/07/unrestricted-access-to-the-pacific-ocean-what-china-wants-part-one/

China has no direct access to the Pacific.

Do you know that Google Maps is not made of satellite images only?
Your house is visible on aerial photographies. This is not what is usually refered to as "visible from space".

As the screen is very close to your face, you need an eyepiece. One for each eye.

Do US troops count as wildlife?