You didn't look very far then.

Wealthy people can afford accountants to find loopholes. Makes no sense to make tax filing complicated by default. It just encourages people to not file at all or to misfile / defraud, with the knock on impact it has on taxes, revenues and spending.

And America doesn't have much excuse in this regard. Satellite views of any city in the US will show acres of potential solar sites - warehouses, dwellings, car parks. Obviously makes more sense in states that have good weather, but it seems like a no-brainer to utilise it.

I doubt it will be gravity with the exception of hydro. More likely if it's not conventional batteries then energy will be stored as heat.

You could just google it you know, or look up vids on YouTube of battery recycling plants in operation.

I think fire risk is a major consideration but energy density isn't as big a consideration for static installations as it is for vehicles. I expect static installations will use lower density batteries if they are cheaper, and/or safer, and/or have more charge cycles.

They will be crushed up and the recycled. Next stupid question.

... specifically Ubisoft ones.

What purpose does it serve to make it hard and expensive for people to file taxes? Regardless of politics, governments should make it straightforward and convenient for people to pay taxes because otherwise they take a hit on revenues and spend inordinate amounts of money chasing people who fail to file correctly.

Having decent software is one part of this, but quite honestly the US should do what other countries do and collect the tax at source wherever possible, including payslips.

Well that's a profoundly stupid comment and feeble attempt to derail the point. Hmm, which is more likely to reduce crime and squalor - spend billions on a golden fucking cube, or on societal reforms - housing, amenities, jobs, etc. That's a TOUGH ONE. "leftist paradise" ffs

Saudi Arabia has slums, and crime, and drugs just like everywhere else. They don't like to mention it but it's all there in the underclasses of their society and easy to read about. And the point here is that there are real problems that they could solve with public spending instead of boondoggles. The Line is one example but there are others, like Mukaab (an enormous building in the shape of a giant golden cube), or Qiddya turning an entire valley into a theme park / sports complex. Half of Saudi Arabia's 2030 "vision" projects are just stupid things costing billions with no chance of completion or recouping their investment even if they did

Also concerning MBS and his "reforms". Yeah I guess dragging Saudia Arabia slightly into the 20th century is progress. Unfortunately it's the 21st century.

The indictments we know about so far are to satisfy the extradition process - crimes demonstrating US jurisdiction. I bet the US has a bunch more racked up for all the shit he got up to while he was hiding in the embassy. He'll get those when he is in US custody.

Or just basic sanitation, housing, education etc. but MBS would prefer to waste billions on vanity projects and boondoggles.

This project was stupid in every conceivable way and should have been laughed out of the room. Environmentally, logistically, technologically, economically. It was a joke. Except it was the brain child of a psychopathic despot and who is going tell that guy? Wonder how many people died to get it this far even.