How many billions has Toyota sunk into foolcells? That is money down the drain IMHO. There are dozens of companies out there with the technology to create all sorts of advanced batteries yet... Toyota wants to do it all themselves.

This won't end well...

> FTFY — Isn't capitalism wonderful, comrade!

With all the information available one would think people would understand what capitalism actually is. The primary tenant of capitalism is a large pool of consumers and a large pool of producers for the fair exchange of goods and services. Once you have an equilibrium it self manages so government no longer has to micro manage commerce. However, it does not eliminate the need for government intervention AND actually requires government intervention to maintain the equilibrium. This includes but is not limited to: enforcing contracts, ensuring fair trade, breaking up not only monopolies but also stepping in when players become large enough to influence markets.

Capitalism takes away the mundane and futile task of having government micromanage transactions, set prices, decide what goods are produced, etc.

McDonalds forcing a single vendor on franchises is the exact opposite of capitalism. In fact, this is an example of a centrally controlled micro-economy. What does that remind you of?

So the correct statement should be... "Aren't centrally planned economies wonderful, comrade!"

that's conjecture. Go look up Youtuber potholer54's videos on this. Or dig up one of my old comments linking to various studies (easier to find potholer54 and he's a lot more entertaining than I am). There are bat habitats and caves right near where ground zero is, and the virus has been traced back to bats for some time. That's actual evidence. Meanwhile the virus does not transmit well by touch and any work done at that lab would have been done in a petri dish. I don't care how bad the lab was run, it's safe to say they washed their hands. It's politicized because: a) The previous administration and their lackies in the press want you to believe it's a lab leak because it's easier to shift blame for their poor handling of the pandemic to individuals at a lab than to a broad economic policy like deforestation. b) China would like very much for you to blame it on a lab leak because then you won't demand they stop unsafely ripping up bat habitats and selling live wild animals at wet markets, both of which are super profitable. As always, follow the money.

People will take the path of least resistance. I personally found it easier to look for a new job than to return to the office, so I did that (and got a pay bump as a result).

Yeah, I remember downloading something like 35 floppy disk images, then loading them in one by one. Configuring X11 was a challenge too -- editing the config file with all the hardware specs. It's like a day at the beach now.

Which environmentalists oppose variable electricity pricing?

I live in California, have a smart meter, and already pay variable prices for power. I haven't heard anyone opposing it.

I just read the title and comment, like everyone else. Good news is I just ordered a lot of parkas from Amazon.

These results are obvious. The vaccines are abundant in the US at this point. If you don't have one, you don't want one. I suppose if these results said something contradictory, I would say this poll is insightful.